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South Shore Dry Dock Marine
2003 Hunter 42' (12.80 m) 426 Deck Saloon
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Wind Dancer
The 2003 Hunter 426 Deck Saloon was way ahead of her time. Designed by Glenn Henderson, the new hull design brought this boat to a new level! She is loaded with gear and is equipped for long range sailing. Don't miss out on this great value for the price.
Flag of Registry: United States
- Cruisers / Cruisers
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: HUN4D140B303
| FEATURES: |
|---|
| 2025 Mainsail |
| 2024 Yanmar Engine |
| 2025 5KW Generator |
| 2022 Standing Rigging |
| Bow Thruster |
| Notable Upgrades: |
| Tenders: Highfield UL240 RIB (2023) with a Honda 5 HP outboard (2023). |
Description
The Hunter 426 Deck Saloon is an innovative cruiser featuring a performance-oriented hull designed by Glenn Henderson. It checks several boxes for most sailors, including a shoal draft (5'), ICW-friendly rig, comfortable interior accommodations, a large cockpit, and ease of handling. Wind Dancer is equipped with useful cruising gear and includes several recent updates. It is an excellent value!
Notable Features and Updates:
- New Mainsail by North Sails (2025)
- Autostream stainless steel feather propeller
- New Yanmar 57 HP engine with 490 hours (2024)
- New Fischer Panda 5 KW generator (2025)
- New Wire Standing Rigging (2022)
- Electric Anchor Windlass: AnchorLift Mako 1500 (2025)
- 400W Wind Generator on a folding pole system.
- Solar: (3) 120W solar panels mounted on the dinghy davits.
- Village Marine 8 GPH Water Maker (Pickled in 2018)
- Stainless steel dinghy davits
- Highfield UL240 RIB (2023)
- Honda 5 HP outboard (2023)
- Hull washed and waxed (2025)
- Bow Thruster: Side-Power thruster with a control at the helm.
- Raymarine Electronics (2019 & newer)
The smartly designed interior provides excellent accommodations. It features two spacious private cabins with heads and separate showers, a large salon filled with natural light, a well-positioned forward-facing navigation station, and a pleasant L-shaped galley. The aft cabin is spacious and offers ample storage.
South Shore Dry Dock Marine is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by S&J Yachts. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
Specifications
HIN/IMO: HUN4D140B303
Official Number: 1141771
LOA: 41' 10'' (12.75 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 2003
Beam: 14' 2''
LOD: 39' 2''
Draft Max: 5'
Cabins: 2
Heads: 2
Head Room: 6' 6''
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Finish: Gelcoat
Air Conditioning: Yes
Tower: No
Bow Thruster: Yes
Fuel Tank: 51 Gallons (193.06 Liters)
Fresh Water: 140 Gallons (529.96 Liters)
Holding Tank: 45 Gallons (170.34 Liters)
Displacement: 23600
Ballast Weight: 7389 lbs
Designer: Glenn Henderson
Builder: Hunter
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Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 4JH57
- Engine Year: 2024
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 57.00
- Power KW: 42.50
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 490.00
- Hours Date: 06-03-2025
- Engine Location: Middle
Generators
Generator 1
- Generator Make: Fischer Panda
- Generator KW: 5.00
- Generator Hours: 639
- Generator Date Hours Recorded: 06/03/2025
Full Details
Interior
The smartly designed interior offers spacious accommodations and quality finishes. It features teak joinery. A good-sized L-shaped galley is located at the base of the companionway on the port side. To starboard, there is a forward-facing navigation desk with a day head and a separate shower just aft. The head provides private access to the aft cabin. The salon is wide and well-lit, featuring plenty of fixed ports as well as opening ports and hatches. It includes a high-gloss teak table that can convert to extra sleeping space. A long settee to starboard is equipped with storage bins below. Forward is the guest cabin, which has a large V berth and an ensuite head with a shower. The aft owner’s cabin features a queen bed athwartship along with a head and a separate shower.
Features:
- LED Overhead Lighting
- (2) Reverse cycle air conditioning units
- Opening ports with sliding screens and sunshades
- Removable dinette table leaf
- Teak laminate cabin soles
- Ocean air shades on hatches
- 12-V Fans (2023)
- (2) in the forward cabin
- (3) in the salon
- (1) at the nav station
- (1) in the galley
Saloon:
- Long settee with storage bins on the starboard side
- Large U-shaped salon seating with tan upholstery.
- High-gloss adjustable teak table (converts into a large bed).
- Blinds on the fixed windows.
- Overhead opening hatches feature sliding shades and screens.
- Large fixed side windows with blinds.
- Teak laminate flooring.
- 16,000 BTU heat/AC unit vented in the saloon and forward cabin (2022)
Aft Cabin:
- Queen athwartship bed with headboard.
- Cedar-lined closet.
- Bookshelf and cabinets.
- Chrome reading lights.
- Private head entrance.
- 4 x opening ports/hatches with screens.
- 16,000 BTU heat/AC unit
Forward Cabin:
- Forward Vee berth stateroom with ensuite head and separate shower.
- Ensuite head with a separate shower stall.
- Cedar-lined closet.
- Drawers and storage cabinets.
Galley:
- Large stand-up pantry with shelving.
- Additional storage with bins in the galley sole.
- Corian countertops.
- Nova Cool front-opening stainless steel freezer.
- Nova Cool front-loading stainless-steel refrigerator.
- Double deep stainless-steel sink.
- Force 10 gimballed 2-burner propane stove with oven.
- (2) x 10lb LPG tanks (in vented deck compartment).
- Microwave
- Abundant dish and cutlery storage.
- GFI outlets.
- Chrome multi-function faucet.
- 10-gallon water heater.
Hull, Deck, Cockpit
DECK:
- Double anchor rollers.
- Electric Anchor Windlass: AnchorLift Mako 1500 (2025).
- Anchor: Rocna 25 kg anchor with 190' of 5/16 galvanized chain.
- Secondary Anchor: Fortress FX-37 aluminum anchor with nylon rode.
- Anchor locker.
- Double life lines with port and starboard boarding gates.
- Integrated stainless steel arch with an overhead Harken mainsheet traveler.
- Stainless steel dinghy davits with a solar panel mount and Starlink antenna mount.
- Outboard mount and crane on the aft rail.
- Highfield UL240RIB (2023)
- Dinghy anchor.
- Honda 5 HP outboard (2023).
COCKPIT:
- Comfortable cockpit with long bench seats and two stern rail seats
- Bimini and dodger
- Instrument pod with a Raymarine Axiom 12 chartplotter
- Lewmar 40" folding wheel
- Folding leaf cockpit table
- Folding transom seat for access to the sugar scoop transom
- Telescoping stainless boarding ladder
- Hot & cold fresh water shower at the transom
- Large stern lockers in the sugar scoop transom
- Large portside locker for fenders and line storage
HULL:
- Lead bulb wing keel (5' draft )
- Balanced spade rudder
- Bronze through hulls
- Bottom paint (November 2023)
- Hull washed and waxed (2025)
Electronics,Navigation, and Entertainment
- Raymarine Axiom 12 at the helm (2019)
- Raymarine Axiom 7 at the nav (2019)
- Raymarine i60 Wind, Depth, Speed
- Raymarine EV 400 Sail Autopilot with drive unit (2019)
- Raymarine AIS (2023)
- Raymarine Quantum 2 Q24 Doppler Radar (2024)
- Side Power bow thruster
- VHF: Icom IC-M596 VHF radio at the nav station with a command mic at the helm
- IridiumGo with an external antenna
- Stereo and speakers
- TV is INOP
Sails and Rigging
- Easy to sail with all control lines lead back to the cockpit through line clutches.
- Selden in-mast furling main sail
- North Sails mainsail (2025)
- Jib (90%) with a Fulex furling system
- Integrated stainless steel arch with an overhead Harken mainsheet traveler
- Solid boom vang
- (2) Two-speed self-tailing Harken mainsheet and halyard winches
- (2) Two-speed Harken self-tailing winches
Mechanical
- Engine: 2024 Yanmar 57 HP engine (4JH57) with 490 hours
- Direct shaft drive with an Autostream stainless steel feathering propeller
- Engine control unit in the cockpit with temperature, oil pressure, and fuel level gauges
- Engine spare parts
- Generator: Fischer Panda 5 KW (2025)
- Generator spare parts
- Bow Thruster: Side-Power thruster with a control at the helm
- Electric Anchor Windlass: Anchor Lift Mako 1500 (2025)
- Village Marine 8 GPH Water Maker (pickled in 2018)
Electrical and Plumbing
- 12 V DC and 110 V AC electric panels.
- (2) 30-amp shore power connections with two shore panel cords.
- Battery Charger/ Inverter.
- Generator: Fischer Panda 5 KW (2025).
- 400W Generator on a folding pole system.
- Solar: (3) 120W solar panels mounted on the dinghy davits.
- (4) AGM batteries (10/2022).
- Village Marine 8 GPH Water Maker (Pickled in 2018).
- Water heater.
- Hot & cold water shower at the transom.
- Automatic bilge pump and high-water alarm.
- Manual bilge pump.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information, nor the vessel's condition. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer decides validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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