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Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days?



Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.



That or really bad sail trim. The water shows no indication of strong winds
and the sails no real strain.

Were you sitting on the port rail and someone else took the pic?


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I've been on several large Hunters in the SF bay with wind speeds over 20
kts. They round up like crazy and don't hold a course well. They were
impossible to trim well. Every single instructor who teaches on them has
only negative things to say. Also, the heel in the picture isn't that much.
Must not have been a good breeze... no white caps, no spray.

Interestingly, Rob contributed not one item when there was a flurry of ASA
questions. I guess he knows a lot about boats and sailing.

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Doesn't look like much wind. Is that one of those "rough" days?



Shows you don't know much about boats. You need a good breeze to make
the very stiff Hunter 43 heel like that.



That or really bad sail trim. The water shows no indication of strong
winds and the sails no real strain.

Were you sitting on the port rail and someone else took the pic?



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I've been on several large Hunters in the SF bay with wind

speeds over 20
kts. They round up like crazy and don't hold a course

well. They were
impossible to trim well. Every single instructor who

teaches on them has
only negative things to say. Also, the heel in the picture

isn't that much.
Must not have been a good breeze... no white caps, no

spray.

Interestingly, Rob contributed not one item when there was

a flurry of ASA
questions. I guess he knows a lot about boats and sailing.



Yeah, let's keep it going like that.

SBV


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On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:55:21 -0700, "Capt. JG"
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I've been on several large Hunters in the SF bay with wind speeds over 20
kts. They round up like crazy and don't hold a course well. They were
impossible to trim well.


I chartered a Hunter passage 42 probably a late 90's model. Took it
outside the Sea of Abaco to the open atlantic one day when the wind
was up pretty good. Handled like a dream. Very good balance. I was
impressed I expected much less.

Handled, in my opinion, much better than the later Beneteaus I've
raced on for the last two seasons. A 311 and a 343. I'll admit to not
being on either of them long enough to learn to properly trim to the
weather and they were new to the owner also, but they seemed much less
forgiving.


Every single instructor who teaches on them has
only negative things to say. Also, the heel in the picture isn't that much.
Must not have been a good breeze... no white caps, no spray.


From the picture, I would say "sea" trial was a misnomer. More like a
LIS trial.

Frank

Interestingly, Rob contributed not one item when there was a flurry of ASA
questions. I guess he knows a lot about boats and sailing.


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I'm not familiar with the HP 42. I had a H42 out the Gate a month or so ago.
Fortunately, it was a very mild day, but she still heeled over like we were
beating through 20 kts on other boats. I found her to be very sensitive to
wind gusts, given the size of the boat. The interior looked great, except
when you took a closer look and found cracks in the bulkhead due to flexing,
apparently. This was a much newer boat than late 90s. Not certain, but I
believe it was a 2001 or 2002.

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On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:55:21 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I've been on several large Hunters in the SF bay with wind speeds over 20
kts. They round up like crazy and don't hold a course well. They were
impossible to trim well.


I chartered a Hunter passage 42 probably a late 90's model. Took it
outside the Sea of Abaco to the open atlantic one day when the wind
was up pretty good. Handled like a dream. Very good balance. I was
impressed I expected much less.

Handled, in my opinion, much better than the later Beneteaus I've
raced on for the last two seasons. A 311 and a 343. I'll admit to not
being on either of them long enough to learn to properly trim to the
weather and they were new to the owner also, but they seemed much less
forgiving.


Every single instructor who teaches on them has
only negative things to say. Also, the heel in the picture isn't that
much.
Must not have been a good breeze... no white caps, no spray.


From the picture, I would say "sea" trial was a misnomer. More like a
LIS trial.

Frank

Interestingly, Rob contributed not one item when there was a flurry of ASA
questions. I guess he knows a lot about boats and sailing.






 
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