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Old 24-10-2014, 07:57   #571
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Re: Sudden Attraction to Hunters

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You obviously don't know much about Southern California or Los Angeles harbor either. The Santa Ana winds blow 50-70 mph from inland. So from inside the breakwater, a boat anchored in the harbor is exposed to high winds.
And this has what exactly to do with sailing a boat across an ocean?

Look, you have your opinions Keno. And that's fine. But you try to make them sound authoritative with comments like this...

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The boat had shortcomings for this task too numerous to include in this post. It's a lightly built, daysailor best suited as a dock condo or cruising vessel for areas known for light winds and fair weather.

Hunter is a brand built to minimum standards to keep most buyers safe for the use intended as I've described above.
Not only is this patently silly (as shown by other yacht reviewers in the industry who are actually professionals, as well as real-life examples presented in this thread alone) - it's just flat wrong.

It might even be...how did you put it..."butt headed"?
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Re: Sudden Attraction to Hunters

This thread has been very entertaining but I think I just heard the death knell sound.
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This thread has been very entertaining but I think I just heard the death knell sound.
I think we are all hearing that

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