Keel Details
Keel #1
- Keel Type: Bulb
- Ballast: 9500 lb
- Displacement: 26000 sq ft
- Max Draft: 5.50 ft
Main Description
The Hunter Passage 456 was designed, engineered and built to provide owners with the ultimate in comfort and livability. The spacious salon is both well ventilated and well lit with its many ports, hatches and the innovative Hunter windshield. Dining, entertaining, or just relaxing is all easily accomplished aboard the 456. Moving aft from the salon, the midcabin head is positioned to enhance access from the salon and cockpit areas. Corian counters, plentiful storage, and an easy-to-clean finish makes the head practical and good-looking. The owner's suite offers superb accommodations in an expansive area. A real queen-size, innerspring mattress adorns the master berth while a large amount of hanging lockers and shelving provide great storage. The combination shower and bathtub lie behind the custom shower door and the desk / computer station is perfect for the mobile executive. The Passage 456 also has a guest stateroom with a full-size double berth and a full set of drawers and hanging lockers, plus a private head with shower. The fully equipped galley has Corian-fiddled counters and a dual opening refrigerator for quick and easy access. Twin stainless sinks, a convenient cutting board, a gimbaled range and oven, plus a microwave will thrill any chef. Secure storage and non-slip flooring makes cooking in a seaway safe and easy.
Sail Area
- IJPE : 889.00 sq ft
- I : 55.42 ft
- J : 16.92 ft
- P : 49.92 ft
- E : 16.83 ft
- Working Sail Area : 889.00 sq ft
Upgrades and Updates
2019
New chart plotter - Raymarine Axiom touchscreen
New Auto Pilot - Raymarine
2017
New, upgraded fresh water pump (Jabsco)
Upgraded Alternator (100 amp)
2016
Install Em-Trak B100 AIS
2015
New 44lb "Rocna" anchor
Equipment
- Air Conditioning (updated unit in aft stateroom)
- Watermaker
- Bow Thruster
- Outboard
- Generator
- New Dinghy
- AIS
- Upgraded Batteries
- Full Enclosure (minus aft section)
- Solar Panels
- Dinghy Davits
- cruising chute/spinnaker (needs to be repaired or replaced)
Recent Maintenance
- Maintenance/Replacement items
- Oct-19 Replace rear Lewmar hatch lense
- Mar-19 Replace Xantrex inverter control board
- Jan-19 Replace generator seawater pump
- Jan-19 Repair mainsail clew
- Jan-19 Replace engine starter motor
- Dec-18 Replace generator fresh water pump
- Nov-18 Replace generator heat exchanger
- Oct-18 Replace watermaker trip switch
- Oct-17 Replacement anchor chain - 250ft
- Oct-17 New AGM house batteries
- Oct-17 New AGM engine battery
- Oct-17 New anchor swivel shackle
- Oct-16 New aft Head pump (Jabsco)
- Oct-16 New fwd Head pump (Jabsco)
- Oct-16 New aft holding tank macerator (Jabsco)
- Oct-16 New fwd. holding tank macerator (Jabsco)
- Oct-16 Replace generator seawater impeller
- Mar-16 50ft shore power cable
- Nov-15 Replaced Freezer condenser and control unit
- Nov-15 Replaced Fridge condenser and control unit
- Nov-15 Booster pump - AW170 & switch (Water maker) - Beard Marine
- Oct-15 New water maker membrane & carbon filter
- Oct-15 Replacement generator control/computer unit
- Oct-15 Replace engine seawater impeller
- Oct-15 25ft shore power cable
- Nov-14 Replace alternator regulator (Balmar)
- Oct-14 Replace cutlass bearing
- Jun-14 Replacement mainsail
- Apr-14 Little Giant pump - magnetic drive (Air Conditioning)
Accommodations and Cockpit
Salon
The spacious salon is both well ventilated and well lit with its many ports, hatches and the innovative Hunter windshield. Dining, entertaining, or just relaxing is all easily accomplished aboard the 456. Moving aft from the salon, the midcabin head is positioned to enhance access from the salon and cockpit areas. Corian counters, plentiful storage, and an easy-to-clean finish makes the head practical and good-looking.
Tons of seating
- Beautiful, light colored upholstery
- TV
- Bose stereo system
- Dinette table lifts up to stow and clear seating area
Owner's Cabin
The owner's suite offers superb accommodations in an expansive area. A real queen-size, innerspring mattress adorns the master berth while a large amount of hanging lockers and shelving provide great storage. The combination shower and bathtub lie behind the custom shower door and the desk / computer station is perfect for the digital nomad.
Guest Quarters
The Passage 456 also has a guest stateroom with a full-size double berth and a full set of drawers and hanging lockers, plus a private head with shower.
- Pulman berth
- Dressing seat
- Plentiful under-berth stowage
Galley
The fully equipped galley has Corian-fiddled counters and a dual opening refrigerator for quick and easy access. Twin stainless sinks, a convenient cutting board, a gimbaled range and oven, plus a microwave round out the galley equipment. Secure storage and non-slip flooring makes cooking underway safe and easy.
Cockpit
The sugar-scoop transom makes accessing the water safe and easy. Get your paddle board, scuba gear, or just yourself on and off the boat quickly and safely in just a few steps. The spacious cockpit invites morning coffee and breakfast at sunrise, midday naps, evening sundowners and as much (or as little) company as you can provide snacks for.