Australia: New Hunter 49 Owners

WanderLust 3, the new Hunter 49, was a tremendous hit at the Sydney International Boat Show.

US Yachts, Matt Hayes' distributorship for the Hunter brand of sailboats in Australia and New Zealand, recorded 8 positive sales of the boats made in Alachua Florida, including 2 cash down-payments on the new 49 with 4 other interested parties also recorded.

(left) Having put a large down payment on the new Hunter 49 at the Sydney Boat Show, David and his wife Grace take a test sail on WanderLust 3 in Sydney Harbor. They will fly up to Cairns at the end of September for a 5 day sail to Thursday Island with Mike Harker.





On my way up the Australian East Coast, I was able to invite the Williams Family along for a 5- day sail. I singlehanded from Sydney 500 miles up to Mooloolaba to pick up the family and the Hunter salesman Matt Lumsdaine.


They plan to sell their farm in Australia's Outback and buy the New Hunter 49 to sail back to England, home- (boat-) schooling their kids along the way.

After dropping off the Williams family in Mackay, Matt and I took out 2 other families interested in the new H-49 and will meet up with 2 more families waiting for us at Able Point Marina in Airlie Beach. In Airlie there are also 2 charter boat companies interested to upgrade their fleet with at least 1 each of the Hunter flagship H-49.

None of these interested customers would have even thought about looking further into the HUNTER brand of sailboat if I hadn't brought the boat from Miami Florida to the Sydney International Boat Show. This was confirmed by all parties personally to me.

It was well worth the extra effort to get here.


Mike Harker
S/V Wanderlust 3