Trade-A-Boat – April 2018

How does it rate?

Average

1 SUITABILITY FOR PURPOSE

2 INNOVATION

3 DESIGN AND LAYOUT

4 QUALITY OF FINISH

5 HANDLING AND RIDE

6 STABILITY AT REST

7 ERGONOMICS

8 STANDARD EQUIPMENT

9 VALUE FOR MONEY

10 X-FACTOR

Haines Hunter 700 Enclosed/700R

“When we

jumped

aboard the

feeling of

size endured.

Here is a

cockpit with

room for a

crew of at

least three to

move freely”

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Sitting up high and protected against

the wind, it’s easy to underestimate the rate of knots; the landings

were soft, even after hitting one-metre-high waves; The hand-laid

fibreglass is a work of art; Retaining the self-draining deck of the 760

was key to the 700’s design, as was the man-size killtank.

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