Ryk wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:48:05 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Anyone familiar with mid seventies Hughes 36 sailboat?
Not much to be found on the net.
From what I can gather...
some Hughes boats came in 'kit' form. You would buy the hull and
finish yourself.
Came equipped with Atomic 4 gasoline engine
Sell for less tham most other comparable boats, but could be good
deal because of this fact.
Any insights would be appreciated...as a friend is thinking of
purchasing one.


I'm sitting here on my 1979 Hughes 35. All factory finish. Original A4
that runs fine. Bought for CDN$40K in 2001. I'm very pleased. Check
that you find the berths comfortable. They are short and narrow. Fine
bow and narrow stern mean it's smaller than you might think for the
length. The fore-triangle is big (14.5x44) so the stock winches are
probably too light. A pair of Lewmar 35STs works well for me.

Ryk


On another newsgroup I was describing the bulging hull shape. (pregnant
whale was the best I could do.) A couple of poster said the correct
term was 'tumblehome'. Sound familiar?