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Wanderer 
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Joined: 14 April 2023 Location: Newport, RI Status: Offline Points: 17 |
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 Posted: 17 November 2025 at 14:58 |
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I asked about this issue and was told it is designed this way. The reason is that the bow will not dig into oncoming waves and instead will ride above them, making the upwind and downwind ride smoother. I have sailed my 458 offshore in 30knt winds and waves and with reefed sails she handles very well, even under auto pilot. I was advised to NOT over weigh the bow.
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Richard M
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Joined: 06 November 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 376 |
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Posted: 21 November 2025 at 16:35 |
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My H455 is much the same. I have a fully loaded sail locker (RIB; Code Zero; fenders; spare fuel; spare warps etc). Plus a bow thruster.
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Richard M
(S/Y BrightStar - H 455 #90; ex S/Y Providence - H 400e #290) |
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Ian Coverdale
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Joined: 19 June 2019 Location: Travelling Status: Offline Points: 311 |
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Posted: 23 November 2025 at 12:26 |
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Sure they're all like this.
Maybe designer got his CG/CB calc slightly wrong giving vessel a slightly nose-up attitude ... and Hanse never thought to correct the waterline datums? For us the problem is not at the bow but the stern where ~100m of the non-antifowled hull gathers weed, barnacles and tube worm ... and most annoying of all, the generator exhaust bubbles at the waterline.
Edited by Ian Coverdale - 23 November 2025 at 12:27 |
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Ian & Andrea
SV Gabrielle (H445) Liveaboards - currently Montenegro. www.facebook.com/sailinggabrielle |
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Black Diamond
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Joined: 24 October 2015 Location: Newport, RI, US Status: Offline Points: 1275 |
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Posted: 23 November 2025 at 13:42 |
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Never had that problem (stern/weeds/grass). That sounds more like bottom paint problems. That said, I always wondered why Hanse did not just modify the boot stripe to reflect the higher bow / forward buoyancy. The bow appearing to be high seems to be the visual effect of the boot stripe rising and bottom paint showing more than on other boats. If the stripe was lowered, you might not even notice it. |
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Rick
S/V Black Diamond Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161 Newport, RI |
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mr-ludi
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Posted: 23 November 2025 at 14:10 |
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It‘s the same problem with the 460.
High nose and low stern, laying to portside.
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Ian Coverdale
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Posted: 23 November 2025 at 15:01 |
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No, defo not a bottom paint issue. Bootstrap touches waterline at stern then there is ~30mm white gelcoat below the waterline before the Coppercoat at the location shown but as hull angle becomes more horizontal below transom, there is ~100m of unprotected hull in the water that grows weed/barnacles/tubewrom. Our boat does have generator and air-con options but RIB is currently on foredeck, water tank is full and we don't have a solar arch ... so could be much worse for some owners. I agree, why did Hanse not fix this, our hull is 164 ... surely they had noticed a problem by then!  Edited by Ian Coverdale - 23 November 2025 at 15:05 |
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SV Gabrielle (H445) Liveaboards - currently Montenegro. www.facebook.com/sailinggabrielle |
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