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K70623	Hunter Legend 340			Lying	afloat Isle of Wight
Builder	Hunter Marine Corporation, Florida			Year	1998
Builder	Hunter Marine Corporation, Florida			Price	£47,000
LOA	33' 6"	Sail area	682 sq ft main and genoa	Brief details
LWL	28' 7"	Rig	Fractional sloop	Legend 340s are American-built Hunters, and offer remarkable interior space and comfort for their size. They are very much designed for comfort in a marina, but also provide good sailing performance in the sort of weather most people want to be sailing in. This wing-keeled version has in-mast mainsail furling making her very easy to handle. This yacht is for sale now as the owners are planning to move to a powerboat.
Beam	11' 8"	Cabins	Forecabin, saloon and aft cabin
Draught	4' 7"	Berths	6
Displacement	11,030 lbs	Engine	Yanmar 3GM30F diesel
Ballast	4,100 lbs	BHP	27
Keel type	Shallow bulbed keel with wings and spade rudder

The Hunter Legend 340 was built by Hunter Marine Corporation in Florida, a company which has built over 30,000 sailing yachts since the late 1960s. American built Hunters were marketed in the UK as Hunter Legends, to distinguish them from the quite different British Hunters from Hunter Boats. From 2000 to 2006 Hunter Marine Corporation also had a factory in Dorset in the UK, but this 1998 yacht was built before this UK factory was operational.

The Hunter 340 is a development of the Hunter 335 and 336 boats from the early to mid 1990s. Introduced in 1997, and sharing the same hull as the earlier versions, the Hunter 340 yacht has the by now almost trademark Hunter cockpit arch supporting the mainsail sheet track, keeping the track well out of harms way for children in the large, family-friendly cockpit. The backstayless Bergström fractional rig looks unusual, but has been well proven, and having the large mainsail as the main source of driving power makes handling easy, with light jib sheet loads when tacking. Yachting Monthly described these boats as "...easy to sail, and reasonably quick".

This 1998 example has the standard keel, which is a shallow bulbed keel with small wings - there was also an optional deeper keel. The sail area is quite large for the size of boat, giving good light airs performance, and with in-mast furling for the main and a roller jib reefing is simple, with everything controlled from the cockpit.

Yachtsnet photographs and video May 2023

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The saloon table has two folding leaves, allowing it to be used as a dinette-style 4-seater,
or to seat the full six by using the starboard settee. The port side converts to a double berth.

The heads has a hinge-down cover over the WC, making a seat for showering. There is a 110 litre holding tank.

Photographs May 2023
Electric windlass in anchor locker. Anchor is 15Kg Rocna with chain and warp

The backstayless Bergström rig is easy to handle: with a relatively small headsail sheet loads are lessened, and the big main is effective in light airs. The only downside to the rig (apart from nervousness at not having a backstay) is that the sharply aft-raked spreaders restrict the ability of the sail to be set running.

Although those accustomed to more conventional rigs with backstays tend to be dubious about the Bergstrom rig, as supplied by Hunter it is in fact safe and reliable, with many thousands in use worldwide.

The cockpit has a large central pedestal which includes hinge-out table sections, drinks holders,

and a small storage compartment as well as the wheel, compass, instruments and engine controls.

The aft end of the cockpit has a walk-through section to the stern sugarscoop,

with bathing platform and hot/cold shower fitting, plus two opening lockers.

Inventory:
Engine details		Yanmar 3GM30F three-cylinder 954cc diesel, freshwater cooled, run 1867 hours
Fuel tank capacity		110 litres
Propeller		three bladed fixed on shaft drive
Batteries		2 x 110AH services batteries and 110AH engine start battery
Battery charging/electrics		Engine alternator, shorepower battery charger, solar panel above cockpit and Rutland wind charger (new 2017). A Victron 500 watt inverter (new 2017) provides 230 volts from the batteries.
Sails and deck equipment
Rig details		Selden alloy spars: Bergström fractional rig with in-mast furling and rod kicker. Diamond shrouds replaced 2016, cap shrouds and forestay older.
Mainsail		UK Sails in-mast furling, sheets to cockpit arch.
Jib		UK Sails
Jib furling		Furlex
Spinnaker		Spinnaker appears totally unused, has never been set by present owners
Winches		2 x Lewmar 40 self-tailing on coachroof for halyards and mainsail reefing, 2 x Lewmar 30 on cockpit coamings, one normally used for jib furling.
Bower anchor		15 Kg Rocna with 30 metres chain and warp
Anchor windlass		Simpson-Lawrence electric windlass with foot switches in anchor locker
Steering		Wheel
Autopilot		Raymarine ST4000+ wheel pilot new 2016
Steering compass		Ritchie on binnacle
Warps & fenders		4 warps and 5 fenders
Miscellaneous		Cockpit sprayhood new 2022, cockpit table
Navigation Equipment and instruments
Radar		Autohelm 7" monochrome LCD
GPS/Chartplotter		Samsung Tab Pro 12" tablet mounted at chart table with Navionic EU wide charting
Log/speed		Autohelm ST30 Speed
Depth sounder		Autohelm ST30 Depth
Windspeed/direction		NASA Target 2 Wind - new 2023
VHF radio		Cobra MR-F77B with DSC - new 2018
VHF radio (handheld)		Yes
AIS receiver		Icom MA-500TR - new 2019
Radio receiver		Aiwa radio/CD player
Safety/emergency equipment
Danbuoy		Jonbuoy inflatable danbuoy with light and drogue
Lifebuoy		Horseshoe
Radar reflector		Mast mounted
Bilge pumps		Manual and electric pumps
Miscellaneous		3 x dry powder in cabins, and auto extinguisher in engine compartment
Interior
Cabin layout		Forecabin, saloon, heads and aft cabin
Cabin heating		Eberspacher blown hot air diesel heating installed 2011
Berths		6
Water tank capacity		220 litres. Hot and cold water to galley, heads and cockpit transom shower
Cooker		Hillerange 2-burner and oven gas
Microwave		240 volt microwave
Coolbox		large refrigerated coolbox
Heads		Jabsco with 110 litre holding tank
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available. For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Yachtsnet on 01326-212234 or

The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. These particulars are not a part of any contract or offer, and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be conducted via Yachtsnet Ltd., who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars, and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical checks or tests

UK sailing yacht brokerage and boat sales

SOLD

K70623

Hunter Legend 340

Lying

afloat Isle of Wight

Builder

Hunter Marine Corporation, Florida

Year

1998

Price

£47,000

LOA

33' 6"

Sail area

682 sq ft main and genoa

Brief details

LWL

28' 7"

Rig

Fractional sloop

Beam

11' 8"

Cabins

Forecabin, saloon and aft cabin

Draught

4' 7"

Berths

6

Displacement

11,030 lbs

Engine

Yanmar 3GM30F diesel

Ballast

4,100 lbs

BHP

27

Keel type

Shallow bulbed keel with wings and spade rudder

Yachtsnet photographs and video May 2023

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The saloon table has two folding leaves, allowing it to be used as a dinette-style 4-seater, or to seat the full six by using the starboard settee. The port side converts to a double berth.

The heads has a hinge-down cover over the WC, making a seat for showering. There is a 110 litre holding tank.

Photographs May 2023

Electric windlass in anchor locker. Anchor is 15Kg Rocna with chain and warp

The cockpit has a large central pedestal which includes hinge-out table sections, drinks holders,

and a small storage compartment as well as the wheel, compass, instruments and engine controls.

The aft end of the cockpit has a walk-through section to the stern sugarscoop,

with bathing platform and hot/cold shower fitting, plus two opening lockers.

Inventory:

Engine details

Yanmar 3GM30F three-cylinder 954cc diesel, freshwater cooled, run 1867 hours

Fuel tank capacity

110 litres

Propeller

three bladed fixed on shaft drive

Batteries

2 x 110AH services batteries and 110AH engine start battery

Battery charging/electrics

Engine alternator, shorepower battery charger, solar panel above cockpit and Rutland wind charger (new 2017). A Victron 500 watt inverter (new 2017) provides 230 volts from the batteries.

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Selden alloy spars: Bergström fractional rig with in-mast furling and rod kicker. Diamond shrouds replaced 2016, cap shrouds and forestay older.

Mainsail

UK Sails in-mast furling, sheets to cockpit arch.

Jib

UK Sails

Jib furling

Furlex

Spinnaker

Spinnaker appears totally unused, has never been set by present owners

Winches

2 x Lewmar 40 self-tailing on coachroof for halyards and mainsail reefing, 2 x Lewmar 30 on cockpit coamings, one normally used for jib furling.

Bower anchor

15 Kg Rocna with 30 metres chain and warp

Anchor windlass

Simpson-Lawrence electric windlass with foot switches in anchor locker

Steering

Wheel

Autopilot

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The saloon table has two folding leaves, allowing it to be used as a dinette-style 4-seater,
or to seat the full six by using the starboard settee. The port side converts to a double berth.