A couple of years ago, I posted a few photos of a factory tour I went on at Hunter. The photos no longer appear correctly in the old photo forum posting. I have received several email requests to post them again. Now that I finally found the old photos, I am reposting them along with a couple of others that I hadnt previously shown.

Factory Workers Installing Top of Ballast Tank

The workers had just finished securing the top in place.

Tank Top in Place in 260 Hull

An aft view of just the top and hull joined without the cockpit decking and all the rest of the parts installed.

Top and Hull Together

Looking down inside the helmsmans seat where I have permanently intalled an 11 gallon fuel tank. The white wire in the picture connects to the fuel level guage. The fuel fill port is seen at the right upper portion of the seat fiberglass. The vent is in the aft vertical part of the seat but is not visible in the photo. Also not visible is a fuel shutoff valve that is between the tank and the fuel line to the outboard.

Permanent Gas Tank

Where I place my generator to starboard of the helmsmans seat. I take it on board when extra power is needed for more than a weekends stay aboard my 260. A two inch nylon strap wrapped over the generator under the handle and around clips screwed in the deck keep it in place. I cover it with a small canvas outboard cover when it is not running. It weighs only 37 lbs and is fairly quiet even when fully loaded down. Its half gallon tank will run it for several hours. Its a 4-stroke so you just use gas. It has a 110 volt outlet and 12v. charging outlet. I simply connect the 110volt outlet to my shorepower connection and use it to power my 110v appliances and/or provide power to my battery charger.

1000watt generator