Friends,
I've been a member of the Hunters forum for a long time. First with my 1978 H-27 and most recently with my 1982 H-30. Unfortunately the 3 day Nor-Easter here on Long Island last week brought us sustained winds of 40 MPH with gusts in the 60's. My old hunter blew off the mooring TWICE. The first time the old pendant parted but I was able to get a new 5/8" pendant on the mooring ball and to rescue the boat with no damage and put her back on the mooring. During that day we had gusts over 60 and the new pendant line actually ripped one of the aluminum cleats in half which sawed through the line causing the second line to fail. The second time I blew off the mooring time I lodged against a cement sea wall. I was floated off on after 3 high tides but the damage to the skeg, rudder and topsides was just to much. I sold her for salvage. So until I get my NEXT Hunter my activities on the web will be necessarily limited.
But I'm out there looking.... maybe I'll move down to a Hunter trailer sailor.
Thanks for your help and friendship!
Sincerely,
Nelsonhow
I've been a member of the Hunters forum for a long time. First with my 1978 H-27 and most recently with my 1982 H-30. Unfortunately the 3 day Nor-Easter here on Long Island last week brought us sustained winds of 40 MPH with gusts in the 60's. My old hunter blew off the mooring TWICE. The first time the old pendant parted but I was able to get a new 5/8" pendant on the mooring ball and to rescue the boat with no damage and put her back on the mooring. During that day we had gusts over 60 and the new pendant line actually ripped one of the aluminum cleats in half which sawed through the line causing the second line to fail. The second time I blew off the mooring time I lodged against a cement sea wall. I was floated off on after 3 high tides but the damage to the skeg, rudder and topsides was just to much. I sold her for salvage. So until I get my NEXT Hunter my activities on the web will be necessarily limited.
But I'm out there looking.... maybe I'll move down to a Hunter trailer sailor.
Thanks for your help and friendship!
Sincerely,
Nelsonhow
