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11-10-2015, 10:26
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Location: Palm Coast Florida
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Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Are Hunter and Catalina boats ok to sail from Florida to the Carribbean. Spend a few winter months in the Carribean then sail back to Florida? I am thinking about getting 34' to 37' size boat.
I would leave and return to the Daytona area.
Do I need more boat like an Island Packet or can a Hunter/Catalina make this trip?
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11-10-2015, 16:11
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
And FYI - Hunter sailboats are built in northern Florida. So there are plenty of them here.
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11-10-2015, 16:48
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Yes. Many people do it all the time.
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11-10-2015, 17:15
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Noank, Ct. USA
Boat: Cape Dory 31
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
When I was in Bermuda last June I met a couple guys who had sailed down from New York in a Grampian 30. Not exactly a blue water cruiser but it just goes to show that watching the weather and a little bit of luck makes many production boats capable cruisers. They did mention the bulkheads creaked alarmingly the whole way
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11-10-2015, 17:31
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Location: Palm Coast Florida
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
I will not like creaking. Do Hunter or Catalina boats creak? If so I would like to know.
Thanks
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11-10-2015, 17:58
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: '76 Allied Seawind II, 32'
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffr2
I will not like creaking. Do Hunter or Catalina boats creak? If so I would like to know.
Thanks
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All boats creak to some extent given the right circumstances.
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11-10-2015, 18:15
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Creaking means the boat is flexing. I am trying to understand how much certain boats will creak over other boats. Will a 32' boat creak less than a 40' boat from the same manufaturer?
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11-10-2015, 18:15
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Long Island's North Shore
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Our Catalina 42 was a charter boat with Sunsail and then it went back to Florida where we purchased it. It was then sailed by us from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale and then sailed offshore to Long Island by a captain. It did great. You will have no problem doing what you want to do on those boats. Just get the boat set up for longer cruising and you'll be fine.
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11-10-2015, 18:42
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Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffr2
Creaking means the boat is flexing. I am trying to understand how much certain boats will creak over other boats. Will a 32' boat creak less than a 40' boat from the same manufaturer?
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Yes, No, sometimes, maybe......clear enough.
To fog this further different construction methods creak in different ways.
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11-10-2015, 18:43
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Clear as mud...
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11-10-2015, 19:24
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Cruising Mexico
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Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
You can get a can of StopCreek at west marine. It's not cheap, but it's the only way to stop creeking.
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11-10-2015, 19:32
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Jax, FL
Boat: 48' steel cutter
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
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Originally Posted by autumnbreeze27
You can get a can of StopCreek at west marine. It's not cheap, but it's the only way to stop creeking.
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It's also great for getting rid of fibermites, and that awful crackly sound they make on quiet nights in warm water while they are chomping on your fiberglass.
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11-10-2015, 20:04
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Location: Palm Coast Florida
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
I'll check Amazon, I use marvolus mistry oil. That fixes everything.
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12-10-2015, 07:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Prescott, Arizona
Boat: Hunter Passage 42
Posts: 76
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Quote:
Originally Posted by autumnbreeze27
You can get a can of StopCreek at west marine. It's not cheap, but it's the only way to stop creeking.
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Do they also carry Insta-Gleem? Would like to spray it from a nozzle mounted on the headstay so the whole boat and sails will be gleaming as I sail.
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12-10-2015, 08:02
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
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Re: Hunter, Catalina to sail Caribbean
Catalina or Hunter would be just fine for your plans. BUT, our 450 did creak and bang quite a lot while rolling at an anchorage.
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