This first Legacy L70 is not just a stylishly-designed, extremely-practical ocean-going vessel, it is a pretty good performer, too. Despite weighing in at around 60 tonnes, it boasts a top speed of 36 knots and cruises at 9-10 knots using 2.51 litres per nautical mile. With a 9000-litre fuel capacity, it easily has the range to get from its home port of Whakatane to this winter’s cruising ground in Vava’u in the north of Tonga. While the L70 was Legacy Marine’s first offering it is by no means the company’s only. There are already two L35s and a L45 in the water and a L52 catamaran and L55 enclosed flybridge sportsfisher under construction. There are, no doubt, many more to come

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