New Legend 35 owner here.

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pete c

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Mar 13, 2021
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Looking to hear from other HL35 owners,.

Is there a checklist out there for things to check specific to the 35?

I already have two big items on this winter's to do list. Rudder bearings and chainplate anchors.

I have read the excellent chainplate anchor thread on this forum, but it was not a HL35, it was a 31 or 34. Would really like to hear from 35 owners who have replaced them.

Would also like to hear from anyone that has done the rudder bearings.
 
walmsleyc

walmsleyc

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Feb 2, 2006
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Hunter Legend 35 Kingston
What year is your boat? Wht's going on with your chainplates? .. and you rudder bearings?

Chris
 
sail sfbay

sail sfbay

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Feb 21, 2013
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Boats, like rv's and vehicles do not have a checklist. Start by making an inventory of all your equipment and perform functionality checks on each. Consider an electrical, electronics plumbing, engine and rigging surveys. That is what I do on new used boat purchases. Then make a list of all inspections, repairs and upgrades and all expenses. Schedule maintenance according to manufacturer guidelines. That is what I also do.
 
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flightlead404

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Apr 2, 2021
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Hunter 38 On the move
sail sfbay said:
Boats, like rv's and vehicles do not have a checklist. Start by making an inventory of all your equipment and perform functionality checks on each. Consider an electrical, electronics plumbing, engine and rigging surveys. That is what I do on new used boat purchases. Then make a list of all inspections, repairs and upgrades and all expenses. Schedule maintenance according to manufacturer guidelines. That is what I also do.
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Building you own checklist however, is an excellent approach. Something I’ve tried to do and any continuing to refine. I also take lots of pics with my phone the first time I do something new, and write myself step my step instructions with embedded pics and store in evernote so it’s available on any device when needed.
 
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pete c

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Mar 13, 2021
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oday 20 Ellington, Ct
walmsleyc said:
What year is your boat? Wht's going on with your chainplates? .. and you rudder bearings?

Chris
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'88

Corrosion. Gonna drill a small hole and do a better inspection with endoscope.

Rudder bearings are a little sloppy.
 
walmsleyc

walmsleyc

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Feb 2, 2006
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Hunter Legend 35 Kingston
pete c said:
'88

Corrosion. Gonna drill a small hole and do a better inspection with endoscope.

Rudder bearings are a little sloppy.
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Mine is an '87. But a freshwater boat. I have no corrosions issue with chainplates.
I did replace my rudder and re-used my rudder stock. When there is no steering cable tension, there is a little bit of play in the bearings. But once I have operating tension on the cables, there is no observable slop in operation.

While it was apart, I took a look at the bearings and how they were installed. I believe it would have required removing the "top" nylon thrust ring (that the quadrant rests on) and then somehow pulling them up from in the rudder tube (with some sort of an "inside" bearing puller type thing). There is one at the bottom and one at the top. I would expect the bottom one (which can only be pulled up through the top) would be difficuly to remove. Where the shaft exists the hull the hole is a smaller diameter than the tube preventing extraction from the bottom. Might be a destructive process (of the bearing) to remove.

I look into getting new nylon bearing cut (sort of expensive) and also Jeffa bearings (much nicer), but the cost was more than the new rudder. If I has also had a new shaft made, I may have had to consider new bearings.

As for other things about my boat. I've had the boat for 16 years and done much work on it. There are cetainly some issues with these boats that are probably common to many. Water in the deck is common in certain areas. Original tanks (aluminum can be a problem for many).

Happy to go into more detail.

Chris
 
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pete c

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Mar 13, 2021
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oday 20 Ellington, Ct
My deck seems very solid. The previous owner has had it 22 years and seems to have kept it up well. Once prospective buyer hired a surveyor to do a consult, not a full on survey, just hired him for an hour or so and he said he found one small area of deck softness that he said wouldn't be an issue, but you could do the epoxy injection fix if you felt like it.

The owner is selling it because he says his knees make running around the deck doing sailboat rigging type things difficult and he just bought a power boat.

This boat is still plumbed for CNG but the owner says he did all his cooking on a cockpit rail mounted LP grill. Did you convert over to LP?

CNG has its benefits as it is light and won't pool inside and turn the boat into a bomb, but I understand it can be a pain to source.
 
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