[Rhodes22-list]Fred's Hunter IMF

[SVGravityLeak at aol.com]

Ed,

No, I believe the water ballast is limited to smaller, trailerable models 
under 30'.  Hunter competes in midsize keel boats with other mass production 
builders like Catalina and Beneteau--sort of like Chevy, Ford and Dodge. 

Beneteau has had IMF for a while.  A friend of mine had one a few years ago 
on a 32' Beneteau and it was awful.  He got rid of it after only one season.  
Tried to sell it to me, but I bought the R22.

What's made the Hunter unique recently is they now mount the traveler on an 
arch above the cockpit in models 30' and up.  I makes for nice bimini 
protection of the helm position and it keeps the cockpit less cluttered.  

My wife wants to steer with a wheel, but she'd rather be comfortable.  If 
they ever get the cockpit seating right, I might desert this list. 

Fred

In a message dated 9/20/04 10:33:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

> Fred:
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>   Is Hunter now making water ballast boats in 36's?
> 
> Ed K
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