boatbuildlog

Production model

Hunter 45 DS

Built by Hunter

A 42 ft 2 in fractional sloop designed by Glenn Henderson, built from 2006. She carries 14 ft 6 in beam, 6 ft 6 in draft and 22,936 lb displacement. Hull form is fin with a spade rudder.

Hunter built in Alachua, Florida and aimed at volume production cruising boats with generous accommodation for the length. They are plentiful and affordable on the used market, and the brand continued as Marlow-Hunter after 2012. The figures below come from owners who logged work on this boat here.

What building a Hunter 45 DS actually takes

Medians from the build logs kept on this site, not the designer’s estimate. Nobody has logged this boat here yet, so they are empty until the first builder does.

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Builds of this boat

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Boats like this one

Same type, closest in length.

Model Builder LOA Logs
Oceanis 40.1 Beneteau 42′ 3″ (12.87 m) 0
Pearson 424 Pearson 42′ 4″ (12.9 m) 0
Catalina 42 Catalina Yachts 41′ 10″ (12.76 m) 0
Hunter 426 Hunter 41′ 10″ (12.75 m) 0
Sun Odyssey 410 Jeanneau 42′ 6″ (12.95 m) 0
Oceanis 43 Beneteau 42′ 6″ (12.96 m) 0