Marlow-Hunter 31 named on of Sail's best boats of 2016

richk

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Jan 24, 2007
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Marlow-Hunter 37 Deep Creek off the Magothy River off ChesBay
All I can say is we were at the Annapolis show right next to the MH 31, but ashore. We were there with two Hunter sailing groups in the Chesapeake Bay, HSA-1 and Northern Star. I can't tell you how many folks stopped by our booth and commented on either how much they liked the boat after seeing it or telling us that was their next stop at the show.
 
quadrille38

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Apr 11, 2010
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Hunter 38 Whitehall MI
Terry Cox said:
Sad to see the Hunter brand name slowly fading away.
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I don't know that I'd see it as fading away. The name is getting an opportunity to live on in a new form.
Marlow obviously saw that there was brand equity in the Hunter name and despite their own significant brand recognition chose to incorporate the Hunter name to capitalize on that equity.
For those of us who own a Hunter I think it actually helps maintain the value of our boats to have a new generation coming to market where the Hunter brand is given recognition through incorporation in the name.

It isn't without precedent in the Hunter history either. Weren't there Cherubini Hunters produced?
 
woodster

woodster

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Sep 15, 2009
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S2 9.2a Fairhope Al
quadrille38 said:
I don't know that I'd see it as fading away. The name is getting an opportunity to live on in a new form.
Marlow obviously saw that there was brand equity in the Hunter name and despite their own significant brand recognition chose to incorporate the Hunter name to capitalize on that equity.
For those of us who own a Hunter I think it actually helps maintain the value of our boats to have a new generation coming to market where the Hunter brand is given recognition through incorporation in the name.

It isn't without precedent in the Hunter history either. Weren't there Cherubini Hunters produced?
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that is a very good analogy
 
Terry Cox

Terry Cox

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Dec 25, 2000
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Hunter Passage 42 Shelter Bay, WA
What I observed when looking at the main front page splash that Phil posted above, Hunter only appears in the very fine print.
 
woodster

woodster

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Sep 15, 2009
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Terry Cox said:
What I observed when looking at the main front page splash that Phil posted above, Hunter only appears in the very fine print.
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that's what happens when the one with the money takes over ...i am thinking the only reason he keeped the hunter name was because hunter is a familiar name in sailing and marlow is not as of yet ...what he has to do now is get in some racing victories
 
Hello Below

Hello Below

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May 7, 2012
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Hunter e33 Maple Bay, BC
Phil Herring

Phil Herring

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Mar 25, 1997
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Yes, that link I posted is from a British dealer, and in the UK they can't use the name Hunter.
 
woodster

woodster

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Phil Herring said:
Yes, that link I posted is from a British dealer, and in the UK they can't use the name Hunter.
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Just like in oz there is no burger king only hungry jacks as a matter fact I don't remember any dairy queens their either. But I did see a few x dressers in Melbourne :yikes:
 
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