People HATE These Boats - I Love Them [Full Tour] Learning the Lines

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This 2014 Hunter 40 offers so much, at such a reasonable price for what she is, that I can see why these boats have a following, despite the criticism they receive. Personally, I think if you're in the market for a newer coastal cruiser (and don't plan to cross oceans) then it's hard to beat the value of a well-kept Hunter.
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[@onlyychevys]

I would love to see more lower priced boats. Good to see this one under 200k. There is a lot of people that would sail if they could get a cheaper boat that they don't have to live on to afford. Maybe more 30 to 50k. I might be wrong but that's the one's I look at the most. What does everyone else think? I love your video's and thank you for making them!

[@petec9686]

At the beginning he describes it as a 2014 Hunter 40 Yawl. After watching for a minute or two, desperately searching for any hint of a mast back aft, I went back to the beginning and listened carefully. We have a 2014 Hunter 40, y'all. Dang southerners!

[@roadboat9216]

I am a US Sailing instructor and taught sailing out of San Francisco. We had a fleet of these boats from 29-49 feet. We taught class both in the bay with typical winds up to near 25+ kts. Double reef was normal. We also took them offshore N. California waters. Very challenging waters. They took it.

[@chrisbailey6986]

I have the 1989 version of this boat and have been through every inch of it. It is stiff, sails well on and off the wind, is dry, cheap, and built like a tank. If a person would take a fin keel/spade rudder production Beneteau or Jeanneau offshore, I have no idea why you wouldn’t be equally comfortable taking the late 80’s Hunter 40 offshore apart from snobbery. BTW, my Hunter has the B&R rig with a split backstay. If you’d feel better with a backstay, add it.

[@MerleNicholson]

That B&R rig was developed first in 1970, and Hunter has used it since 1983. It was race proven in several notable custom ocean boats, and subsequently used in many production boats, so although it may look different there's nothing in the rig preventing it from offshore use. There is nothing in the design to prevent adding split backstays except of course the sailplan that may employ a large roach or a long boom. To say that people HATE it is an exaggeration, Hunter probably suffers from lack of respect for using hull methods typical of Beneteau or Jeanneau. All three are seen all over the Caribbean. This Hunter is truly innovative in design and detail.

[@petec9686]

Full width aft cabins were rare in 40 ft aft cockpit boats......in 1983. In fact they were pretty much unheard of. In 1984 Hunter introduced the Legend 40 with the full width aft cabin. They even figured out how to get one in the 37.5. By 2014, everybody was doing them.

[@johncollins5021]

Nice boat. I have a 92 43foot hunter legend. Lot of room. I have been in 50 knot winds she handled it nice. I have it 10 years now.

[@jefflloyd394]

You have to hate Catalina's and hunters and pontoon boats. Its the rule. But this is so clever and well thought out ...

[@ajediknight]

why would anyone hate this boat? It looks great.

[@wadeclodfelter75]

I agree, I own a Hunter sailboat. The controversy centers around the B&R rig without a backstay.

[@paulstewart9639]

@@wadeclodfelter75 If it works, why the controversy? I’m pretty sure the people complaining about the lack of backstays aren’t engineers.

[@_JustinCider_]

@@wadeclodfelter75 How hard would it be to add one?

[@wadeclodfelter75]

@@_JustinCider_ It wouldn't be hard to add one and know some that have. I haven't but the longevity of these rigs speaks for itself in my opinion.

[@SSBN506]

Complains about no backstay were fare in the mind 90s when they started doing it as it was new. But it has been 30+ years with no systemic problems. Old grumpy sailors tend to get older and grumpier is the hate they get.

[@williams.benjaminiii9043]

reminds me of my cheap '92 MacGregor 26s on 40' steroids. Easy to use, wouldn't want to give it too many bumps, but an easy to use inland / light coastal cruiser. It doesn't compare to a center cockpit (so called Morgan-Hunter) that youtuber TaylorsTravels has. This would be excellent for Salish Sea, Puget Sound-Inland passage type passages which is what most of us sailor types do anyway wherever we are. It can be the right tool for the right job kind of boat. Love your channel. Long time watcher, new subscriber.

[@svechappe6075]

If I'm not mistaken, this is a Marlow Hunter. Marlow bought Hunter out of bankruptcy around 2012. Marlow took some of the innovations Hunter developed, such as the rig design, and added contemporary design and styling features. They appear to be very decent booats.

[@goulash75]

Seems like a perfect boat for what it's built for, inland / coastal cruising. I certainly wouldn't say no if someone offered it to me.

[@fxpthl]

Obviously a very well maintained boat! I'm surprised at how many newer boats still have "nav stations"! Kind of a waste of space, isn't it?

[@licencetoswill]

great boat for the price, and they sail nicely too.

[@atomisum6445]

Looks awesome. Now a MacGregor I'd say is controversial

[@Cajundaddydave]

Nice! A well appointed boat for island-hopping in the Caribbean or cruising the gulf coast.

[@FlipCouvillion]

I love my Hunter🤙

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

I love mine. 2002 H356

[@rl2109]

Looks like a fine boat... What controversy...?

[@gcanada3005]

I absolutely love these boats as a fat Canadian hell bent on comfort. I will sail the world in a 40+ Hunter in a few years. Just have to decide which one. There is a nice 2007 45CC for sale in Toronto right now for about $140k usd. I love the boat in this video also. I guess all it comes down to is the best deal at the time

[@SSBN506]

Grumpy old men on the internet who sailed in the 70s 80s don't like them because they don't like anything not made in the 70s and 80s that normal people can afford.

[@kirkelder5]

The Huter you are on is a sloop rig not a yawl which would have a second aft short mast and a mizzen sail on it.

[@FeelItRising]

might have said y'all

[@dcdurbin1]

What's keeping this Hunter from making a crossing?

[@williams.benjaminiii9043]

many, many, many things. But many have done more on less. And some of those were last seen...

[@williams.benjaminiii9043]

first red flag was about the back stay. There isn't one.

[@highplainshollarhomestead3188]

I'm 6'4". Do you have any suggestions for boats about the size with more head room?

[@CawffeeTyme]

Jordan, I guess you and Randi didn't stay in Nova Scotia? Good luck wherever you are now.

[@cestmoi1262]

There is little if anything to hate about this boat.

[@mikehartmann5187]

What’s the controversy?

[@SSBN506]

Grumpy old men on the internet who sailed in the 70s 80s don't like them because they don't like anything not made in the 70s and 80s that normal people can afford.

[@Brian-os9qj]

Quite nice

[@johnsatzinger61]

The negative attitudes about Hunter are BS. In the early 90s I think some of the boats were questionable, but I've owned a Tartan 28, Catalina 30, a 2007 Hunter 33, and now a 2002 Catalina 36. The Hunter was in charter for several years and held up much better than the newer Beneteau and Jeaneau models. They all use the same components and the Hunters are innovative in many ways the others are not, such as locating all through hulls together in one place.

[@brucef5874]

sloop not a yawl

[@kirkelder5]

A coastal cruiser at best because of the fin shaped keel and no skeg ahead of the vulnerable rudder .

[@licencetoswill]

plenty of them have crossed oceans and are long term liveaboards. good value too

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

Most sailboats crossing oceans today have fin keels and no skeg

[@darrencoile]

Hunter is the Nickelback of sailboats, lots of people hate them but they have sold a ton of merch.

[@frankmoore3598]

the nickelback of sailboats, damn !!! LMAO

[@geraldhowse8597]

Cockpit sole panels 😅

[@javierbetancourt9388]

💯

[@CharlesETerry]

You are the tits man sorry we don't seemuch of Randy but yoour my man any way Looking at why Hunters are so melange. 😊

[@FixNewsPlease]

Hunter. LOL

[@jefft2090]

The entrance hatch ruins this boat. 2 bridgedecks to climb over yuck. Would never buy this...horrible.

[@earthman3000]

Decent boat for the price and they can race well. Would probably go with something else for the price though.