BoatsHunter Marine 35.5 Legend

Hunter Marine 35.5 Legend

Fractional Sloop · Wing Keel · 1989–1995

A fractional sloop with a shallow-draft wing keel, designed as an updated evolution of the Legend 35

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Wing Keel

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The Hunter Marine 35.5 Legend, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Practical Sailor

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

2.00 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

220 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 220
EasygoingPowered-up

16.5 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.5
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Draws less than ~91% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2967 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 35.5 Legend, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Hunter Marine 35.5 LEGEND is a 10.8-meter fractional sloop with a wing keel, built by Hunter Marine from 1989 to 1995. It features a solid fiberglass hull reinforced by an internal fiberglass grid system.2:43 The boat has a shallow 1.4-meter winged bulb keel and a 7/8 fractional rig with double spreaders.4:07 A Harken furling drum is mounted below deck in the anchor locker.4:51 The interior offers 1.9 meters of headroom, a J-shaped galley, and a roomy aft cabin, though the shallow hull limits storage space beneath the settees. The Hunter Marine 35.5 LEGEND performs well as a coastal cruiser, but its shallow-draft rudder can struggle with control in winds exceeding 18 knots, necessitating early reefing.7:14 Owners should inspect the balsa-cored deck for water penetration.13:31

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.5
Displacement / length
220.4
Comfort ratio
24.0
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1249
Hull
Hull type
Wing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1989–1995
Builder
Hunter Marine

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Hunter Marine 35 LegendA fractional sloop featuring a distinct blister coach roof and an optional shoal-draft wing keel for versatile cruisingHunter Marine 37.5 LegendA fractional sloop with a shallow 1.45m draft, designed for coastal cruising with a focus on stability and comfortHunter Marine 40.5 LegendA B&R rigged cruiser featuring a shoal-draft wing keel designed for stable, comfortable coastal passage makingHunter Marine 37 LegendA Warren Luhrs-designed fractional sloop built for speed, featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio.Hunter Marine 45 LegendA 14-meter cruiser with a deep 1.98-meter fin keel, built for offshore stability and speed.Hunter Marine 36 LegendA Glen Henderson-designed cruiser featuring a B&R rig, marketed as the Legend series for the European market

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