Brunswick, GA 31520
$225,000
Brunswick, GA 31520
$225,000
Brunswick, GA 31520
$225,000
Yanmar
75hp
4400
Cruisers
44ft
2005
Passage 456
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Chela
Chela is a 2005 Hunter 456. I have always loved Hunter sailboats and looked at all their boats from thirty-eight feet to fifty feet. I looked at most of the other brands as well. After looking carefully, I decided I wanted a center cockpit, versus an aft cockpit. Chela is very easy to sail, set up to single hand and with its bow thruster anyone could dock this boat. She is a fast boat. She is very user friendly and has been a wonderful home. I like that the master bedroom is twelve feet by twelve feet with a walk around queen birth. There is so much storage in the bedroom. She has teak grates in both bathrooms and shower. Though the electric and plumbing is there to put a washer/dryer in one of the closets, I choose to add five additional self-closing cedar drawers for storage. This boat actually has a shower similar to a home; it is very big and two people could easily shower at the same time. I like the kitchen and its large refrigerator and freezer. I stored enough frozen meat and vegetables to last six months in the Bahamas. I love that the large refrigerator is both top and side opening. I love the storage in the kitchen. A matter of fact, I love the storage in the boat. There is a lot of storage. I like that the forward bedroom is a bedroom with a queen size bed and lots of storage in six drawers, two closets and massive storage under the bed. I do not like v-births, and anyone who has ever had an RV understands how hard it can be to make the bed that you have to climb on to make. I like that the dining room table raises to the ceiling creating a bigger living area. I like that the master shower and bathroom are in separate areas. I like that this boat is easily single handed. Though I had never owned a big boat before, I found this boat to be very easy to single hand. I have sailed it over 5,000 miles alone so far. It has never been a problem regardless of the weather and I have never wished for help. I like that all lines lead to the cockpit. I like that both sails furl. I bought this boat in New Bern NC and sailed it 560 miles to Florida by myself. It was very easy to sail, dock and anchor and I never felt overwhelmed. Because I do not need the generator or engine to make electricity or water and because of the large storage and refrigeration, docking becomes a choice and not a necessity. There is a grill on back deck, cushions for cockpit and transom seats, dingy engine davit. Transom shower. Fresh water wash down.I have spent very little money docking in marinas and have always chosen to anchor out and dingy in.
Nominal Length:44.25ft
Length Overall:46.08ft
Max Bridge Clearance:63ft
Beam:14ft
Fresh Water Tanks:1 × 200gal
Fuel Tanks:1 × 100gal
Holding Tanks:1 × 50gal
Engine Make:Yanmar
Engine Model:null
Total Power:75hp
Engine Hours:4400
Engine Type:inboard
Fuel Type:diesel
Points of interest
Davits over the transom to carry the dingy. Transom shower as well as a fresh water wash down for washing the boat away from the marina. Outboard engine davit. On top of the davits, a 400 watt bi-facial solar panel (can make 475 watts). Another exact solar panel is located behind the cockpit. I put a new Bimini with three sight windows (with closers) to see the sails, nine enclosure panels with five opening windows and four doors in order to use the winches while the enclosures are down, and a new dodger with an opening window. There is also a Bimini connector keeping the cockpit dry under all conditions. All the winches have been cleaned and lubricated.New stainless uncoated safety lines. New standing rigging. New running rigging. New main sail, 110% headsail (reinforced foot against chaff on lifelines) and cruising spinnaker. The boat is rigged for a spinnaker and has the additional spinnaker winches. New Raymarine electronics including Raymaine Quantum 2 Doppler radar and matching slave wind direction and speed at nav station. New Navionics Large Platium Plus charts with new radar in both the cockpit and at the nav station. A wind speed wind direction a the nav station, too. All the instruments networked together.
Points of interest
USB ports in cockpit.Stereo on deck. New cushions and upholstery throughout the boat. New queen size bed in master bedroom with box springs and memory foam. New air conditioning unit. New refrigerator. Rebuilt toilets in both bathrooms. New water pump, a/c pump, shower sump pump, macerators, etc. New Schenker Zin 30 water maker plumbed to each water tank and sink with water directed to all or as directed. This water maker is very quiet and runs off the batteries. There is no need to start the generator. New Victron programable solar chargers bluetoothed, new Victron Multi Function 3000 bluetoothed and programmable, New Victron battery monitor. The batteries are blue toothed as well. All networked and seen from nav station and duplicated on cell phone. 900 amps of new lithium iron phosphate batteries, each with a bms. New AGM starter battery. New Hypalon rigid dingy with new 15 horsepower Mercury outboard (currently about 40 hours on then engine), anchor, rode and chains as well as dock lines and boarding ladder for the dingy. Sighting bucket and extra gas can. Balmar 150 amp alternator. New Rynogy 40 amp DC-DC charger with cutoff switch. New Force 10 stove. Teak grates in both bathroom and shower. At least fourteen dock lines and two pole lines. Two docking poles hooks. Six 10”x28” fenders. Two PFDs and three offshore inflatable PFDs with built in harnesses and tethers. Two jack lines. Two pair of foul weather bib and jackets. This boat has too many extras to list. New smart TV in master and living room. Interior stereo system. New microwave, coffee maker, griddle, and toaster. Filtered water and faucet for dock use. I changed out all lights in the interior, masthead anchor light, steaming light and navigation lights, bow and stern, to LED lights. New Epirb including location via satellite and AIS. New AIS. Two new 50 foot 30 amp power cords, two new 25 foot power cords and one 50 amp to two 30 amp splitter. One 50 foot water line and one 25 foot water line. New solar panel trickle charger for starter battery. Built and install five new cedar self closing drawers in closet. New VHF mic and and two handheld VHFs. New accumulator pressure tank to take the burden off the water pump. Electronic oil siphon for oil change. New binoculars. New Starlink, moved its electrical circuit to 12 volt. New deerskin leather wrapped wheel. Rebuilt Danforth cockpit compass with new LED back light. New cockpit radio/CD player with speakers. New faucets in both bathrooms. Fifty-five pound Rocna anchor with 250 feet of 5/16 chain. Mantis S2 swivel. Back up 44 pound Danforth anchor with 250 feet of rode and chain. Four snubber lines. New propellor for main engine. My maintenance/replacement list and records are long and exhaustive. New boat bottom paint on hull, shaft and prop using six year paint. New cutlass bearing. Just compounded and waxed the boat and gelcoat dings fixed. New macerator pump for the forward head (we never used it). New filtered water faucet. New hatch in forward bathroom. Chain plates and entranceway recaulked. The teak interior has been cleaned, teak oiled and the fiddles sanded and revarnished. Bathrooms and kitchen recaulked. Recaulked chain plates. All seat cushions cleaned. New radio deck speakers. This boat has been meticulously maintained and is in perfect working order. She is ready for another round of Bahamas. You will be self sufficient. You can see the boat in action on our YouTube channel channel: Cinthya and Franklin. Start at the beginning. If you like sailing, or anchoring and lounging in comfort, for that matter, you will enjoy the videos.
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