Looking for a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340
 

I'm looking to purchase a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340. I live in NJ but will to go most anywhere in the northeast.

Conn
NY
DE
MD
NC
SC
FL

TIA

Bill

Re: Looking for a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340
 

There's at least a half dozen listed on Yachtworld on the east coast.

if you like the layout of the Hunter, you should check out the Catalina 34 as well. Pretty much the same layout but reversed with the galley and aft cabin door on the starboard side and head to port side.

Re: Looking for a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340
 

Have you sailed one? They are a pretty slow boat - PHRF over 150 is pretty high for a contemporary 34'. A friend and his ownership group bought a new one back then and sold it after two seasons because of its poor performance - they are a bunch of geezers too, not racers. They bought a current model Hunter to replace it.

Re: Looking for a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340
 

Looking at the PHRFs of the big 3 (Bene, Catalina, Hunter), 150 looks about average for a boat around that length. Certainly 150 doesn't stand out as slow in that group from what I could see.

Re: Looking for a 1997-2000 HUNTER 340
 

BENETEAU345 131
BENETEAU35s5 124
BENETEAU35s5WK 139

CATALINA34 144

ERICSON33 120
ERICSON34 136
ERICSON34-2 135

JEANNEAU34SUNRISE 139
JEANNEAU36SUNSHINE 118

MORGAN30-2 148
MORGAN36T 121

PETERSON33 138
PETERSON33CHITA 140
PETERSON34 120


HUNTER 340 SD 156

Anywhere up to 38 sec/mile for a comparably sized boat is slow in my book - note many of those boats are decades old as well.