Is this a hunter 28?

Aug 10, 2020
537
Catalina C25 3559 Rocky Mount
Came across this derelict hunter tied up to an old dock while on a service call. Looks to be full of water. I'm sure it's probably rotten. My question, is it a 28? It has an outboard bracket made into the swim platform, but I thought 28s were all inboard.
 

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May 24, 2004
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CC 30 South Florida
Mate, it is just a little dirty, but is floating well. It really looks like nobody has been aboard in years so leaving a note might not yield any quick results. The boat has its registration numbers on the bow, check with the DMV.
 
Aug 19, 2021
508
Hunter 280 White House Cove Marina
Mate, it is just a little dirty, but is floating well. It really looks like nobody has been aboard in years so leaving a note might not yield any quick results. The boat has its registration numbers on the bow, check with the DMV.
I was just thinking the same thing.
 
Aug 10, 2020
537
Catalina C25 3559 Rocky Mount
Mate, it is just a little dirty, but is floating well. It really looks like nobody has been aboard in years so leaving a note might not yield any quick results. The boat has its registration numbers on the bow, check with the DMV.
Our DMV, the DOR, will not give information out.
There is a house up the hill that appears to have work being done on it, game plan is to leave a note on boat and front door.
I've left notes on boats for years, and ended up with several for free or cheap. The story is usually "well it was my dad's, and he can't sail anymore and we don't want it" or "it came with the house"
It's often amazing as to how long it takes for the note too be found. I had a call last week from a note I left almost 2 ago. Unfortunately it was too late on that one, the rot and decay had killed it.

If this one has a good deck, she's a solid candidate for clean up and restoration.

I attached a pic of my catalina 25, she was the result of leaving a note. She looked nearly as bad as the hunter when I got her.
 

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Sep 24, 2018
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Catalina 30 MKIII Chicago
Our DMV, the DOR, will not give information out.
There is a house up the hill that appears to have work being done on it, game plan is to leave a note on boat and front door.
I've left notes on boats for years, and ended up with several for free or cheap. The story is usually "well it was my dad's, and he can't sail anymore and we don't want it" or "it came with the house"
It's often amazing as to how long it takes for the note too be found. I had a call last week from a note I left almost 2 ago. Unfortunately it was too late on that one, the rot and decay had killed it.

If this one has a good deck, she's a solid candidate for clean up and restoration.

I attached a pic of my catalina 25, she was the result of leaving a note. She looked nearly as bad as the hunter when I got her.
Im always amazed at how quickly you can take a boat that most of us wouldn't touch with a 10 foot boat hook into one that that most of us desire
 
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Jun 8, 2004
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The hull number is either on the starboard side of the transom below the hull to deck joint or on the starboard side of hull toward the rear below the hull to deck joint. Find the serial number and post it here. Then we can tell you what it is.

as for the hunter 27, you have to be more
specific. First built in 1979, second built in 1988, third is the 270 introduced in 1997 and fourth is the Hunter Edge 27 introduced in 2009. I am not sure if there is a fifth one