H 45
Well,,,,,,, I have a 1987 hull and wouldn't think about giving it up. A good friend of mine was cruising for 3 yrs on his 40'Irwin in the southern seas. Running into a 45' Hunter, they said it preformed really good down there. We race mine on Lake Michigan and it has preformed remarkable well. 35 knots of wind in the spinnaker boat speed 18. I think it was in 1985 Hunter raced a 45 in the ocean crossing from England to the US single handed keeping up with ultra 60’s at that time. I have never heard of any problems with rudder on a 45, but anything is possible. The biggest problem up here in Michigan is if there is any moisture in the rudder and you freeze it there’s a good chance that you will delaminate it. But that can happen on any foamed cored rudder or even fiberglass if moisture gets between layers. I have increased my holding tanks to 28 gallons changed the roller furling, main sheet & traveler system, have jack stays for the main and sail it single handed “can’t tell my wife that oh”. Is it a great ocean going boat like a valiant or others like it no? But it a very strong sea going boat.