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

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.

The record

Full specifications

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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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Hunter Marine 3610.95 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA masthead sloop with a 44% ballast ratio, designed for stable coastal cruising during a short early-eighties production run
Contessa 3510.82 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Doug Peterson-designed IOR One Ton racer that claimed the 1974 International One Ton Cup with her prototype Gumboots

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