Greetings fellow Hunter Owners! Just purchased [then left for vacation] an 1986 Hunter 34SD. I've attached a picture from the PO of "Last Resort" sailing on Lake Pontchartrain last year. She is in mechanically great shape & will get a new bottom this month. There are a quite a few "running rigging opportunities" which I will certainly be taking advantage of in the upcoming months/years. Once I do a little work; I plan to rename her: "My Slice" - - I'm in the pizza business...
Whilst on vaca; I have completed a lot of reading of this forum [Big Boats]. Mainly all articles dealing with the H34. I'm on page 128 of 658. I'm now much more versed in the Compression Post Repair - thanks to all; False Bilge; Portlights [both fixed and opening] Replacement; 2-blade vs. 3-blade prop discussion; Starboard List [ala battery location]; "Reef Early" to balance out the windward helm; Advantages of a 110% vs. a 150% Ginny [I currently have a 150 & will switch out in next year]; Ideas on Settting up an Cockpit Reefing system; Iron Keel maintenance, etc etc etc... I've enjoyed reading detailed posts by Claude [Mr. "Been there Done that..."]; Splax; Kloudie [lives about an hour from me - - lucked out on that!!]; Allan; Capt. Robbie; Fast Ed; Ilan; Richard B; Charlie - - and many others. Let me say thank you for all of your contributions and for making this move [up to a big boat] a little less un-nerving.
While my reading has provided many answers to many of my concerns, I was not able to find anything [yet] on a particular cut-out at the forward port portion of the shower sump. Because I'm not at the boat, I've had to take a picture off of this forum of the area in question. I've circled the area on the picture. On my boat, there is an approx 1.5" hole with the "tip" of a hose barely sticking out of it. The hose/conduit is empty and is running on a steep angle towards the stern. What is this??? See picture:
I want to end by stating: I am so often 'shocked' to see folks "jump on this forum and ask a question - - and many many answers provided [by the folks I mentioned above] but then there is no response or follow up from the original post? The OP just "up and vanishes like a fart in the wind???" When you click on their profile [dig a little deeper], you often see that was there only post... Let me just say - - that will not be me! I really appreciate all the help and will certainly make that a point. I do Wednesday PM sailing on a J-30 and have had a bunch of small boats: Prindle, Vanguard, Sunfish, Hobie Tandem Island [Still have this one - - actually 2 of them], and others... So, right now, with the H34, everything is NEW.
Shannon Mooney
Whilst on vaca; I have completed a lot of reading of this forum [Big Boats]. Mainly all articles dealing with the H34. I'm on page 128 of 658. I'm now much more versed in the Compression Post Repair - thanks to all; False Bilge; Portlights [both fixed and opening] Replacement; 2-blade vs. 3-blade prop discussion; Starboard List [ala battery location]; "Reef Early" to balance out the windward helm; Advantages of a 110% vs. a 150% Ginny [I currently have a 150 & will switch out in next year]; Ideas on Settting up an Cockpit Reefing system; Iron Keel maintenance, etc etc etc... I've enjoyed reading detailed posts by Claude [Mr. "Been there Done that..."]; Splax; Kloudie [lives about an hour from me - - lucked out on that!!]; Allan; Capt. Robbie; Fast Ed; Ilan; Richard B; Charlie - - and many others. Let me say thank you for all of your contributions and for making this move [up to a big boat] a little less un-nerving.
While my reading has provided many answers to many of my concerns, I was not able to find anything [yet] on a particular cut-out at the forward port portion of the shower sump. Because I'm not at the boat, I've had to take a picture off of this forum of the area in question. I've circled the area on the picture. On my boat, there is an approx 1.5" hole with the "tip" of a hose barely sticking out of it. The hose/conduit is empty and is running on a steep angle towards the stern. What is this??? See picture:
I want to end by stating: I am so often 'shocked' to see folks "jump on this forum and ask a question - - and many many answers provided [by the folks I mentioned above] but then there is no response or follow up from the original post? The OP just "up and vanishes like a fart in the wind???" When you click on their profile [dig a little deeper], you often see that was there only post... Let me just say - - that will not be me! I really appreciate all the help and will certainly make that a point. I do Wednesday PM sailing on a J-30 and have had a bunch of small boats: Prindle, Vanguard, Sunfish, Hobie Tandem Island [Still have this one - - actually 2 of them], and others... So, right now, with the H34, everything is NEW.
Shannon Mooney
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