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Hunter Legend 240

Price Guide

£10,000 to £14,500

Builder

Hunter Marine Corporation, Florida, USA

LOA

24' 1"

Sail area

245 sq ft

Brief details

LWL

22' 1"

Rig

sloop

The Hunter Legend 240 is a modern trailer-sailer from the US Hunter Marine Corporation. She has a pivoting centreboard plus over half a ton of water ballast. The use of water ballast allows the trailing weight to be much lower than with a conventional ballast keel. She has an amazingly spacious open-plan interior with up to 6 berths, including an aft double as big as you will find in many 35-footers!

Beam

8' 3"

Cabins

1

Draught

1' 6" keel up to 5' 6" keel down

Berths

5/6

Displacement

2,300 lbs

Engine

outboard

Ballast

1,200 lbs water ballast

BHP

6 - 10

Keel type

Weighted centreboard plus water ballast, and lifting rudder

A removable oval glass fibre table on a stainless steel bracket and leg fits either in the saloon or in the cockpit.

Under the port saloon settee is a removable insulated coolbox

The main hatch slides in a groove, as normal, but when pushed fully forward can also be hinged upwards to increase saloon headroom when not sailing. A narrow canvas 'pop-top' is then added to form an extension to the cabin space at anchor or moored - see owners photo below.

As with all Hunters, there is a lot of clever and practical detail design, including the stern seats with cupholders!

The centreboard is a GRP moulding, with just enough ballast moulded in to let it drop. The main ballast is the 1,200 water ballast carried in the tanks under the saloon sole - which is drained for trailing. The trailer (see below) has a set of steps built on to allow access over the bow

The Legend 240 is a really well designed little trailer-sailer, with remarkably spacious accommodation, although it is clearly conceived as a weekender rather than a longer term cruiser. She can either be trailer-sailed, or use cheap drying moorings.