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Hunter Marine 40.5 Legend

B&R · Wing Keel · 1991–1997

A B&R rigged cruiser featuring a shoal-draft wing keel designed for stable, comfortable coastal passage making

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

See her sail

The Hunter Marine 40.5 Legend, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Sunday

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

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

1.83 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.83
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 202
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.6
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

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

Compared with 2759 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hunter Marine 40.5 Legend, as the fleet has seen it

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The Hunter Marine 40.5 LEGEND is a 12.2-meter cruiser built by Hunter Marine from 1991 to 1997, featuring a B&R rig and a wing keel. A 1996 model sailed on Galveston Bay with Sailing Sunday, reaching five to six knots under a reefed headsail in 15 to 16 knots of wind.18:32 The boat has a 3.8-meter beam, a 1.5-meter draft, and displaces 9071 kg.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
B&R
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.6
Displacement / length
202.5
Comfort ratio
29.3
Capsize screening
1.83
Hull speed
8.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1568
Hull
Hull type
Wing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1991–1997
Designer
Hunter Design Team
Builder
Hunter Marine

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Hunter Marine 37.5 LegendA fractional sloop designed for coastal cruising, balancing a stable 36% ballast ratio with a shallow 1.45m draftHunter Marine 40-1A 12-metre cruiser with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for coastal performance between 1984 and 1990Hunter Marine 45 LegendA 14-metre cruiser with a deep 1.98-metre fin keel, built for offshore stability and speed.Hunter Marine 37 LegendA Warren Luhrs-designed fractional sloop built for speed, featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio.Hunter Marine 43 LegendA spacious cruiser featuring a B&R rig and a shallow 1.5-meter draft, designed for stable performance in coastal watersHunter Marine 35.5 LegendA fractional sloop with a shallow-draft wing keel, designed as an updated evolution of the Legend 35

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