What to look for in a 460 or 466

rtmccue · Oct 14, 2013

Some models had some rudder issues , I had on my 450 2000 problems with the divider in the anchor locker and in the stern.the boat does everything well for us

patrick17440 · Oct 15, 2013

H460

rlamb said:
My wife and I are interested in buying a Hunter 460 or 466 and are going to San Diego this weekend to look at some candidates. Can any one telll me any specific areas we should look at (concerns, issues, etc) when viewing these models? The boats are between 2000 and 2004.
Thx,
Roger

I have a H460 and its been a great boat. Check the post entitled Any issues I should know about? I posted a response several days ago regarding
my H460.

patrick17440 · Oct 15, 2013

H460

rlamb said:
Thanks for the comments Patrick. One questions is the heads holding tanks capacity. Do you find that these are large enough? On our previous boat (39 foot power) we enlarge the tank to 60 gal which made long cruises great. Thoughts?

The boat has two separate heads, each one has a 20 gal holding tank. The
systems are separate, each one with a macerator for discharge or deck pump
out. 40 gallons is more than enough holding capacity and if you're more than
3 miles off shore you can empty the tanks with the mascerators. The cost for
the rudder was $4000 in 2008. The boatyard cost to do the labor was about
$600. It's not a difficult job dropping the rudder and installing a new one.
I was present during the job and its very straight forward procedure. A friend
had Foss build a replacement rudder last week for his H44 and its being put
Back in the water tomorrow in Palm Beach Fl. We are leaving this Friday on the boat and taking it to Key West for a week. I hope Foss did a good job! My H460
is slipped at the Marriott in San Diego. I'm presently at my Florida home and
will be flying back to my Ca home from Key West in time to do the Baha Ha Ha
on another friends boat. My plan is take my H460 next year on th HaHa and
bring her to Cape Harbour Florida were slip fees are resonable and there's no
personal property tax on boats and no tax income tax!

Mikem · Oct 15, 2013

Re: H460

Our 2003 466 is terrific. There was a Hunter recall several years ago on the thru hull valves. Had them all replaced courtesy of Hunter. I thought our holding tanks were 25 gal each. At any rate we have been able to cruise easily for five to six days no problem at all.

10 years old and the interior shows no wear, the painted but no wax hull is still so shiny I could shave by it, all factory installed gear still works well. The CO detectors were ahead of their time and Hunter had many problems with them. They were hard wired but not any more.

It is a lovely seaworthy boat that sails very well.

Have fun with your search.

patrick17440 · Oct 16, 2013

H460 interior

rlamb said:
Thanks for everyone's comments on the 460 and 466. We are looking at 4 boats this weekend and hope to make an offer. I wonder if anyone has had the settee and 2 starboard seats re-upholstered? If so can you advise of expected cost? A couple of the boats we are considering have upholstery colors we are not very fond of and wondered the cost to replace.
Thx
Roger

I removed the two salon starboard seats and built in a settee which is designed
to pull out into a double bunk. The settee is 5'10 inches long and more practical
than the seats. The re-upholstery job for the entire salon was about $3500
for ultra leather (creme color) .