Hunter Marine 37.5 Legend

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The Hunter Marine 37.5 Legend, on the water

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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 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.01

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 229

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.5

TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

Draws less than ~89% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2964 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 37.5 Legend, as the fleet has seen it

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The Hunter Marine 37.5 LEGEND is a fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built by Hunter Marine from 1990 to 1997. It measures 11.3 meters LOA, with a 3.9-meter beam, 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 7438 kg. Designed by the Hunter Design Group, this model exemplifies Hunter's focus on maximizing interior volume and cockpit space for its price point. Hunter sailboats, including the 37.5 LEGEND, are known for their B&R rig, which uses raked-back spreaders and x-bracing instead of a backstay, a design that can restrict boom movement during downwind sailing.1:56 While many Hunter models are comfortable coastal cruisers, the brand also produced specialized designs like the HC-50, which features side-mounted water ballast tanks and an anchor chain locker in the bilge for weight centralization, enabling sustained speeds over 12 knots offshore.12:31

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

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

36.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.5

Displacement / length

228.8

Comfort ratio

25.6

Capsize screening

2.01

Hull speed

7.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1446

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1990–1997

Designer

Hunter Design Group

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.

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