Captained a sea trial of a H43 today. What a bear of a boat! The thing
is quite difficult to handle compared to my quick 35s5, but winds were
near perfect and she actually rolled along nicely once I had her
trimmed right. The new owner plans to sail her to Florida, then Jamaica
next season.

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/huntertrial.jpg

The next few days look like great sailing weather!



RB
35s5
NY

Oops...forgot to mention. The main went up at the push of a button!
Pretty cool, especially for an older couple.


RB

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Captained a sea trial of a H43 today. What a bear of a boat! The thing
is quite difficult to handle compared to my quick 35s5, but winds were
near perfect and she actually rolled along nicely once I had her
trimmed right. The new owner plans to sail her to Florida, then Jamaica
next season.

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/huntertrial.jpg

Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days? g

Max

H stands for heel and/or head up. No instructor I know thinks they're worth
much.

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Captained a sea trial of a H43 today. What a bear of a boat! The thing
is quite difficult to handle compared to my quick 35s5, but winds were
near perfect and she actually rolled along nicely once I had her
trimmed right. The new owner plans to sail her to Florida, then Jamaica
next season.

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/huntertrial.jpg

Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days? g

Max

Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days?



Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.



RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days?



Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.



That or really bad sail trim. The water shows no indication of strong winds
and the sails no real strain.

Were you sitting on the port rail and someone else took the pic?

I've been on several large Hunters in the SF bay with wind speeds over 20
kts. They round up like crazy and don't hold a course well. They were
impossible to trim well. Every single instructor who teaches on them has
only negative things to say. Also, the heel in the picture isn't that much.
Must not have been a good breeze... no white caps, no spray.

Interestingly, Rob contributed not one item when there was a flurry of ASA
questions. I guess he knows a lot about boats and sailing.

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days?



Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.



That or really bad sail trim. The water shows no indication of strong
winds and the sails no real strain.

Were you sitting on the port rail and someone else took the pic?

"Capt. Rob" wrote
| Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
| the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.


Shows your a liar again. That's the same boat you have pictures of on your list of pictures.
And from way back in October 2005. Did the sea trial take almost a year? Hee hee!
People look here http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/ You'll see other "hunter"
pictures of the same boat from last year. Duh!
Delete Capt. Rob's posts. They're all made up. He's just yanking your chain.....


Cheers,
Ellen

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote
| Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
| the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.


Shows your a liar again. That's the same boat you have pictures of on your list of pictures.
And from way back in October 2005. Did the sea trial take almost a year? Hee hee!
People look here http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/ You'll see other "hunter"
pictures of the same boat from last year. Duh!
Delete Capt. Rob's posts. They're all made up. He's just yanking your chain.....


Cheers,
Ellen

By golly that looks like the same kind of boat, even has that wadded up
canvas in the same place.
But i've seen boats sit around here for years untouched, then someone
buys them. Rob would never spin a tell, would he? Some dumbass bought
it and Rob was surveying her making sure nothing's go to break, you can
tell he's pushing it to the limit with wicked airport winds, don't let
that false looking sea state in his fine photos fool you Ellen, LIS is
sheltered and you can have a raging storm and just the slightest chopp.
He was shaken her down, an manly mans job.

Joe

Finally, I can say that I appreciate a post of yours. :-)

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"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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"Capt. Rob" wrote
| Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
| the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.


Shows your a liar again. That's the same boat you have pictures of on
your list of pictures.
And from way back in October 2005. Did the sea trial take almost a year?
Hee hee!
People look here http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/ You'll see
other "hunter"
pictures of the same boat from last year. Duh!
Delete Capt. Rob's posts. They're all made up. He's just yanking your
chain.....


Cheers,
Ellen