Production Boats Fit For Blue Water

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by neilpride

Looks like a drug dealers boat, no ofense Keno, but this keel cavities score for that, he he....

I agree. Maybe that's the target market Hunter had in mind when they built it. But first the soggy foam insulation needs to be removed.

[minaret]

Originally Posted by robert sailor

Fairing a boat can be considered by some people as a repair and I guess it is but your interpretation was way over the top. You just couldn't find what you wanted to find so you threw it in as Evidence, another of your over used terms.

You mean like they keep throwing in RH's boat as an example of a good BW boat, or a Hans, when they know perfectly well it was not only a Union 36, but such an early example that it may have been the plug for the deck mold, as it had no glass decks or house, only wood? We all know this is not representative of the vast majority of these types of boats construction or longevity.

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

A wet Hunter keel coming off (mine), same honeycomb build quality as the Hunter rudder pictured in the other guys thread. The keel came loose under light normal use, motoring around in San Francisco Bay. How many times do you have to be shown? Jeez... copy them for future reference.

Ken,
You should back off PIC,s like this as according to Smack some Hunter owners are showing signs of deep insecurity and evidence like this will only increase this. Could be dangerous!

[neilpride]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I agree. Maybe that's the target market Hunter had in mind when they built it. But first the soggy foam insulation needs to be removed.

Haha , those soggy foamy things but look at the bright side, if they dont want dig in the **** they can resort to the rudder hollow composite stock ...

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Be shown for what? What exactly are you trying to get me to believe Keno? I'm asking honestly here.

Shoddy build quality with shortcuts being taken by Hunter during production along with poor keel and rudder post design.

Warning to Hunter owners.... check your keel boats and rudders for water intrusion. Very simple.

[Jon Eisberg]

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Heh-heh. JonE baby! What took you so long dude????

...

BTW - how much did you spend on your boat? Heh-heh.

Considerably less than most around here, would be my guess... Initial purchase price of a piddly $8K almost 20 years ago, to be precise...

Fortunately, I've tried to ignore what I've 'invested' in her - both in sweat equity and $ - since then... :-)

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Happy New Year man!

Thanks, and to you as well, smack...

[smackdaddy]

Yep. No bias. No debate.

Heh-heh.

Mike Harker sure did some awesome things with his Hunter(s). And the dude was tough as nails - no question about that:

Hunter Marine's Mike Harker Beaten Senseless in St. Martin!

I definitely admired the guy.

[RTB]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Warning to Hunter owners.... check your keel boats and rudders for water intrusion. Very simple.

Just Hunter Owners???

Ralph

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by minaret

You mean like they keep throwing in RH's boat as an example of a good BW boat, or a Hans, when they know perfectly well it was not only a Union 36, but such an early example that it may have been the plug for the deck mold, as it had no glass decks or house, only wood? We all know this is not representative of the vast majority of these rwisetypes of boats construction or longevity.

Ee
You know that and I know that but Smack and his followers do not know that otherwise why would they use it as an example? Well because to begin with they don't know any better because while you live in the world of daily experience they get all their info from Google.

[neilpride]

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Yep. No bias. No debate.

Heh-heh.

Mike Harker sure did some awesome things with his Hunter(s). And the dude is tough as nails - no question about that:

Hunter Marine's Mike Harker Beaten Senseless in St. Martin!

I definitely admire the guy.

Yeah, i fix some things in Wanderlust when it come to the yard, really good looking hunter and not much to point on that, very sad when we see it ducking in the anchor locker for a while and later Bang, gone!! RIP Mike, hats off...

[smackdaddy]

Originally Posted by robert sailor

Ee
You know that and I know that but Smack and his followers...

Okay - now this is getting really weird. My "followers"? Who would they be exactly? You guys seem to have a very strange view of what sailing forums should be.

Look, if you guys want to talk facts about production boats and blue water, I'm all over it. That's what this thread is all about. If you want to keep taking personal shots, I'll have to disengage. Your call.

[robert sailor]

I'm all for disengaging nothing to be learned anyway!

[minaret]

Originally Posted by minaret

You mean like they keep throwing in RH's boat as an example of a good BW boat, or a Hans, when they know perfectly well it was not only a Union 36, but such an early example that it may have been the plug for the deck mold, as it had no glass decks or house, only wood? We all know this is not representative of the vast majority of these types of boats construction or longevity.

Originally Posted by robert sailor

Ee
You know that and I know that but Smack and his followers do not know that otherwise why would they use it as an example? Well because to begin with they don't know any better because while you live in the world of daily experience they get all their info from Google.

Oh, he knows it. Go back and look at the RH threads, he was right there when Eric explained in detail exactly what sort of boat he had and how it was built.

[smackdaddy]

Originally Posted by robert sailor

Building down to a price my friend, you get what you pay for in life.

Wait - isn't this the inverse of what Keno was talking about here...

Originally Posted by Kenomac

No Julie, on these kinds of threads is more my boat X is as good as your boat Y even though I only spent Z.

And illustrates the point I made here:

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Actually, that's not right. On these kinds of threads it's typically - "my boat X is better than your boat Y because I spent Z".

Are we still holding that there is no debate or bias surrounding this subject?

[robert sailor]

Originally Posted by neilpride

Yeah, i fix some things in Wanderlust when it come to the yard, really good looking hunter and not much to point on that, very sad when we see it ducking in the anchor locker for a while and later Bang, gone!! RIP Mike, hats off...

Sorry to hear about that, lesson in life though,two commodities time and money. We know how much money we have and we can make more...time, different game! May your friend RIP. R