A similar opinion was shared for the Irwin yachts as well.IPs are built using chop guns. So too Caliber. I've been to their shops and seen it used. So much for opinions.
IPs are built using chop guns. So too Caliber. I've been to their shops and seen it used. So much for opinions.
Many years later after sailing frequently on an early 1980ish Hunter 55, I could not fathom the low opinion of Hunters generally among some. It's a fine world-class racer/cruiser [of its day] in my opinion--but it was built by Luhrs.The earlier Hunters from the 1970's and early 1980's, however, seemed much better regarded than those new versions coming out then.
...in fact, after a Hunter 376 hit a sheer-face rock island off Mexico during a race with the loss of all five crew, some people said the reason the boat broke up was chopper gun light construction. I contacted Hunter and got the lay up schedule and application method and sent the information out via the same channel used to publish the bad info. It is similar to what all the major builders use.Chopper guns, you guys crack me up
Must never have watched the construction videos back before Marlow took them off the site. There isn't any chopper guns used in modern Hunters far as I know (modern being like last 20 years). All the fiberglass sheets are CNC cut to plan and hand laid. An epoxy gun might/is used to spray the resin onto the laid sheets before it get hand rolled out. BUT, there isn't anything really wrong with using a chopper gun if used properly.
I've got one of those Hunters. (Fondly referred to as the Cherubini Hunters by us owners.) They were built much like the Columbia's, Erickson's, Islander's, Pearson's of the same era. Laid up really strong.The earlier Hunters from the 1970's and early 1980's, however, seemed much better regarded than those new versions coming out then.
Well, take at look at this link if you need more explanation as to the bashing craze. Perhaps a good portion of it lies with reviews like this one.Chopper guns, you guys crack me up
Must never have watched the construction videos back before Marlow took them off the site. There isn't any chopper guns used in modern Hunters far as I know (modern being like last 20 years). All the fiberglass sheets are CNC cut to plan and hand laid. An epoxy gun might/is used to spray the resin onto the laid sheets before it get hand rolled out.
BUT, there isn't anything really wrong with using a chopper gun if used properly.
I owned a 1990 32 for nine years and I would buy another. I have to wonder just what kind of 28' this "surveyor" would think "satisfactory"? Wonder where he got his Naval Architect degree? Oh, that's right, he doesn't need one...Well, take at look at this link if you need more explanation as to the bashing craze.
http://www.yachtsurvey.com/boatreviews/hunter28.htm
Particularly the passages near the end:
Those of you who get ideas about "bluewater voyaging" in a bargain boat like this would do well to reconsider that the ocean remains a dangerous place.
This is a price boat, and there's altogether too much that you don't get for what you don't pay, for any serious sailor to take the Hunter 28 seriously.
And finally:
If you wonder why people are leaving sailing like the plague just arrived, possibly this boat offers some reasons. There are too many just like it.