Hunter Marine 450 Passage

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The Hunter Marine 450 Passage, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Jibsea

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 30 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 30

CoastalBluewater

1.89 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.89

LightHeavy

204 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 204

EasygoingPowered-up

16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.1

TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Heavier than ~80% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~84% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2407 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 450 Passage, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Hunter Marine 450 PASSAGE is a 13.5-meter sailboat, built from 1996, featuring a B&R rig and a fin keel with a bulb and spade rudder. Designed by the Hunter Design Team, it has a furling mainsail. Aboard *Sailing Jibsea*, a Hunter struggles with light-wind performance on a port tack, maintaining a 20-degree apparent wind angle on a starboard tack but pointing no higher than 40 degrees on port in winds under 15 knots.8:52 The crew aboard *Sailing Jibsea* undertook a 220-nautical-mile passage from Menorca to Sardinia, encountering 15–22 knot winds and steep, disorganized seas.11:46 The Hunter Marine 450 PASSAGE's bolt-on keel design, common in modern production boats, concentrates high-stress loads, a factor in 72 documented keel separations since 1984.3:58

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Hunter Marine 450 Passage on video

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

37.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

B&R

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.1

Displacement / length

203.5

Comfort ratio

29.9

Capsize screening

1.89

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1930

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1996

Designer

Hunter Design Team

Builder

Hunter Marine

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The family

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