2008 LEGACY YACHTS 42 Flybridge
Description
STARLITE is a custom 2008 Legacy 42 Downeast-style Flybridge with an extended hardtop, impeccably maintained with recent 1,000-hour Cummins service, new Garmin electronics, updated interior, and 2025 upgrades. Turn-key and ready to cruise in comfort, style, and confidence.
Full Specifications
STARLITE is a standout example of a custom-built 2008 Legacy 42 Extended Hardtop Flybridge, originally commissioned by her current owner and maintained to the highest standards. With twin Cummins QSB 5.9 diesels and a recent full 1,000-hour service, she offers reliable, turn-key performance. In 2025, she benefited from a series of thoughtful updates, making her one of the most desirable Legacy 42s available today. STARLITE blends timelessdowneast-style charm with modern systems and a proven care history, ideal for those seeking a true go-anywhere flybridge cruiser. Her inviting layout features a spacious salon, dual lower helmStiddchairs with adjacent side deck doors for excellent access and ease of docking, wide walkaround decks, and a covered aft cockpit with comfortable seating and ample storage—perfectly suited for extended cruising or relaxing at anchor.
Key Features
· New Garmin Electronics - 2025
· All engine services complete
· Spotless engine room with all the updates
· A true quality Rhode Island built yacht
· Spacious master stateroom with queen berth
· Side stateroom settee converts to a double berth
· Professionally polished
BeautifulDowneastflybridge cruiser with a spacious salon, dual lower helmStiddchairs with adjacent doors for easy deck access and docking. Spacious walk round decks with rear covered cockpit seating and storage lockers. Flybridge ladder with sturdy handrails,biminitop with full enclosure,Stiddhelm chair and guest settee with newly upholstered cushions. On the extended hardtop over the cockpit there is an 800 pound davit and newStarlinkantenna and router for Internet/TV.
From the cockpit enter the salon thru the rear sliding door. Salon features newly upholstered Ultraleather settee, fold out table, two new chairs, entertainment center, teak and holly cabin sole and drop down shades for privacy. Down three steps to the galley to port and guest stateroom to starboard with convertible L-shaped settee, table, opening portlights and hatch, drawers, locker, flat screen television and pocket door for privacy. Forward to companionway access to head with vanity, sink, toilet, opening portlight and opening hatch overhead. Stateroom forward with walkaround queen berth with storage underneath, hanging lockers port and starboard, opening portlights and opening hatch overhead. To port is theensuite access to the head and starboard is the separate walk in stall shower with seat.
• U-shaped galley down Corian counter tops
• Dual stainless-steel sink with removable counter matching cover
• Retractable wand hot/cold faucet (2024)
• 3 burner Princess electric stove
• G.E. microwave oven/conventional oven/air-fryer - new 2025
•Norcoldover-under AC/DC refrigerator/freezer
• Tankless hot water heater – new 2025
• Large opening portlight
• Under-counterlightling
• Trip ready with pots, pans, flatware, dishes, glasses, cups, toaster, coffee maker
LOWER HELM
- Smartcraft Vesselview digital engine monitors (oil, temperature, RPM, GPH, engine load, transmission, turbo)
- Garmin GMR Fathom 24” radar - new 2025
- Garmin 8616XSV radar/depth/chart displays - new 2025
- Garmin GC-100 cockpit/aft and engine room camera (2) - new 2025
- Airmar B175M depth transducer - new 2025
- Raymarine ST8002 Autopilot
- Icom IC-M604 marine VHF radio
- Raymarine ST60+ depth finder
- Raymarine ST60+ wind gauge
- ACR spotlight with directional pad controller
- Lenco trim tab LED pitch indicators - new actuators 2024
- LED ship lights and bilge "in use" indicators
- Exalto automatic wiper controls for 3 wipers with washers
- Fireboy manual pull
- Glendinning controls with sync
- Bow thruster control
- High water alarms
- Trim tab control
- Ritchie compass
UPPER HELM
- Smartcraft Vesselview digital engine monitors (oil, temperature, RPM, GPH)
- Garmin 8612XSV radar/depth/chart displays - new 2025
- Raymarine ST6002 autopilot
- Furuno FM-4850 VHF radio with AIS - new 2025
- ACR spotlight directional pad controller
- Pyle Bluetooth stereo – new 2025
- Bow thruster
- Trim tab control
- Glendinning controls with sync
- Icom Command Mic II
- Fireboy manual pull
- 12v and 110v outlets
- Windlass controls
- Ritchie Compass
CABIN:
- HDTV-GLOMAX antenna (2023)
Starlink Wifi with router – new 2025
Pyle Bluetooth stereo – new 2025 - Kenwood KDV-412 stereo with separate CD changer
- LG 32 inch Smart TV in saloon (2023)
- LG flat screen TV in guest stateroom
- Quartz brass ship's clock
- Weems and Plath brass set: clock, barometer and thermometer
• Onan 9kW 60hz generator (1346 hours)
• 240V AC/12V DC ship's power
• 50A 125/250V shore power with 2 50' power cord, white - new 2025
• Isolation transformer with auto adjust
• 4x 12V AGM 8D batteries – new 2024/2025
• 1x AGM genset start battery – new 2025
• 2000W inverterMastervoltwith remote readout/control 100AMastervoltcharger
• Battery panel - house/starta
• Anchor windlass/thruster battery (2024)
• 120V AC outlets in saloon, helm, galley, guest, head and primary
• AGM battery for davit
- Delta plow anchor with all chain rode
- Fortress auxiliary anchor stowed with line and chain
- Muir electric windlass with foot and helm controls (2022)
- Windlass remote toggle
- Stainless steel anchor roller
- Stainless steel oversize rails and stanchions
- Bow anchor washdown
- Teak toerails have been painted for less maintenance
- Fiberglass diamond style walkaround nonskid decks
- Walkthrough transom door
- Fiberglass swim platform
- Collapsing swim ladder
- Hard-covered aft deck
- Starboard door to side deck (standard)
- Port door to side deck (included option)
- Insect screens
- Bimini top with full stratoglass enclosure
- Port and starboard fuel fills to single tank- 450 gallons
- Washdown fwd - saltwater
- Exterior hot/cold shower aft
- Marquipt 800 electric davit
- Isotherm Icemaker on Flybridge — new 2025
- Flybridge Freezer with cover
- New Offshore life raft - 2025
- 3-panel windshield with Exalto wipers and washers
- Windshield wiper blades and spare wiper blades – new 2025
- 4x Fenders with Fender Covers and 9 Lines
- Stidd captain's chair (flybridge)
- Stidd captain's chair (lower helm)
- Stidd navigator chair (lower helm)
- Lazarette four hinged hatches in cockpit
- Affixed mast
- Magma pole-mounted propane grill
- Angled ladder to flybridge
- Port and Starboard deck storage
- Teak chairs (aft deck)
- Deck flange to accommodate table
- Four stainless hauser holes in cockpit
- New flybridge cushions (2024)
- Courtesy lighting
- Transom teak flag staff
- Bow pennant
- Life jackets – throwable device
• Twin Cummins QSB 380hp direct drive diesel engines (Port: 2686 Starboard: 2706 hours)
• ZF 220A transmissions (1.75/1 ratio) - NEW 2024
• Stainless floating engine mounts (2018)
• Dripless shaft seals (2023)
• Line-cutters
• Side-power 8hp bow thruster
• Glendinning electric gear/throttle controls
•Hynauticsteering
•Lencotrim tabs-new actuators (2024)
• 2x TwinRacor75900MAX's with vacuum gauge (two per engine)
• Reverso automatic oil change system
•Fireboyautomatic fire suppression
• Portable fire extinguishers
• Delta-T engine ventilation blowers
• 3x Bilge pumps with high bilge alarm
• Engine room bilge pump and automatic float switch - new 2025
• Spare Gulper 220 shower sump pump – new 2025
• SpareDometicholding tank pump – new 2025
• SpareSeaflowfresh water pump – new 2025
• Port and starboard transmission coolers – new 2025
• Port and starboard water pumps – new 2025
•ElectroStrainersea strainer – new 2025
• Port and starboard engine tensioner pulleys
• 2x 16000 BTU Marine Air reverse-cycle heating and air-conditioning
•Jabscoelectric flush head with holding tank
• Tankwatch4 holding tank monitor
• Port and Starboard single tank fuel fills
• 3 inches of Sound-Down absorbing insulation
• 1,350rpm 8.5kn 5 GPH
• 2,400rpm 18.5kn 24 GPH
• 2,500rpm 20kn 27 GPH
- 1,000 hour service: main engines, transmissions and generator
- New transmissions and couplers port and starboard engines
- New dripless shaft seals
- New engine room bilge pump
- New raw water pump port engine
- New raw water impeller starboard engine
- New raw water pump generator
- New house and thruster batteries
- New 2kW Mastervolt inverter charger
- New trim tab actuators
- New domestic water pump and accumulator tank
- New hot water heater pressure and temp valve
- New salon Samsung smart tv
- New HDTV Glomax antenna
- New saloon chairs
- New saloon carpet and runner
- Reupholstered saloon seating with ultraleather
- Reupholstered flybridge seating
- New cockpit chairs and cushions and cover
STARLITE is the finest Legacy 42 built in Rhode Island by her original owner who had her designed with a port side door in addition to her standard starboard side door and an extended aft deck hardtop giving you a lovely sun protected aft deck. She is in exceptional condition with new electronics, spotless engine room with every maintenance item up to date, beautifully polished gelcoat and a gorgeous interior. STARLITE is the One!
