New Listing – 2023 Hanse 460

Highly-optioned bluewater-equipped example of the latest generator Berret-Racoupeau designed Hanse 460. Owner’s cabin interior arrangement including utility room.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Commissioned by her current owners with a comprehensive bluewater specification including in excess of Euro 170,000 in fitted options, EXPERIENCE BELUGA is a one-owner, privately used example of the latest-generation Hanse 460 cruising yacht from the board of Berret-Racoupeau. Designed for effortless single or twin-handed sailing, she is equipped with an extensive range of features, including:-
• Vacuum-infused GRP hull
• Zero-maintenance non-slip side decks and upgraded Flexiteak cockpit coverings
• 2.25m ‘Medium’ draft L-shaped keel
• Single rudder
• Upgraded 80hp Yanmar diesel engine with Saildrive gearbox and 3-bladed folding propeller
• 24vDC retractable bowthruster with dedicated battery bank
• Fischer Panda 10000i 8kw diesel generator
• Upgraded 320Ah AGM service battery bank
• 100Amp battery charger with 2,600w inverter
• Dessalator dual voltage 110 litre per hour reverse osmosis watermaker
• Dockside pressurised fresh water inlet
• Dometic reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with 28,000BTU output powered by generator or dedicated second shore power connection
• Pressurised deck wash
• Selden inmast furling system with Quantum vertical-battened mainsail
• Self-tacking furling jib
• Quantum Sails gennaker with snuffer
• Upgeaded Lewmar Evo winch package with additional secondary winches
• B&G instrument package with twin Zeus3S 9” plotter displays, Halo 20+ Broadband radar scanner, Triton2 instruments, AIS transceiver, VHF with DSC and remote control handset and Triton2 Autopilot system with WR10 remote control handset
• Iridium Go! satellite communications system
• MyHanse Safety Cloud with 24 months subscription and device installed on board to monitor and provide remote alerts for battery, shorepower, bilge pump and anchoring
• Additional fridge in galley plus freezer in utility room
• Hoover washer/dryer in utility room
• Jabsco electric-flush heads with blackwater holding tanks
• Up to 8 berths in 3x double cabins plus converting saloon berths with two bathrooms
• Layout & interior – A1 B2 C1 D1
• Converted utility room in C1 layout
• Saloon table electrically lowerable with cushions, convertible into double berth
• Mahogany interior joinery with classic teak/holly soleboards
• Telescopic tender davits
• Plastimo aluminium-bottom 3.1m inflatable tender with Yamaha 6hp 4-strole outboard engine
• Sprayhood and bimini
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit table with teak top, electrically lowerable into sunbed incl. upholstery and cockpit bench extension to starboard
• Safety package with liferaft, lifejackets, EPIRB and flarepack

MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:

Radically innovative, agile and comfortable. This yacht, Hanse’s first by the French yacht designers Berret-Racoupeau, combines maximum innovation and traditional Hanse values, such as fast cruising and easy sailing – all with a consistently modern sporty look. The result is a yacht that promises pure adrenaline for skippers, and an individual stylish home at sea for families.

PRESS REVIEW:

The Hanse 460 is the first in a new range of Hanses. From new designers, she is already a big hit, with over 200 sold and a European Yacht of the Year win to its name.

This latest Hanse is the first to be designed by Berret-Racoupeau. After the earliest models, which used the moulds of discontinued, slim-hulled Scandinavian designs, every Hanse has been designed by Judel/Vrolijk in what became one of boatbuilding’s most enduring and successful partnerships…

Hanse has always made boats that sail – competitively-priced, high-volume cruisers but with easy handling (self-tacking jibs were used from the early days) and better performance than many of the alternatives…

The Hanse 460 is different. Very different. The first model from a new alliance with the French designers, it promptly won the European Yacht of the Year as the best Family Cruiser for 2022…

At a glance, the Hanse 460 looks sleeker and sportier than earlier models; more angular, with a reverse rake to the bow and a pronounced knuckle running to about half-way aft… a moulded bowsprit projects the anchor clear of the stem and provides an attachment point for an outer forestay which can carry a reaching headsail. Large windows in the topsides help to break up the high freeboard… what stands out is the uncluttered appearance – lines are led aft beneath separate mouldings – and the plethora of deck hatches hinged every which way, including one that opens to reveal a large bow locker.

There was certainly nothing to complain about in the performance and handling department. We slipped along very nicely on a flat sea in 12-14 knots of wind, clocking around 7.5 knots with the apparent wind at just under 30°, and tacking through around 80° by the compass…

Weather helm was slight and the load on the wheels increased relatively little if I tried bearing away with the sheets pinned in, the single rudder providing plenty of grip. Provoked in the opposite direction, she coped well when pinched mercilessly and also when thrown into tight spins, only stalling briefly…

Externally, the hull lines clearly differentiate the 460 from her earlier stablemates, but down below it’s a world apart. It’s certainly a more classy finish than we’ve seen before from Hanse; restrained in tone and a level above what we have become used to. Berret-Racoupeau is one of relatively few yacht design studios to have its own interior-design division… Down here it’s all about sight-lines, integrating the different areas so no one feels left out, and ensuring that, as in the cockpit, every part of the layout performs multiple functions. In practice it creates a thoroughly pleasant and remarkably light environment.

Verdict – Sometimes you come across a boat that makes you realise not only that yacht design has changed irrevocably, but also why it has changed and why it’s not going back. The Hanse 460 is unquestionably such a boat. How the crew lives aboard and moves around, both above and below decks, has clearly been thought about in the context of modern lifestyles. And this boat exudes style. If you like the fundamental design, you will be able to tailor many of the options and details to suit your tastes. A yacht like this is unlikely to slice to windward in heavy weather as comfortably as, say, a first-generation Swan 46, but most people aren’t really interested in that these days. I suspect the new Hanse will prove to be a pretty quick and competent all-rounder nonetheless. Simple sailing? The technology is not remotely simple any more. But with the Hanse 460, the sailing itself is simple and can still be a lot of fun.

Yachting World – January 2023

2023 Hanse 460 ‘EXPERIENCE BELUGA’ for sale – Asking Euro 435,000 ex VAT – full details here

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