His grandson, Henry, continued the family heritage on the New Jersey coast, building and repairing recreational and fishing boats.

The result was production of low-quality boats backed by a short warranty and poor customer service, leading to trouble with dealers and unhappy owners.

Luhrs was forced to suspend his racing career and return to directly run the company, carrying out a restructuring, creating new work teams, extending the warranty from one year to five years and hiring Canadian designer Rob Mazza in 1991 to take over design and coordinate the production process.

Hunter also began the construction of sailboats whose hulls make use of bow hollow and stern reflex, marine architecture design elements that maximize thrust under sail.

[6] The new 31-foot was developed under Marlow-Hunter under guidance from longtime Hunter marine consultant and naval architect Glenn Henderson.