I haven’t written this before, as some of you folks are absolutely brutal to your fellow forum correspondents, but thought I’d run this up the mast anyway.We have a 2001 h260, which we purchased new as a factory ordered boat. We enjoy sailing it on Oneida Lake, in central New York State. Based on my experiences with HUNTER and more than thirty years in the manufacturing industry, I question HUNTER’s devotion to quality and sometimes wonder if their designers have ever sailed.PLEASE, don’t start on the Ferrari vs. Chevy Bel Aire kick!!!I’m talking about things that could have been corrected at NO CHARGE in the design or implementation stages or eliminated with a proper incoming inspection procedure for purchased parts.FORE-TO-AFT:1.the anchor supplied with the boat would not fit in the anchor locker as it’s too wide.2.the shackles on the halyards were the removable screw-pin type, with “splash” written all over them.3.the jib sheet cams were open, so the sheet with a stopper knot would not stop until the knot hit the pulley fairlead quite a bit forward on the cabin top.4.the top lip of the companionway threshold facing into the cabin has an almost razor sharp edge, a real shin scraper.5.the faucet/pumps are a joke, well covered in this forum (I’ve been traveling to Taiwan for almost 26 years on business and know the Taiwanese are capable of much better than what I’ve seen from HUNTER). Even as HUNTER knows of the problem, they obviously haven’t bothered doing a QC check of their inventory, as some of the replacements I’ve received were N/G.6.the dining table was designed by ??????????7.water from wind-driven rain drips into the cabin from the companionway sliding hatch.8.when it’s raining, there is absolutely no ventilation in the cabin, as the ports open inward.9.under light air conditions, bumped about by power boats wakes, the mainsheet cam clatters about its fastener on the cockpit floor, instead of remaining upright.10.water from moderate rainfall finds its way into the non self-draining cockpit storage compartments.11.the rudder “down haul system” is another well documented joke.12.the rudder blade quality is, well, ………………I think I could go on, but I really haven’t tried to keep a score sheet and am just doing this off the top of my head.HUNTER does not produce a perfect boat, but I really believe they could get a whole lot closer for very little $$$ (Yes, I would probably find fault with the Ferrari also!!!).Pauls/v The Lord Nelson