BUY IT!!! Depending on the survey, of course.
I bought mine in '89 and was the 4th owner. She's taken me many miles over the years up and down the Long Island Sound, up to Block Island, the Cape Cod canal to Provencetown, and points East. She's a great boat with great sailing characteristics and a lot of room below even with the narrow 10' beam. A few things to look for depending on how she was treated by the previous owner(s). Engine: My original was a 2QM15 with an add-on fresh water cooled system (SenDur). Past abuse and neglect brought me to the point of replacing it with a model year 2001 2GM20 designed as a fresh water cooled unit. Portlights: The original Bomar tended to leak a lot and allow water and moisture to soften (or turn to mush) the plywood core in the cabin walls where they're cut out for the ports. I finally got fed up and replaced them (yes! all 10!) with the new NewFoundMetal Tri-Matrix. Repairing the wet or mushy plywood core isn't difficult - just messy and time consuming. Improvement Projects: I moved the breaker panels from above the cabin sole to behind the bulkhead in front of the cockpit. Photo's of the project are in the archives in the Photo Forum. I also removed the instruments from the bulkhead in the cockpit and moved them to a Navpod on the pedestal. Additions: Dingy Davits, 80W solar Panel, Starting battery, replaced the pair of G27 batts with a pairof L16 6v for a 370 aHr house bank, refrigeration,radar, new (2000) instruments (depth, speed, AWI) Very easy to cruise, sails extremely well in very light air and also able (with appropriate reefing) to take a pounding in heavy weather. Definitely, IMNSHO, one of the best older boats to ever come out of Hunter.
