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    ME & MY BOAT

    Nov 05, 2020 7 minutes

    Duncan Kent has been testing boats for more than 25 years, and is a technical feature writer and editor for numerous nautical magazines and digital publications worldwide

    LEGEND 36

    With plenty of space and a bilge-keeled option, it is easy to see why this family cruiser was so popular, says Duncan Kent

    In the days when Luhrs Marine was building new boats in its UK yard in Portland, Dorset, the Legend 36 boasted more internal volume than many 40-footers, plus a bilge-keeled option to boot.

    Originally marketed as the Legend 356, she was renamed when the new version was launched in 2004 and soon became one of the Luhrs factory’s most popular family cruising yachts. All the best features of the 356 were retained, but the 36 received a more comprehensive standard inventory, along with numerous other refinements.

    Legends are not to everyone’s liking with their wide, arched cockpits and unusual Bergström & Ridder (B&R) backstay-less rigs, but their spacious interior, generous inventory and innovative design makes them enduringly popular.

    BELOW DECKS

    Legends sold well at boat shows because of their

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