Carter 30 versus Hunter 30?

[TSailors]

Hi!. I hope this is the right forum.. new here.

Ahem, I am trying to find a smallish (=cheap) sailboat that would give me and my better half more practice and also test our ability to live on water..
I found two that are easily within reach
a carter 30, sahibinden.com user login
and a hunter 23.5 sahibinden.com user login

I was wondering if either of these look good.. Or, what else would you recommend?

My previous experience: Owner of a Sunfish for 10 years or so.. Lots of fun those boats

Many thanks, -t

 

[srm]

Unfortunately, the links require email details to access and this may well limit your replies.

 

[Bajansailor]

Welcome to the Forum TK.

Firstly, whereabouts in the world are you located?
You ideally want to look for a yacht that is not too far from where you are.

Do you have any other links for the two boats in the links above?

You mention a Carter 30 and a Hunter 30 - but in your link you mention a Hunter 23.5?
The Hunter 235 is very different.
https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-235

Here is some more info on the Carter 30 -
https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/carter-30

And the Hunter 30 - I presume you mean the older American Hunter?
https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-30

I think that your post would probably be more widely read if it was in the Scuttlebutt forum, rather than the Classic Boat forum - maybe @john_morris_uk could move it for you?

 

[TSailors]

Thank you VERY much for the information.. I did not realize that there were several different versions of the Hunters.
Yes, I am located in Turkey..

 

[Tranona]

There are 2 different brands of Hunter. The one linked to is the US company, now called Legend. The second is UK, sometimes called British Hunter. The boats are also very different.

The Carter 30 dates from the 1970s and was a successful racing boat that was turned into a cruiser. There are different versions (the one linked to is the original) and built in UK, Poland and Greece. Quality is hugely variable and the Greek built boats were mostly used for charter. They are in turn very different styles of boats from either of the Hunters and would not normally be considered "beginners" boats! However, I think the Greek built boars had smaller rigs which might make them easier to sail.