| Hunter 456 | |
| Designer: | Hunter Design Team |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Builder: | Hunter Marine |
| Draft: | 6.5feet |
| Displacement: | 261800NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 46.1feet |
| Lwl: | 39.67feet |
| Beam: | 14feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 760NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 96800NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 55.42feet |
| J: | 16.92feet |
| P: | 49.92feet |
| E: | 16.83feet |
| Sailplan: | B&R rigged Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 420.08square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 468.85square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 1000square feet |
The Hunter 456 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team as a cruiser and first built in 2003.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [4]
The Hunter 456 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop B&R rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, a center cockpit, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional wing keel. With the fin keel it displaces 260000NaN0 and carries 95000NaN0 of lead ballast. With the wing keel it displaces 261800NaN0 and carries 96800NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [3] [4]
The boat has a draft of 6.5feet with the standard keel and 5.5feet with the optional shoal draft wing keel.[1] [3] [4]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 780NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The hot water tank has a capacity of and the waste water holding tank holds .[1] [3] [4]
Factory standard equipment included a 110% roller furling genoa, three two-speed self-tailing winches (one for rigging and two for the jib sheets), an electric self-tailing halyard winch, anodized spars, marine VHF radio, knotmeter, depth sounder, AM/FM radio and CD player with eight speakers, dual offset anchor rollers, hot and cold water transom shower, integral solar panel, sealed teak and holly cabin sole, two fully enclosed heads with showers, aft head bathtub, private forward and aft cabins, a dinette table that converts to a berth, complete set of kitchen dishes for six people and bedding, microwave oven, dual sinks, three-burner gimbaled liquid petroleum gas stove and oven, a fog bell and six life jackets. Factory options included in-mast mainsail furling, an asymmetrical spinnaker and rigging, a double aft cabin, air conditioning, clothing washer and drier, GPS and a Bimini top. Below decks the headroom is 770NaN0.[3]
The design has a hull speed of 8.442NaN2.[4] [5] [6]
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