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Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser, Daytona Beach, Florida, Back on market, Price reduced 2/17/18 to $49,000, SOLD 5/20/18

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Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser

Purchased this boat with the intention of using her to cruise the Bahamas for a few months but weather cut the trip short. On my way back and will soon be ready to pass her on to her next lucky owner. Wow though, what a boat! Not only does she function, she's a gorgeous boat. Precision built with attention to the finest detail, fit and finish. Quality everywhere you look, she's like art in motion! This is a turn key cruiser! Had her surveyed when I bought her 9/2017, description of condition? "Bristol!" Very few boats meet that criteria!

This is not a typical Hunter 25.5, it's been refitted for world cruising and owned for the past 20 years by the founder of Solar Stik, Inc. (a marine and military power company).

SPECS:

  • Make: Hunter
  • Model: 255
  • Year: 1984
  • LOA: 26'
  • Beam: 9' 3"
  • Draft: 4'
  • Mast Height: 34' from water
  • Tonnage: 5500 lbs
  • Cruising speed - sail: 6 knts
  • Motoring speed: 6.5 knts

    Empty Pocket has been continually refined for nearly 20 years, using two reference points:

  • 1.) The experiences of full-time cruising
  • 2.) The goal of being as self-sufficient as technology and design will allow

    She is built to be as "Maintenance-Free" as is possible while underway, but also provide the comforts and amenities normally found on 45' yachts. Empty Pocket is a much easier boat to handle, maintain, and cruise, at a fraction of the cost of a similarly-equipped larger vessel.

    Thoughtful design, practical implementation, and meticulous maintenance is applied to every component, from her major onboard systems right down to the hand-held devices that were selected as part of her inventory. Empty Pocket is so complete that she could "leave the dock tomorrow" for a year-long cruise.

  • She is professionally maintained every week and her critical gear is up-to-date.

    Complete equipment list published on link listed below.

    INTERIOR

    Galley

  • Seaward Princess Twin-burner propane stove
  • Oversized polished stainless steel deep galley sink
  • Panasonic 800W Microwave
  • Dometic ice machine
  • Frigoboat refrigerator/freezer with digital control

    Custom "Pop-Top" with pneumatic lift

  • Additional 12" of headroom in main salon
  • Excellent ventilation of entire cabin

    EXTERIOR

  • Awl-Grip 2000 finish with custom sprayed non-skid surfaces
  • Rear rail seats
  • Structural T-Bar toe-rail protects hull and provides rigging/utility options
  • Aluminum swim-deck with dive ladder and incorporated rudder assembly
  • Encapsulated keel with stainless steel "grounding" shoe

    2013 - Complete overhaul (18 months at St. Aug Marine)

  • Complete repaint of entire boat
  • All exterior aluminum blasted and powder-coated white (except toe-rail)

    SAILS & RUNNING RIGGING:

  • Pro-Furl jib furler
  • AirForce medium-duty cruising Jib
  • AirForce medium-duty cruising main with 2 manual reef points
  • Custom mainsail "Stack-Pack" style cover with lazy jacks
  • Garhaur custom rigid boom vang
  • Harken 32ST two-speed self-sailing winches
  • Harken two-speed mainsheet/traveler system
  • Harken rapid-adjust jib-sheet track (clutch-style)
  • Kenyon mast and boom with baby-stay
  • Internal mast halyards
  • All shackles and rigging hardware are Wichard brand
  • 2013 - Completely new rigging (running & standing)

    MOTOR & STEERING:

  • Honda BF 15 with electric start and hydraulic trim (2012)
  • PowerThruster installed at propeller
  • Garelick HD engine mount and hoist
  • Custom extending /foldaway tiller with comfort handle and rudder-lock arm
  • High-performance rudder with breakaway base (for accidental grounding)
  • Fuel Tank - 12 Gallon Popropylene with sender/gauge (gasoline)

    NAVIGATION:

  • Garmin 576S Plotter/Sounder with weather and AIS network
  • includes BLUE navigation software
  • Transducer with speed/temp
  • Simrad Tillerpilot 50
  • Simrad Tillerpilot 30 (spare)
  • Simrad TIllerpilot remote control
  • TackTick wireless wind instrument
  • ACR 806 GPS EPIRB with NMEA (manual deployment)
  • Ritchie Competition navigation compass

    ELECTRICAL:

  • Blue Seas 12V/120V distribution panels, circuit breakers and switching

    12V 400AH Battery Bank

  • 300AH "House" battery - Northstar BLUE 100 AGM (x3)
  • 100AH "Engine/Reserve" battery - Northstar 105 AGM (x1)
  • Solar Stik (the original one!)
  • Twin 55W Shell solar panels (mono)
  • Air-X Silent 400W wind turbine
  • Blue Sky Energy 3024iL Duo MPPT control with Pro-Remote display
  • Solar panels (fixed)
  • Twin 105W SBM non-glass (mono)
  • 120W flexible solar "bow tent"
  • Genasun MPPT controls (one each panel to maximize operating efficiency)

    SOLD

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    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

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    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat

    Hunter 25.5, 1984, Ultimate Pocket Cruiser sailboat