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Review of the Hunter 30_88-94 by tim murphy

Year built 1994  
Location of boat lake pepin wisc  
The boat is sailed on Lakes  
How the boat is used Weekends and longer  
Normal wind strength 10-15 knots  
Average size of crew 2-4  
Liveaboard? No  
Owner bought the boat in 1994  
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again? Absolutely  
Gear that's been added  
Structural or complex improvements  
The boat's best features Great handling in most all weather. Very comfortable both in the cockpit and below. Great boat.  
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc. Fixed port windows that continue to leak even thoug I have replaced one and re-sealed the others. I had a problem with the deck yellowing. The factory sent out 2 reps. to sand the smooth finish and paint the non-skid. The first coat of non-skid was so high gloss that it turned out slippery. Subsequently the reps. did a very sloppy job with the second coat. The second coat is now begining to peal and chip off. It looks very bad. Any ideas on what I should do?  
Sailing characterisitcs  
Motoring characterisitcs  
Liveability For 2 its great -very comfortable.  
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any) As I stated above my expirience with the hull and getting it reparied was very bad. Subsequently, I have called tech support and found them to be excellent. I still have a bad taste (everytime I look at the deck) from the hull expirience.  
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any At the time, this was the largest boat this dealer had done. He was unprepared for the size of the project. After two trips to correct errors in launching the boat I could not get him to come back again and had to resort to other dealers for maintenance.  
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