Pictures of the new 445

Edited by Stolstol - 10 September 2010 at 20:33

Hi All , I went on board yesterday at the Sthmptn Show, Initially a WOW factor
but all Hanse's have that pretty much.
Only a shade longer than my 430 but felt huge inside, not sure how it will sail though, compared with the 430 whom all the hanse guys love.

Not sure about the glass wash bowl i have one at home and even there is rubbish after a while !!. I do feel the quality is lacking for some reason, still a lot of boat for the money. I was thinking of going upto 470 but the 430 ticks the boxes for the moment.

Nice boat, but it looks like the rig is from Sparecraft, I thought that Hanse decided to use Selden from now? The dimensions of the vang looks for me a little bit tiny maybe borrowed from a Hanse 350 or less?.
Erno

   

Edited by ernol - 11 September 2010 at 13:03

Hi Stig,

that sounds good! Looking forward to see the boat in real life at the boat show in Hamburg in early november :-D

S

Hi

We looked at the 455 at Southampton BS and we were impressed with the presentation of the 455. but wondered about some of the detail holding up over time. Glass bowl for instance.
Size wise compared to our 430 it appeared more spacious in side but when you compare the figures it was only 25cm longer and 13cm wider, rig wise it is a heavier boat with a smaller rig .5 ton heavier but with 30m/sq less sail area. So probably less performance.

Ken