Under rated Hunter
I ownered a 26.5 for several years and I think it is one of the most under rated Hunter models. This design gives you a very good day sailer/weekender with realitively good performance. It's internal systems are very simple and having a bulb/wing keel is something you only get on the larger Hunters today. There are few complains about this model in the archive and I personally only have two areas of minor concern. The first is the engine mount system and the ability to raise it during sailing, it was a might combersome. The second is if it has a factury furling system is most likely is a Hood LD which uses a single "loop" control line which when the line gets old slips a little and lets the sail furl out. This is easily fixed by replacing the line. The only reason I still do not sail the 26.5 ( I now have a 28.5) is that it ws destroyed in a lightning strike.Kevin