Hunter 460 Explained

Hunter 460
Designer:Hunter Design Team
Location:United States
Year:1999
Builder:Hunter Marine
Draft:6.5feet
Displacement:261800NaN0
Hull Type:Monohull
Construction:Fiberglass
Loa:46.08feet
Lwl:39.67feet
Beam:14feet
Engine:Yanmar JH2HTE 760NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:fin keel
Ballast:96800NaN0
Rudder Type:internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:55.33feet
J:17feet
P:51.42feet
E:18feet
Sailplan:B&R rigged masthead sloop
Sailarea Main:462.78square feet
Sailarea Headsail:470.31square feet
Sailarea Total:1000square feet
Phrf:105 (average)

The Hunter 460 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team as a cruiser and first built in 1999.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Production

The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, starting in 1999, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [4] [5]

Design

The Hunter 460 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a B&R masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional bulb wing keel. With the fin keel it displaces 261800NaN0 and carries 96800NaN0 of ballast. With the wing keel it displaces 260000NaN0 and carries 95000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [4]

The boat has a draft of 6.5feet with the standard keel and 5.5feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1] [4]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar JH2HTE diesel engine of 760NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [4]

Factory options included a two cabin and workshop arrangement, a three cabin and four cabin configuration. Standard equipment included an electric halyard winch, self-draining transom propane lockers, dual offset anchor rollers and a full-beam aft cockpit.[3]

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 105 with a high of 108 and low of 95. It has a hull speed of 8.442NaN2.[4] [6]

See also

Similar sailboats

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hunter 460 sailboat specifications and details. 1 January 2019. Browning. Randy. sailboatdata.com. 2018. https://archive.today/20220407215714/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hunter-460. 7 April 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Hunter Marine. 7 April 2022. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20200730183858/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/hunter-marine-usa. 30 July 2020. live.
  3. Web site: Hunter 460. 1 January 2019. . www.marlow-hunter.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102095043/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/uploads/H460Brochure2001.pdf. 2 January 2019. live.
  4. Web site: Hunter 460. 7 April 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220407220102/https://sailboat.guide/hunter/460. 7 April 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Previous Models. 7 April 2022. Hunter Marine. www.marlow-hunter.com. https://archive.today/20210523192156/https://www.marlow-hunter.com/our-fleet/previous-models/. 23 May 2021. live.
  6. Web site: Sailboat Specifications for Hunter 460 . 1 January 2019. Sailing Joy. InterVisionSoft LLC. 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102094957/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/4440/hunter-460. 2 January 2019. dead.