Brian Whatcott wrote:
My kid picked up a neglected 80's Hunter 25 for cheap yesterday.
Is this an off shore boat? Could it get to the Bahamas and back?

Hunters are lightly built boats so your son needs to do a really
complete checkout of the entire boat before setting sail to anywhere he
can't swim back from. That said, when new, this boat would be fine for,
say FL to the Bahamas. If you mean is it reasonable for a trip from
Africa to the Bahamas, I'd say not.

Others have pointed out that dories have crossed the Atlantic. Hell,
rafts have. However, those 'cokleshell' boats are highly seaworthy -
much more so than a Hunter which really is a coastal cruiser sort of craft.

Mostly these boats are cheap, stylish and disposable. The latter is what
your son needs to pay attention to. The Sell By date on this one may be
long gone.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:44:20 -0700, slide
wrote:

Brian Whatcott wrote:
My kid picked up a neglected 80's Hunter 25 for cheap yesterday.
Is this an off shore boat? Could it get to the Bahamas and back?

Hunters are lightly built boats so your son needs to do a really
complete checkout of the entire boat before setting sail to anywhere he
can't swim back from. That said, when new, this boat would be fine for,
say FL to the Bahamas. If you mean is it reasonable for a trip from
Africa to the Bahamas, I'd say not.

Others have pointed out that dories have crossed the Atlantic. Hell,
rafts have. However, those 'cokleshell' boats are highly seaworthy -
much more so than a Hunter which really is a coastal cruiser sort of craft.

Mostly these boats are cheap, stylish and disposable. The latter is what
your son needs to pay attention to. The Sell By date on this one may be
long gone.

Ha! The price certainly seemed in line with your description!
Thanks

Brian W