Scotty wrote:

What, exactly, is ''blue water friendly'' ?


shaun wrote:
I never mentioned BLUE WATER friendly.....as i said no flames please
and by the way blue water friendly means to me at least a boat that does
not get green over the coach roof in 10 or 12 foot sea's.spray water
runoff and the odd foamer down the deck yes but not green water.


Well, the H-34 (you mean this one?)
http://www.sailboatowners.com/boats/...30&fno=0&bts=T
has plenty of reserve bouyancy, I expect you'd be
complaining more about the bouncy wet ride than green water
over the deck.

Hunters seem to concentrate on roominess rather than any
other particular aspect, the H34 is *palatial* inside
compared to almost anything else in that size/age/price
range. And they aren't slow pokey sailers, either.

The biggest problems Hunters (the American ones, I mean)
have is that they are somewhat underbuilt and often have
systems problems. The most common complaint I've heard from
guys who have cruised them hard is that the steering breaks
down.

BTW Hunter has always been a low-priced mass-produced boat.
So people who say 'The old ones are better built' or some
variation on the theme, 'The late '80s models started having
QA problems' etc etc are probably reflecting anecdotal
evidence rather than serious decision-influencing data. A
close personal inspection of the individual boat in question
is the only way to tell what it's built like, or more
importantly what it's maintenance has been.

Hope this helps.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King