The Hunter Passage 450 is an American sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team as a cruiser and first built in 1996.
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States, but it is now out of production.
The Hunter Passage 450 is a recreational keelboat, built primarily of hand-laid polyester and vinylester resin fiberglass. The deck is constructed as a fiberglass and marine plywood sandwich, while the hull above the waterline incorporates a Baltek end-grain balsa core. The design features a masthead sloop B&R rig, a raked stem, an oval-shaped center cockpit, a walk-through reverse transom with a swim platform and folding ladder, a fiberglass mainsheet arch, and an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast.
The standard wing keel with a weighted bulb provides a draft of . Propulsion is supplied by either a Swedish Volvo or Japanese Yanmar diesel engine rated at . The fuel tank holds , and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
Standard accommodations include dual staterooms with private heads and a transom-mounted hot and cold water shower. Factory options included air conditioning, a washer and dryer, a bathtub, and an in-mast furling mainsail. Below decks headroom is . The design holds Community of Europe certification for "unlimited offshore use".
The boat has a calculated hull speed of .
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 - itâÂÂs no surprise that people are queued well down boat-show docks for the obligatory look-see. It isnâÂÂt traditional or classic or reserved; rather itâÂÂs a showcase of modern thinking with liveaboard focus."
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