Hi, I'm Lawrence from Boating New Zealand.
I'm on board the Hanse 455. It's an interesting story from
Hanse's perspective, she's become one of their
most popular sellers. They already have
three in the country, there's another four
that are going to be arriving this year
and the eighth one is being sailed by
her owners to New Zealand, having picked the
boat up in Germany.
And what better way to welcome you on board than this marvelous
boarding platform, an area which will
service divers and swimmers, an ideal place to
catch some sunrays no doubt!
As you can see this is a particularly broad, spacious cockpit.
Again, one of the changes that
have been introduced with this vessel is
the positioning of the combings over here,
they've been moved out further relative to the 455.
This obviously makes it
a much broader,
wider, easier cockpit for relaxing,
and indeed even handling the sail controls.
One of Hanse's most well-known features is the self-tacking gib.
And like all of the models this
455 has got a nice one.
This travels from side to side. And when
headed upwind I must say its the easiest thing in the world,
particularly with that jeffer steering on
the twin helms, to tack upwind
with this vessell, it's a matter of flicking from side to
side, and the gib takes care of itself.
To put a gennaker onto this vessel there is an eye at the end
of the anchor bowsprit, there is a halyard
to take that, so she's all prepped and ready to go
for when they put a gennaker on board.
Hanse's are traditionally known to be easy to sail,
but the owners are new to sailing, in fact this is their first yacht.
And I struck by their comments about the ease of sailing.
Another feature of the easy sailing component
of this vessel is the positioning
of the primary winches, and the jamb cleats.
Well within reach. So,
if you are short-handed - it's very easy, and of course' they're
electric primary winches as well. It's very easy to reach over,
sail trim with these things, reef - whatever you have to do.
Great positioning, very easy, and very comfortable.
This is the bow Locker of the 455,
and you can see it's a particularly impressive and spacious area.
Ideal for carrying things like your fenders,
sail bags, and if and when the owners do
get a gennaker - it's the obvious spot to keep it.
Very nice spacious area, you could stow all sorts of things down here.
So, there's plenty of deck space on this Hanse,
a theme which is
carried on particularly well down below
into the interior, let's go have a look at that.
One of the most interesting things
about the Hanse 455 is this bulkhead,
other than the main advantage of this carbon
composite bulkhead which is the lack of
the compression strut under the mast ...
the other advantage is the amount of
light you get into the saloon, and
that's because the extra space and the extra
strength and the lack of the compression strut
has created more space up here in the
coach room. So whereas its predecessors the Hanse 445 had two hatches,
this one has got four.
And as you can see its a beautifully light area.
The other advantage is that the windows
on the sides of the coach are also
a lot bigger than the 445's because of
the extra strength created around here. Of course this
carbon bulkhead is all integrated
into the grid system.
A very solid piece of engineering.
The forepeak - the master suite, its got a very
nice large island bed. This one's got a
separate bathroom and toilet.
The combination on the vessel is split
between the master suite, and two quarter berths way back.
So this is one of the aft cabins, there are
two identical cabins back here
starboard and port. The signature feature for this
cabin in my mind - is the space.
It's a fairly large bed, and there's plenty of
storage room here. There's cupboard, hanging
lockers as well as drawers on this side,
so, you shouldn't have any problems
making yourself completely at home
in this area.
Hanse - in my mind always do a marvelous job of
creating a light, easy interior.
Very modern, very contemporary. I particularly
like this vessel ... the way they use the back
lighting behind the side cabinets. It's
also interesting that the boat like
most of the production yachts these days
has got LEDs. Now this is a signature of Hanse's -
the ambience that you're trying to create
can be effected immediately
just with a touch of a finger.
This little control panel here on the island
section in the galley which gives you an
automatic light control, so the boat is
effectively divided into different zones
different kinds of areas that you can
use different lighting configurations for.
The 455 got a fairly conventional galley,
and what I like about this one is the
twin fridge/freezer access. You've got
the conventional top loading fridge over here.
But if you want to separate things
we've got a freezer down here.
It's always good to keep the fridge and freezer separated .
much easier to work in the galley.
Nice open spaces, and we've got the three-burner
cooker over here, so should have a
good time preparing a meal for your party.
The vessel is powered by a 53 hp Volvo,
connected to a Sail Drive
with a three-bladed folder propeller.
You have access to that engine
from both sides of the aft cabin. So, we were
coming in here and doing about eight
knots under power, plenty of horsepower
for moving her along. Hanse always
do a very nice job of preparing things
in terms of their layout. This is a very easy
sort of almost a graphic interface
for the electrics on the boat.
You can see what's going on immediately, the voltmeter etc.
She's got 360 Ah batteries to drive those winches,
it's all nice and clear,
USB port here for charging things like
phones and tablets,
all very self explanatory, very easy to use - a great system.
So this is the Hanse 455, she's an
extraordinarily easy boat to sale.
The fact you have the self-tacker, the electric
winches, all the sheets going back to the
helm stations, very easy to adjust and trim as you're
going along. She's also a very
spacious comfortable boat. And I suspect
the owners are going to have plenty of
fun on this vessel.
Hi I'm Sarah Ell from Boating New Zealand.
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