Capt. Rob wrote:
on occasion and the owners are happy. I only sailed the boat
locally...nice boat for under 30K.

And your opinion of offshore capability is based on ...?


I just gave it to you. The new owners of the 34 sail it offshore.
They've had no problems. You can also search the Hunter forums and see
others who've taken the 34 offshore. Do some research. We sold and
serviced the boat and it was not poorly built like later Hunters. I
sailed a Hunter 34, both with the original owner and the person who
bought it. True, it wasn't in 10 foot seas, but we had her out in a
variety of conditions. So I had first hand experience and contact with
her current owners. That's more than anyone else (thus far) had.
The rest of your post is simply a troll so I won't respond to it. You
can't turn this into ASA, Jeff....and I've promised several people here
that I won't let that happen. Go boat-bashing elsewhere.

I haven't boat-bashed at all. In fact, I said nothing about Hunters
until you pressed for my opinion. While I'm sure you can find
examples of H34's that have gone outside of completely protected
waters (certainly not with you aboard, however), you can also find a
number of owners who talk about being overpowered in moderate wind,
etc. One owner's comment: "Don't turn yore eyes for a second or
you'll be 40 deg. off course. Then again, turns on a dime and makes
change. Not an ocean cruiser. Structure probably OK, but just too
light to fight heavy seas for more than a few hours."

But I'm not here to boat-bash, anyone can read the boards to get
opinions.

I've bob-bashed.