| Hunter Passage 450 | |
| Designer: | Hunter Design Team |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Builder: | Hunter Marine |
| Draft: | 5.5feet |
| Displacement: | 261800NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 44.25feet |
| Lwl: | 38.58feet |
| Beam: | 14feet |
| Engine: | Volvo 780NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | wing keel with weighted bulb |
| Ballast: | 96800NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 55.42feet |
| J: | 16.92feet |
| P: | 49.38feet |
| E: | 16.82feet (17.82feet with the furling mainsail) |
| Sailplan: | B&R rigged Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 415.29square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 468.85square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 884.14square feet |
The Hunter Passage 450 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team as a cruiser and first built in 1996.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3]
The Hunter Passage 450 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of hand-laid polyester and vinylester resin fiberglass, with a deck made from a fiberglass and marine plywood sandwich and Baltek end-grain balsa core hull above the waterline. It has a masthead sloop B&R rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform and folding ladder, an oval-shaped center cockpit, a fiberglass mainsheet arch, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel. It displaces 261800NaN0 and carries 96800NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [3] [4]
The boat has a draft of 5.5feet with the standard wing keel with a weighted bulb. It is fitted with a Swedish Volvo or Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 780NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3]
Standard equipment includes dual staterooms, with private heads and a transom hot and cold water shower. Air conditioning, a clothing washer and drier, a bathtub, and in-mast furling mainsail were factory options. The below decks headroom is 78inches. The design has Community of Europe certification for "unlimited offshore use".[1] [3] [4]
The design has a hull speed of 8.32kn.[3]
Reviewer Quentin Warren, writing for Cruising World in 2002 praised the design's accommodations. He wrote: "This boat is comfortable to be aboard, light and airy, easy to handle from the cockpit, big on tankage, chockablock with amenities and perks - it’s no surprise that people are queued well down boat-show docks for the obligatory look-see. It isn’t traditional or classic or reserved; rather it’s a showcase of modern thinking with liveaboard focus."[4]
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