Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've sailed on a hunter in over 20 kts. It was something in the 40+ foot
range.
I can't really recall. It lumbered like a tub. I hated it. No waves, but 3-4
foot
chop.

The last two times we were out there, we rented Hunter 290s from Club Nautique.
Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design... sails well in moderate
conditions... but not a good choice for reaching back & forth in the Slot! The
lee of Angel Island looked & felt really good after that.

OTOH the C&C 40 (if in good shape) would be a great boat for that area. But
owning one in shares kinda sucks IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On 01 Mar 2004 23:23:51 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote this
crap:

Okay, everyone come clean....what's the worst boat buying mistake you ALMOST
made?
For me, before I had a clue about good old boats....

I made an offer on a sad and rather homely looking Tanzer 26!
I nearly made an offer on an infamous Seidelman 25!
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27! Holy weatherhelm!
I considered a tired Hunter 33! Zikes!
I nearly bought a Catalina 25 with bad decks and rusted keelbolts!

C'mon! I'm sure some of you have considered worse! No offense intended to
owners of the above. If it works for you, great.


Balboa 26. Turned out to have a busted rib.




This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

and now you own a Hunter, right?

Scotty

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On 01 Mar 2004 23:23:51 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote this
crap:

Okay, everyone come clean....what's the worst boat buying mistake you
ALMOST
made?
For me, before I had a clue about good old boats....

I made an offer on a sad and rather homely looking Tanzer 26!
I nearly made an offer on an infamous Seidelman 25!
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27! Holy weatherhelm!
I considered a tired Hunter 33! Zikes!
I nearly bought a Catalina 25 with bad decks and rusted keelbolts!

C'mon! I'm sure some of you have considered worse! No offense intended to
owners of the above. If it works for you, great.


Balboa 26. Turned out to have a busted rib.




This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

And then.... he bought a real piece of crap. (I'm talking
about the hunter.)

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On 01 Mar 2004 23:23:51 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote this
crap:

Okay, everyone come clean....what's the worst boat buying mistake you
ALMOST
made?
For me, before I had a clue about good old boats....

I made an offer on a sad and rather homely looking Tanzer 26!
I nearly made an offer on an infamous Seidelman 25!
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27! Holy weatherhelm!
I considered a tired Hunter 33! Zikes!
I nearly bought a Catalina 25 with bad decks and rusted keelbolts!

C'mon! I'm sure some of you have considered worse! No offense intended to
owners of the above. If it works for you, great.


Balboa 26. Turned out to have a busted rib.




This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

I almost joined a partial ownership on a C&C 40 (early 80s as I recall).
It had a bunch of problems that I knew about (mostly electrical), had
the absolute **** for sails (but still sailed ok), then I found out it had
more serious problems... can't recall the details. Too bad to see a nice
boat in such bad shape. Would have taken lots and lots of $$ to get it
right.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Okay, everyone come clean....what's the worst boat buying mistake you
ALMOST
made?
For me, before I had a clue about good old boats....

I made an offer on a sad and rather homely looking Tanzer 26!
I nearly made an offer on an infamous Seidelman 25!
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27! Holy weatherhelm!
I considered a tired Hunter 33! Zikes!
I nearly bought a Catalina 25 with bad decks and rusted keelbolts!

C'mon! I'm sure some of you have considered worse! No offense intended to
owners of the above. If it works for you, great.

RB

Don't you be picking on Joe, Catty Claws. He's a red blooded all
American male and he's cute too.

Suzy


"katysails" wrote in message

You all do realize that Joe is rabid, suffers from an ongoing case of
untreated syphilis, and is a heroine addict? His above statement is an
example of the world that only he lives in.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should
relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Suzy Q wailed:=20
Don't you be picking on Joe, Catty Claws. He's a red blooded all
American male and he's cute too.

Be my guest....I think I'd like the Tasmanian Devil better.
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

You are sooooo kinky


"katysails" wrote in message
...
Suzy Q wailed:
Don't you be picking on Joe, Catty Claws. He's a red blooded all
American male and he's cute too.

Be my guest....I think I'd like the Tasmanian Devil better.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Jose, this is alt.sailing.ASA, not Mexican Sailing Assoc.

Stop over, my bush needs trimming.

Suzy


"Joe" wrote in message om...
"katysails" wrote in message ...

Mientras la CUCARACHA residente nos cansa con tu retorica RACISTA y
MEDIOCRE
de que los Latinos no pueden o nos quieren, continuan saliendo
articulos
como el siguiente que lo desmiente.

(Suzy Brody) wrote in message . com...
Jose, this is alt.sailing.ASA, not Mexican Sailing Assoc.

Stop over, my bush needs trimming.

Suzy

Espero tus noticias. Aquí tienes mi dirección e-mail, por si te es más
cómodo. Mua de mucho taco fiesta.

Un Abrazo,








"Joe" wrote in message om...
"katysails" wrote in message ...

Mientras la CUCARACHA residente nos cansa con tu retorica RACISTA y
MEDIOCRE
de que los Latinos no pueden o nos quieren, continuan saliendo
articulos
como el siguiente que lo desmiente.