Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design

far and away the most common reason given by Hunter owners as to why they like
their boat.

I never owned a Sunfish.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
What did you buy instead of the H27?


A "Sunfish" of about the era as yours and a tad longer.

Remember the weather between the Annapolis boat show and the Schooner Race?
Some guy was telling me how strong, well built and blue water capable his
boat was, BUT , that he was waiting for a ''weather window'' since the show
to sail back north.

SV


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Scotty, there were/are other issues with the H-27 of that era, so I got
lucky
by finding out early and not wasting my time.

To this day, I have not heard an owner or former owner of an H-27 of that
era
make mention the boat was decent when the winds piped up. Most bitched
that
the engine was too small to power them back home against the wind.

I would have felt it was a reflection more on the owners ability, rather
than the boats.
BTW, I've sailed into docks many times and talked to 'sailors' who were
waiting for the wind to 'calm down a bit'.

Scotty


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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he, who had owned the boat for some time, felt doing so under those
conditions
was unsafe. I accepted his judgement.

What does that have to do with the boat? there are C&C owners who
won't
sail more than 5 miles from their slip, that doesn't mean the boat is
bad.

Scotty

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27

I looked at one once a long time ago, but dropped the idea when I
learned
the
owner wouldn't sail the boat in 20 knots.

Ozzy scribbled thusly:

Now there's an expensive hobby!

Always managed to sell em to some Texan :-)

I almost bought a Pearson 28 from some idiot on City Island NY.

It wasn't the boat, it was the idiot.

Van

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Okay, everyone come clean....what's the worst boat buying mistake you
ALMOST
made?
For me, before I had a clue about good old boats....

I made an offer on a sad and rather homely looking Tanzer 26!
I nearly made an offer on an infamous Seidelman 25!
I looked at a early 80's Hunter 27! Holy weatherhelm!
I considered a tired Hunter 33! Zikes!
I nearly bought a Catalina 25 with bad decks and rusted keelbolts!

C'mon! I'm sure some of you have considered worse! No offense intended to
owners of the above. If it works for you, great.

RB

I was just walking by when he said that. I don't get it?

SV

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:46:07 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
scribbled thusly:

Ozzy scribbled thusly:

Now there's an expensive hobby!

Always managed to sell em to some Texan :-)


Nah, they don't appreciate quality.

Anyone watch the Oscars....speaking of Texas.
Billy Crystal " They let me come and go as I please....Sorta like the
Texas National Guard" :-)


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

I sold my Hobie and my 16'er for the same that I paid. The Mac I sold for
22% more than I paid. I've already had offers for more than I paid for the
Seidelmann, but I don't want to sell her. She is NOT a stepping stone.

Scotty

wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:35:44 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I've always done a lot of research and shopping before making offers on
my
boats and have enjoyed every one very much. My theory is that if you
never
spend more than $3000 on a boat you can never lose more that $6000 when
you sell it.

Scotty

Jealous


wrote in message
...
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:58:13 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I sold my Hobie and my 16'er for the same that I paid. The Mac I sold
for
22% more than I paid. I've already had offers for more than I paid for
the
Seidelmann, but I don't want to sell her. She is NOT a stepping stone.


Yeah, we've heard these sort of claims before - "I drove to Las Vegas in
a
$30,000 Caddy, and rode home in a $120,000 bus."

BB

Scotty

wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:35:44 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I've always done a lot of research and shopping before making offers
on
my
boats and have enjoyed every one very much. My theory is that if you
never
spend more than $3000 on a boat you can never lose more that $6000
when
you sell it.

Scotty

My first sailboat I ended up burning in the back yard. It was ABS plastic(?)
and cracked all over after 8 years of abuse. Paid $400 for it.

Feel better now, billy?

SV

wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:58:13 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I sold my Hobie and my 16'er for the same that I paid. The Mac I sold
for
22% more than I paid. I've already had offers for more than I paid for
the
Seidelmann, but I don't want to sell her. She is NOT a stepping stone.


Yeah, we've heard these sort of claims before - "I drove to Las Vegas in
a
$30,000 Caddy, and rode home in a $120,000 bus."

BB

Scotty

wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:35:44 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

I've always done a lot of research and shopping before making offers
on
my
boats and have enjoyed every one very much. My theory is that if you
never
spend more than $3000 on a boat you can never lose more that $6000
when
you sell it.

Scotty

This was a larger one, and it was pretty much the same story. We
mostly stayed below the Bay Bridge. The C&C sailed wonderfully,
even with all that was wrong with it. It was really abused by the
charter company customers and the charter company didn't do much
to fix it up.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Jonathan Ganz wrote:

I've sailed on a hunter in over 20 kts. It was something in the 40+ foot
range.
I can't really recall. It lumbered like a tub. I hated it. No waves, but
3-4
foot
chop.

The last two times we were out there, we rented Hunter 290s from Club
Nautique.
Very roomy boat for it's length, clever design... sails well in moderate
conditions... but not a good choice for reaching back & forth in the Slot!
The
lee of Angel Island looked & felt really good after that.

OTOH the C&C 40 (if in good shape) would be a great boat for that area.
But
owning one in shares kinda sucks IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King