2008 Arima Sea Legend 22 Hardtop Bulkhead
Cruiser Model
Special pricing on in-stock boat: $60,995* (msrp $72,911)
* SL22HT with bulkhead and E6 interior (as shown)
Honda BF150 outboard with rigging and stainless prop
King Saltwater trailer with brakes (galvanized)
We'd like to introduce the new cruiser interior for the Arima Sea Legend 22. This is a big small boat. It's deep and wide and offers lots of interior space and a great cockpit for lounging or fishing (or crabbing, or shrimping). The cockpit floor is above the waterline and offers self-bailing capabilities. There is a centerline mounted 106-gallon fuel tank and a couple of built-in fish or storage boxes.
The photo below shows one of several new interiors available but all share the Alaskan glass bulkhead and large cabin. The cabin has a very open airy feeling to it with all the windows and the rear glass bulkhead. One characteristic of all Arima boats is the flat ride with superb forward visibility. They were designed here in the Puget Sound area to deal with the steep ugly waves we often encounter and to provide a great view forward for spotting debris the prevalent (and abundant) debris is the water.
There is plenty of space for engine controls (to starboard of the helm seat utilizing an inboard style top mount controller) and engine instrumentation. The flat dash in front of the helm is a perfect location for a modern multi-function display. Boats we rig here are often outfitted with GPS, chartplotter, depth sounder, radar, VHF, and autopilot.
Probably the best all-round cruise speed for the Arima is 20 knots but because of its bottom shape even slowing way down to deal with very rough conditions doesn't drop the stern into a big hole and ruin economy and forward visibility. Higher speeds are possible (over 40 with a 225) but I'd caution folks that it isn't reasonable to think that the boat would deal with rough conditions at those speeds; no more than you'd expect a minivan to keep up with a Porsche in the mountains. This boat is all about having lots of room for folks along with fishing, crabbing, diving, watersports, or whatever but requiring relatively low horsepower (a Honda BF150 does very well), getting good fuel economy and all while having a hull that will allow rough water operation at sensible speeds. Places like Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound, and beyond are well within the capability of the boat; and with its 106 gallon fuel tank it has a great range (typically over 300 nautical miles).
As seen in the following photos...the dinette is to port and is a very comfortable place to sit and relax. It does drop down into a full length berth. The back of the forward dinette seat also can be removed and reinstalled on the aft face of the seat box in order to provide a forward facing co-pilot seat. There is storage under in the dinette seat boxes.
The middle photos shows the v-berth forward and also the lower floor configuration down the centerline of the cabin. Since the Sea Legend is also built as an open air boat with the Skip Tower as well as the Hardtop model the center floor section was designed to stay in place to provide height and a flat floor for for the open boat or be removed to provide lots of headroom (6' 4") for the hardtop model. This design feature allows keeping a low profile on the house reducing windage and trailering height (not to mention aesthetics).
The right hand photos shows the galley cabinet with the standard sink and butane stove; either can be deleted if not desired. A Wallas stove/heater combo can also be installed in the place of the butane stove. It runs on kerosene and vents overboard. There is a 14-gallon water tank under the front of the v-berth in all Sea Legend 22s which provides water to the sink in this interior arrangement. One interior option allows you to have an enclosed head space where the galley is installed in this boat. If that option is chosen you can then have the dinette to port as shown here or have the galley cabinet aft with a lengthwise inward facing bench ahead of it.
The following photos show the exterior of the SL22HTB we have in stock. This boat has a slant back cover over the cockpit (not shown) for weather protection (keeps the leaves and other crud out). It is not sitting on the correct trailer in these photos; this is one of our work trailers.
