hinckley yachts southwest harbor

Somes Boats

Acadia mountain rises up from somes sound behind us, and we’re aboard a hinckley. these coveted yachts are still built by hand a few miles away, known for their iconic curves, polish, and posture..

W hat I know when I start driving toward Mount Desert Island on a sunny day earlier this summer is that Hinckley Yachts are beautiful, and prized. A boat captain friend back in South Carolina happens to call while I’m on the way, and  he actually gasps when I mention that I’ll  be visiting the Hinckley boatyard. “Wow, wow, wow,” he repeats. “To have one of those beauties would be my dream.”

I can remember hearing the buzz about Hinckley when Martha Stewart commissioned the Southwest Harbor- founded company to build one of its famous “picnic boats” for her, and she had them paint the hull an exclusive-to-her color that’s a heathery soft green. (The yacht’s name is Skylands II , after her cottage, up high in Seal Harbor.) But I’ve never gotten nearer to a Hinckley than to see the gleaming, million- dollar yachts in pictures or when passing through harbors. I’m ready.

HARBORSIDE START

Steam’s rising from the lobster pots at Lunt’s, and there’s a lineup of private planes at the Bar Harbor airport when I turn into the industrial park just across from the runways. Phil Bennett, one of the Hinckley Company’s vice presidents, is meeting me here, at the hangar-sized warehouses that make up Hinckley’s boatbuilding headquarters. The Hinckley Company got its start nearly 90 years ago on the shores of Southwest Harbor when engineer Henry Hinckley’s father bought a small boatyard facing directly into the mouth of Somes Sound. In the 1930s Hinckley built luxury pleasure boats with the swooping, curved features of the grand automobiles of the day, and by the 1950s the company was pioneering the use of fiberglass in boatbuilding for its powerboats and sailing yachts. Bennett compares Hinckley boatbuilding acumen to “something like watchmaking in Switzerland.”

On MDI, the Hinckley Company still operates a service yard at the original site of its founding in Southwest Harbor. (With the Hinckley Company’s acquisition of Morris Yachts in 2016, it added the sailboat builder’s service yard in Northeast Harbor, too.) But it’s the Trenton facility that’s home to the real “toy shop” now, Bennett explains as he shows me around the former woodland property near the bridge to MDI. “This is where every Hinckley begins.”

A dapper dresser in yachtsman style, Bennett is a longtimer at Hinckley and in the boat world generally. His grandfather was a boat maker, and Bennett himself decided to move to Maine and join Hinckley after first getting to know the company while visiting to sell Hood sails back in the 1970s. “Most people know that a Hinckley is expensive and shiny, but they may not fully know why,” Bennett says of the yachts that typically take a year or more to build and customize for each owner. “They haven’t yet seen what goes into making them.”

IN THE WORKSHOP

The smell of wet epoxy resin is like a wasabi jolt.

We’ve entered the fiberglass shop, a garage- style building arrayed with elephant-sized boat hulls inside even larger molds. Vacuum fans whir and rumble, and at least a dozen men are working among the raw boat shapes and spools of silken-looking fiberglass cloth.

From a lobstering family, Barry Archilles started at Hinckley about 40 years ago and figures he’s helped build about 1,000 boats. He’s seen the fiberglass processes develop and improve to be lighter, thinner, and stronger, he says. “It’s a lot more technical now.”

“Years ago, all you would do is build layers of fiberglass,” he says, and the result was rugged, heavy construction that was about 65 percent resin. Now Hinckley uses techniques similar to those used to build airplanes, Archilles says, so that a hull is about 65 percent fiber and only 35 percent resin. That’s where the technical know-how comes in—this is composite construction that makes use of super-strong materials like Kevlar and carbon fiber, lightweight core and resin infusion processes, and engineered laminates.

Archilles is explaining all of this in his downeast accent and with the fervor of  telling great sea stories. When an owner bumped a rock ledge recently while out on his new yacht, Archilles hurried down to  the boatyard to take a look. “That boat was  in the water for about two weeks afterward, because the man didn’t want to tell anyone at first.” Since Archilles had helped to build the yacht, he was curious to see how it had fared after the accident. “I was excited to see for myself and make the repair,” he says, “and do you know what? It never leaked in all that time. The rock had punctured all the way into the core, but the water didn’t migrate.”

That means the high-level finishes in the cabins and on deck were just fine. Hinckleys are known for well-varnished wood cabinetry and trim: teak with a  swirling grain, rich-toned mahogany, and American cherry, tulip, and red cedar. Bow-front drawers and other curved details are throughout, and even the toe rails are shaped into a tapered curve. We soon meet Ronnie Nelson, another Hinckley longtimer who started in the yard about four decades ago. Bennett says Nelson is known as a magician when it comes to carpentry. Quiet and busy, Nelson is sanding long, serpentine cherry rails when I stop by his workbench. Barry Buchanan is nearby, inspecting the woodwork of a finished console. He says he came to Mount Desert Island specifically  to build wooden boats, and notes that a Hinckley has so many wooden features, it’s often thought of as a wooden boat inside of fiberglass. “It’s one thing to build a table,” he says. “But it’s another to build a boat that goes somewhere. I like that movement.”

THE WOW FACTOR

To see more, we continue walking through the hive-like action and industry in all corners at Hinckley on this early summer’s  day when many of the tall bay doors are open. On an upper level above the carpentry floor, Carlando Grant is focused on one thing: carefully brushing on coats of varnish by hand—10 to 15 coats onto cabinet doors and other wooden pieces of each yacht’s interior. Born in Jamaica, Grant moved to Maine  to go to college to study engineering and to work. But first, he took a job with FedEx. One day he brought a delivery to Hinckley and saw the Talaria 55 Motoryacht being built here (the largest of Hinckley yachts), and he applied for a job immediately. That was over three years ago. He still daydreams about a Hinckley of his own, but for now he and his wife own a 21-foot Bayliner to which he’s been adding wooden touches. “I’m a perfectionist,” he says. “I want you to look at a piece that I’ve varnished and say, ‘Wow!’”

Close to 300 men and women work in the Hinckley Company’s boatbuilding yards here in Trenton and another 85 or so work at the service yards on MDI; that includes the crew at the sailboat-focused Morris Yachts across Route 3, another formidable yacht builder on MDI that was begun in the 1970s and that Hinckley acquired in 2016. Since the purchase by Hinckley, Morris Yachts is still operating much as it has, with its name on new boats and the boatyard at Northeast Harbor.

It’s Friday afternoon, and some of the Morris Yachts crew have left by the time we call out   a “hello” to someone on a narrow, deck-style platform built around a 42-foot sailing yacht that’s underway. Up there is Ian Ashley, a formal residential carpenter who invites us to climb the temporary stairs and take a look at the deck up close. Once up on  scaffolding, Ashley tells me he came to work  at Morris about four years ago and “fell  in love with building boats.” This one he’s  finishing has an extra-long keel for racing,  and it almost looks like the yacht’s in graceful  motion, even as it’s securely parked upright  and steady in a wooden frame.

Throughout the day of taking in all the sights and sounds, I keep noticing that the carpenters and craftspeople are working on different parts of the same boat at the same time —the hull might still be in the mold in  the fiberglass shop, while carpenters are already constructing the bunks and galley  spaces. Bennett explains that’s possible because everyone’s following precise design and engineering plans that were generated for each boat. In a small office of computers with big screens he introduces me to nautical engineer Peter Smith, who has also been with Hinckley for decades. Smith is part of the team that works out each boat’s design and engineering particulars, including figuring out how and where to incorporate features  that a boat buyer dreams up. Those options  have included pull-down cabinets for wine  storage, retractable deck awnings, bait wells,  Italian espresso makers, and disappearing screens. He says they even once designed a compartment lined with a mink pelt, creating a new use for the vintage mink from a client’s fur coat. 

A YACHT’S DAY

Finally, we’ll get out on the water. At the  shop earlier in the day, we’d seen a gorgeous blue-painted motor yacht with a Swedish  homeport painted on the stern. A Talaria 43,  the boat will be shipped to its owner soon,  so it’s going through another sea trial first  to check its systems and performance. In  mirrored sunglasses and a t-shirt, Shane  Dowsland is the man for the job. He must have the coolest gig in the harbor.

Dowsland is a licensed captain who was a  deckhand on a schooner based in Bar Harbor  and then worked in the boatyard for Morris  Yachts before landing the sea trial job. Now  he tests the new boats before delivery. Shoes  off and on-deck, we join him for a couple of  sea trials departing from Southwest Harbor.

It’s my first time on a boat that moves by  water-jet propulsion, and immediately I feel  the airplane-like stability—even at 30 knots  and higher. We’re in a smooth glide as we  cruise past Beal’s Lobster Pier and the Coast  Guard field office in Southwest Harbor. The  docks and moorings at the Hinckley yard  are flotillas of Hinckley and Morris yachts  this time of year. In a quick glance, I count  more than a dozen picnic boats that I’m  finding easily recognizable since seeing them  crafted up close—the highly varnished, teak- trimmed, well-upholstered takes on classic  lobster boats, often with million-dollar-plus prices.

We thread through the moorings and pass several lobster boats, too. It’s like an informal  water tour of Maine boating. At one point, Dowsland points out another classic boat, a 40-foot Friendship sloop, and mentions that he has one like it. Originally from upstate New York, he married a local woman and says he knows most of the local lobstermen. And the lobstering crowd doesn’t mind seeing a Hinckley pass near their trap buoys, he notes, because the jetboats don’t have exterior propellers that might damage the buoy lines. Plus, he says, “They know these aren’t just rich, plastic boats. They know the local craftsmanship that goes into every one.”

When we motor into Valley Cove, where the seaside mountains of Acadia National Park  create a vertical wall of rock and trees that rises straight from the deep water, I step  out from the comforts of this brand-new Hinckley yacht’s cabin that’s all windows and wood paneling and soft, couch-like seating— and I look across the teak and holly lines toward the bow and feel the rush and cool  of the early summer air. So, I think in those moments on the water, this is what yacht dreams are made of.

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The Hinckley Company started in 1928 as the Manset Boatyard in Southwest Harbor, Maine.  Henry R. Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mt. Desert Island.  In 1933 Henry built his first boat,  Ruthyeolyn , a 36-foot fisherman with beautiful lines that are surprisingly familiar and still look the part even today.  That first boat was fished hard for 9 months of the year and then varnished up and chartered in the summer months to vacationers.  In the 1940s we built tough-as-nails minesweepers and cruisers for the Navy and Coast Guard.  Following the war, we built our first outboard boats, the Kingfisher 15s, throughout the 1950s.

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ALICE Boat for Sale

36' hinckley | 2002 | $425,000.

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Last updated Feb 19, 2024

Alice Yacht | 36' Hinckley 2002

ALICE is a rare Hinckley Certified Pre-Owned Picnic Boat EP with many upgrades such as electronics, new awlgrip, new varnish, new overhead, new stereo, new USB outlets and new Stidd seats.  She also flaunts original teak flooring, air conditioning and low engine hours.  ALICE is located at Hinckley Yacht Services in Southwest Harbor and is very easy to see and get aboard. 

Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Hinckley Yacht Brokerage.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Alice HIGHLIGHTS

• Yacht Details: 36' Hinckley 2002
• Location: Southwest Harbor, ME
• Engines: 2002 Yanmar
• Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024
• Asking Price: $425,000
• Maximum Speed: 26.94 kn
• Max Draft: 1' 1''

Alice additional information

• Cruising Speed: 23.46 kn
• Beam: 10'
• Hull Material: Composite
• Displacement: 11,500 lb
• Fuel Tank: 1 x 160|gallon
• Fresh Water: 1 x 45|gallon
• Holding: 1 x 27|gallon

ACCOMODATIONS Picnic Boat EP (Extended Pilothouse) sleeps two comfortably forward in a V-berth arrangement and includes a separate head with a hand held shower; and galley area. There is an entertainment area in the extended pilothouse with “L-shaped” seating under cover to the port side, and additional seating in the cockpit.

The interior is CUSTOM finished in satin-varnished cherry, including forward v-berth hull side sheathing. The custom cabin sole is varnished teak and holly and has a cabin sole cover. There are custom varnished teak finished surfaces added throughout the interior for a complete teak wood finish.

• Opening overhead hatch and four opening ports below (including head and galley) with removable screens.
• Five Frigast stainless steel 12-volt lamps provide plenty of interior lighting.
• Reverse-cycle 12,000 BTU Heat/Air Conditioning - with ducts in main cabin, head and pilothouse
• All new Fusion audio system with multiple speakers.

V-BERTH (Forward):

• Adapter with cushion forms a double berth
• Cushions upholstered with blue bottoms and blue & white stripe backrests in Sunbrella.
• Varnished cherry shelves outboard port and starboard.
• Storage under the V-berth with shelf and cherry drop front door.
• Storage and access to the anchor in the forepeak behind a louvered cherry door.
• Hanging locker to starboard just aft of the V-berths.

Other features include: 

• Two Hella fans.
• Additional teak added to V-berth skirt board.
• Additional teak added to interior cabin sides.
• Additional teak and holly added to floor/hull sides.

HEAD (Starboard): Head is aft of the hanging locker with a solid cherry door.

Amenities include:

• Varnished cherry countertop has an under mounted white porcelain sink.
• Grohe faucet/hand held shower with additional custom wall shower system and faucet povides hot & cold pressure water.
• Vacu-flush marine head.
• Mirror on the forward bulkhead with cherry frame.
• 110-volt outlet.
• Opening port with screen.
• Air conditioning vent.
• (2) Frigast 12-volt lights.

Storage is provided by cherry-faced lockers above and outboard the vanity, a drawer with a cherry face beside the marine head, and a locker under the vanity.

GALLEY (Port):

• Adler Barbour refrigeration – 12-volt cold plate refrigerator in a self draining box, with lift top access in custom Corian countertop.
• Force 10 two-burner stove with remote propane shut-off and wood cover.
• Microwave oven (110-volt).
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures, sprayer and pressure hot & cold fresh water system.
• Pull-out under counter garbage receptacle.
• (3) Cherry pull-out drawers.
• 12-volt outlet.
• Red step-light in galley.

Sandstone Corian countertop has a stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures, spray nozzle, and hot and cold pressure water. The stove is set in the countertop forward and has a custom wood stove cover/cutting board that adds to the already ample counter space surrounding the sink. The refrigeration is mounted aft of the sink and is accessed by a lift-up top with a hold open arm.

The galley is separated from the V-berth area with a “pantry” locker with louvered door and shelves. There is a remote propane shut-off. Additional storage is provided outboard and under the galley sink, and there is a pullout trash bin. The galley has an opening port with screen.

PILOTHOUSE (Extended)

The pilothouse interior is CUSTOM TEAK finished, including dash and vertical bulkhead surfaces; also the interior window frames and cockpit coamings are finished in varnished teak. There is a teak locking companionway door. Two varnished teak handrails are under the aft ends of the pilothouse cabin top and a varnished teak handrail is on the aft end of the pilothouse roof.

• Custom teak pilothouse sole.
• Insulated white overhead has four (4) acrylic opening hatches with screens.
• Additional illumination is by rheostat controlled overhead low voltage halogen lights.
• (4) Pilothouse windows include: (2) Sliding side windows and (2) Fixed forward with heavy duty, self-parking, intermittent windshield wipers and fresh water washers.
• Ivory color drop curtains with windows provide a fully enclosed pilothouse.
• Ivory color interior window sun covers for all four pilothouse windows.

Forward Pilothouse has new Stidd helm and passenger seats on powder-coated pedestals are finished in Duratouch Ivory Ultra-Leather that are height and fore/aft adjustable and can swivel to face aft. There are stainless steel footrests.

• (2) Removable Hella fans with rheostat control in forward outboard corners.

The forward port passenger area has a varnished teak integral handrail/cup holder on the forward bulkhead.

Helm Station (Starboard):

• Custom varnished teak instrument pod is extra-large to accommodate two large displays.
• Custom varnished teak vertical bulkhead surfaces.
• Stainless steel 14” steering wheel with varnished wood rim.
• “Jet Stick” ICAN
• Engine gauges.
• ACR spotlight remote control pad.
• Top-opening locker with stainless steel hold open spring arm and chart storage outboard of helm seat.
• 12-volt outlet in chart pocket and remote switches to spotlight. Upgraded to USB
• Two cup holders.
• Custom mounted U-line icemaker is in a varnished louvered door locker outboard the helm seat.

Helm Electronics and Navigation Equipment:

• Garmin GPS 8616 XSU
• Garmin Radar GMR 18 Fantom
• Garmin Autopilot (New)
• Garmin GMI-Multi display

Next aft, the extended pilothouse roof shades additional seating with a L-shaped settee with varnished teak shelf rim to port that faces inboard and forward

• There is locker stowage beneath the settee.
• Varnished teak table with removable pedestal can be lowered to form a sheltered, comfortable “kid-sized” berth and the tabletop is hinged to fold to a smaller triangular table allowing use flexibility.
• Two of the four opening hatches with screens are over the aft pilothouse area.

COCKPIT More seating is available on the Picnic EP engine box that has an integrated propane Bar-B-Q grill and cooler with an aft-facing cushioned seat. Seats are finished matching Sunbrella Forest Green Taupe Rib fabric with an Ivory color weather cover.

The cockpit grill includes a Force 10 LP gas BBQ grill, and sink with faucet, also a storage drawer. The entire engine box/grill and seat is hinged on the aft end and has electric-assist lift for easy access to the engine.

  Full-width settee has back and seat cushions finished in Sunbrella fabric in blue bottom and blue & white seatbacks fabric and has an Ivory color weather cover. Aft settee includes two hinged lids under the cushions to allow access to removable storage tubs and to below deck equipment. There are molded-in port and starboard cup holders.

Cockpit features include:

• Custom teak cockpit sole with direct overboard drainage scuppers.
• Varnished teak cockpit coaming.
• There is a side teak boarding step and a stainless steel cockpit step with teak treads that mounts port or starboard with stainless steel brackets.
• Full Ivory color cockpit cover (mooring cover) attaches to pilothouse roof edge and with snaps around the outside of the cockpit coaming.
• Cockpit courtesy lights under coaming port and starboard on a dimmer.
• Cockpit shower with mixing valve is located under starboard deck.

HULL AND EQUIPMENT Construction of the hull is Kevlar E-glass hybrid and balsa core, SCRIMPed with vinylester resin. Deck and cockpit is E-glass and balsa core, molded with polyester resin. The deck and cockpit sole have a molded-in nonskid pattern.

• Flag Blue Awlgrip Topsides. (New)
• Light Cream Gelcoat Cabin house and Deck.
• Double White Boot stripe.
• Green Bottom.

Aft, the heavy duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel brackets and half round rubrail, and a stainless steel telescoping 3-step folding swim ladder.

DECK features:

• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toerail with Hinckley profile.
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top.
• Four (4) opening elliptical ports on house sides.
• Hinckley pilothouse mast with spotlight and 24” Radome are painted to match deck.
• (3) Low profile opening aluminum hatches with screens.
• Stainless steel half round on fiberglass molded rub rail.
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chocks.
• Bow, stern and springline 316L stainless steel mooring cleats.
• Padeyes with chafe strips to hang fenders.
• Bow, stern and springline 316L stainless steel mooring cleat.
• Bow varnished burgee pennant staff with flush socket.
• Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & socket.
• Dock lines.
• Fenders with covers.
• Life jackets.
• Handheld flare kit.
• Dual 12-volt trumpet horn with switch on dash.
• Masthead and running lights.
• ACR masthead mounted spotlight with helm mounted electric remote control.

Muir electric windlass pkg: Flush foredeck anchor locker houses a Muir electric windlass with Delta 22# anchor + 15” SS chain & 150’ anchor rode and stainless steel bow roller. The windlass can be operated from the helm station or a handheld remote at anchor locker.

ELECTRICAL 12-volt DC electrical system:

• (3) 12-volt batteries for a total of 540 amps.
• 80-amp battery alternator.
• Heavy-duty battery parallel switch also allows emergency starting
• Battery Main disconnect switches.

110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:

• Heart Freedom 10 inverter.
• AC electrical panel and DC sub-panel.
• (2) 110-volt shore power inlet, house service and aircon service.
• (2) 30-amp shore cords.
• 110-volt outlets at head and galley.
• Low resistance, heavy copper and zinc anode electrical bonding system.
• Pilothouse and coaming lights on dimmers.

MECHANICAL 2002 Yanmar 6LYA-STP 440HP diesel engine (775 hours 02/2024) with Hamilton 292 Jet Drive, ZF IRM220PL transmission and bow thruster. Hinckley custom “Jet Stick” control system is integrated with the bow thruster.

• Jet Stick® IQAN System upgrade.
• Sidepower electric bow thruster.
• Yanmar fuel filter/water separator.
• Tachometer with engine hours gauge.
• Racor 900 fuel/water separator filter.
• Fuel, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges.
• High engine temperature alarm.
• Low oil pressure alarm.
• Water jet nozzle direction indicator.
• Custom wet exhaust muffler system.
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission.
• Manual hydraulic steering pump.
• Spare parts kit.
• (2) Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches.
• Whale emergency bilge pump mounted in cockpit locker.
• Cockpit shower with mixing valve.
• (2) 2.5# Dry chemical fire extinguishers
• Freshwater tank is custom 45-gallons.
• Aluminum 27-gallon holding tank with overboard discharge and deck pump-out.
• In-line 12-volt automatic sump pump.
• Connection for dockside freshwater hook-up.
• Engine room sound insulation.
• Engine box forced air blower.
• Stainless steel 10-gallon hot water heater – shore power and engine heated.
• Reverse-cycle 12,000 BTU Marineaire Heat/Air Conditioning - with ducts in main cabin, head and pilothouse.

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When the boating season draws to a close, rest easy knowing your boat will be secure and dry in one of our state-of-the-art indoor climate-controlled storage facilities from Maine to Florida.

At our location is Southeast Florida, we recently opened a 40,000 square foot Category 5 storm-rated storage facility tailored to the local environment. This world-class infrastructure is designed to provide peace of mind in the off-season, knowing your boat is secured until she’s ready to make her grand debut again come spring.

Our nine world-class service facilities across the East Coast proudly service all makes and models from day-sailers to global-cruising mega-yachts. We can tailor our service and storage offerings to suit your individual needs and are always happy to customize a package to best accommodate you. We invite you to enjoy Hinckley’s unparalleled service, no matter what make or model you own.

Over the years we have fine-tuned the art of delivery, season after season, to provide an effortless and seamless experience from your first day on the water to your last. From service to storage to pickup and delivery, our concierge experience will make every season the best one yet.

Unmatched Quality Paint

We have multiple paint booth locations along the coast including Southwest Harbor, ME; Stamford, CT; Annapolis, MD; Stuart, FL and Portsmouth, RI, which is one of the largest paint booth facilities on the East Coast. We attract customers near and far seeking the highest quality painting services on all makes and models of yachts.

Whether you require Awlgrip, Imron, Interlux or other marine paint finish, Hinckley’s paint booths will transform your boat into a sleek and stunning work of art. We employ some of the highest caliber painters in the industry and their attention to detail is unmatched. Whether you need hull paint or a complete hull and deck paint job, we will complete your project with the utmost precision and punctuality.

Working with the crew at Hinckley Yacht Services on our paint refit was a pleasure. They were professional and courteous at all times—and their door was always open. We are thrilled with the end product achieved on time and on budget.

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Awlgrip HDT, delivers unprecedented shine, color saturation, and durability. Continually driving innovation and unmatched quality, Hinckley Yacht Services locations in both Portsmouth and Stuart have a reputation for being some of the best in the business to offer this new high-definition technology.

Our paint booth facilities accommodate boats up to 140’ with separate facilities for mast refinishing. With multiple paint booths in our yards from North to South, we are able to accommodate all makes and models and projects large and small with superb paint finish.

Our team has extensive experience in boat painting and has developed a reputation for accommodating our customers’ needs, sticking to our timelines, and facilitating access to boats. Years of experience coupled with well-established relationships with our customers are among the reasons people choose Hinckley for all their painting needs.

Run Faster Repower

Interested in the latest engine technology to enhance your experience at the helm and time on the water? For owners with inboard diesel engines and outboard powered boats, Hinckley Yacht Services offers unmatched expertise in the complexities of power conversion and upgrades through our 9 world-class service yards along the East Coast from Maine to Florida.

Our experience with Hinckley Yacht Services was nearly effortless. Hinckley Yacht Services Portsmouth is the only waterfront Mercury dealer in our region, which took a lot of hassle out of deciding to upgrade our engines mid-season. We were back out on the water with our kids in a short period of time running at faster speeds with better efficiency. We had a great experience with Hinckley Yacht Services, and we've recommended the team there to many of our friends.

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Our Outboard Repower Program is focused on helping owners of any make or model yacht repower to the latest in outboard technology from Mercury Marine, Yamaha, and other outboard brands, for optimal speed and efficiency, as well as maximum time on the water.

For owners of inboard powered boats, Hinckley brings unmatched expertise in the complexities of power conversion. We carry and service all major marine inboard diesel engines including Cummins, Yanmar, Westerbeke and Caterpillar.

Our custom service packages include access to pick-up and delivery of your yacht anywhere on the East Coast and a dedicated Service Manager for project management and ease of communication, as well as in-season support. Also included is a comprehensive inspection from stem to stern-including sea trial , cleaning and detailing of the entire boat , comprehensive quality control process for the outboard motors, inboard engines and propulsion, and digital control systems to ensure a superior operating experience.

Unrivaled Craftsmanship Refit

We offer full refits, restorations, and upgrade services at all of our nine Hinckley Yacht Services locations. We see all varieties of makes and models at our yards, including racing sailboats, express yachts, day sailers, motor yachts, super yachts, trawlers, sport fish yachts, outboard yachts, and center consoles.

We brought our 85' Motortacht to Hinckley Yacht Services for an extensive refit involving a repower, complete varnish work, added a custom wet bar, new cushion upholstery, and full hull paint. The work was extensive, but we knew we were in good hands. From the communication with our Service Manager to the skilled craftsman and tradespeople, it was an excellent experience and we are thrilled with the end result.

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At our nine world-renowned service locations, we have the unique ability to completely customize your yacht to suit your every desire. Over the years our top-notch team of expert craftsmen have completed some of the most exquisite and intricately designed yacht customizations in the world. We invite you to browse our project galleries on each location page to gather inspiration for your next project. With Hinckley, no idea is too grand.

From exterior finishes and woodwork to top-of-the-line electronics and amenities to and all the bells and whistles in between, we are here to make your dreams a reality.  Marine varnish and teak refinishing are among our specialties. Among our capabilities are restoring your teak deck, bringing back the luster of your yacht’s brightwork and replacing teak rails or other trim pieces.

Every boat owner is assigned an experienced and dedicated Service Manager as their single point of contact, which ensures ample communication, simplifies the project management process, and gives you a dedicated direct line of communication to Hinckley Yacht Services.

We'll Come To You Mobile Service

Our unique mobile service is designed to bring our concierge level of service to you, wherever you may be. We know your time is valuable and we’re in the business of optimizing it, especially time spent on the water, no matter where you are.

I texted my Service Manager about an issue I was having onboard my center console in the morning. They sent a tech straight to my boat where it was docked at my house within a few hours. The tech found the issue and resolved the problem pretty quickly. I was out on the water that same afternoon with my kids and grandchildren.

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Wherever you may be onboard your boat, with Hinckley Yacht Services and your dedicated Service Manager, we’re just a call or text away.

Our mobile service team will visit your boat directly for service on all makes and models.

We’re here to take the hassle out of boating and deliver you quality time on the water, season after season.

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Hinckley Yacht Service brings together nine world-class facilities and our established mobile service team to deliver an ownership experience like no other. Our locations from Maine to Florida are available to you no matter where your home port may be, and we can connect you with the services you need in whatever port of call you may find yourself.

When I'm done using my boat for the summer in Nantucket, I let my Service Manager know she's ready to head south to Palm Beach. I make a simple phone call, and the Hinckley team handles everything else. When I arrive in Palm Beach, my boat is there in my slip, serviced and ready for the winter season.

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With our network of nine world-class facilities along the East Coast, we’re are here to support you, no matter where your adventures take you.

Once you are a Hinckley customer, you’ll be assigned a dedicated Service Manager for the life of your ownership, no matter what make or model boat you own and no matter where you are located. You can count on your Service Manager wherever you are, no matter what service you may need and no matter which of our service facilities you may find yourself.

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The Hinckley Company, founded in Southwest Harbor, Maine, has been building and servicing this world renowned brand since 1928. The Hinckley Company Southwest Harbor, ME 130 Shore Road Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 (P) 207 244-5531 (F) 207 244-9833 The Hinckley Company: Corporate One Little Harbor Landing Portsmouth, RI 02871 (P) (401) 683-7005 (P) (866) 446-2553 HID (1972-1998): HRH (1998-2009): THC

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Hinckley Bermuda 40-1

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Owens cutter.

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Islander 30 (Hinckley-1938)

Ocean Cruising 42

Hinckley Sou'wester JR 30

Hinckley 41 Competition

Hinckley 48

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Hinckley 43 (hood)-2.

Hinckley Sou'wester SR. 38

Hinckley Sou'wester 59

Hinckley Sou'wester 50

Hinckley 42 competition.

Hinckley Sou'wester 42/43

Hinckley 43 (Hood)

Hinckley Sou'wester 51 CC

Hinckley Bermuda 40-2

Islander 30 (Hinckley-1940)

Hinckley 43 (Mccurdy & Rhodes)

Hinckley 41

Ocean cruising 48.

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Hinckley Yacht Services

Jerry lundquist, did you buy hinckley yachts and hunt yachts with blood money mckinsey's commitment to working with almost anyone who can pay its high fees, while disavowing responsibility for clients' actions, can lead to moral compromise., critical safety issues ignored or created by hinckley yacht services can kill you.

Founded in 1928 by Henry Hinckley, the brand has been passed through multiple hands in the years since [sold in 1979, then resold again and again in 1982, 1997,  2001 and 2011.] but with each change in ownership, the quality of their work seems to have diminished. 

The Hinckley name, once synonymous with excellence, is now nothing more than a distant memory.

Sadly, the company’s current poor workmanship not only diminishes the brand but also poses a significant danger, with increased risks of fire, explosion, electrocution, injury, and loss of life. The very viability of the company is at stake.

This is the 9th version of this company; Glassdoor.com reviews suggest the craftsman have fled where quality is valued and jobs are more secure. “ No clear plan for technician improvement /progression. High turnover. Lower than average pay for skilled technicians.”

Hinckley Yacht Services offer ways to die that were preventable. You deserve better. 

This announcement is a truthful reflection of the Hinckley scandals, informed by professional marine surveys, thorough analysis, and personal experiences with a group of highly incompetent and conceited individuals.

Scroll below and see why selecting Hinckley Yacht Services owned by Jerry Lundquist (McKinsey & Co), Brooks Gordon (W. P. Carey), David Howe (Scout Partners LLC) could be a fatal decision.

Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Two large Hinckley boats go up in flames

The Portsmouth Fire Department confirmed that they had to battle a large blaze that started at Hinckley Yachts located in a Portsmouth marina in December 2021. A large boat caught fire, sending up a huge plume of black smoke that could be seen from miles away.

Multiple OSHA violations  could suggest a company cutting corners.

Not taking precautions with flammable vapors present, an excess of combustible materials and did not provide a comprehensive and understandable respiratory protection training.  Training was lacking for the care of hazardous chemicals, WPRI 12 reported.  

Youtube: Boat fire breaks out at Portsmouth marina (reportage WPRI) Superyacht Times: Drinkability and Danneskjold engulfed in shipyard fi re at Hinckley Yachts in Portsmouth, RI EastBayRI: Massive boat fire at Hinckley Yachts in Portsmouth The Marina Executive: Fire Destroys Two High- End Yachts at Newport Boat Yard

A fire broke out at Hinckley Yachts in Portsmount, Rode Island, on Friday morning. Credit: WPRI, William Reed

Massive boat fire at Hinckley Yachts in Portsmouth, Rode Island. Credit: Middletown Firefighters

Stamford Harbor: Three boats catch fire

A boat fire at the gas dock at Hinckley boat yard, 2 Selleck St., was reported in October 2020. The boat’s fuel tank ruptured, starting a floating fuel fire near the southern section of the dock at Harbor Point. 

Fire officials say a boat that caught on fire at the Hinckley Boat Yard in Stamford spread to a dock, three more boats and a Tiki bar Saturday.

Flames consuming boats, a tiki bar and a dock in Stamford Saturday afternoon. Credit: Peter Adler

Stamford Harbor: brand new Hinckley Talaria 34. Fire destroys $600,000 yacht

The brand new Hinckley Talaria 34 was in the middle of three days of sea trials when it was destroyed in a fire … now under investigation.

Sam Chisholm, chief of the Southwest Harbor Fire Department, told the news provider that the marina fire was so ferocious that all his men could do was contain it, despite using 4,000 gallons of water and foam during their 90 minutes on the scene.

“We never really knocked it down. We contained it. [The boat] was gone before we got there. Fiberglass just doesn’t go out, especially when there’s fuel involved ,” he said.

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in a boat tied up at Dysart’s Marina in Southwest Harbor Monday evening. Credit: Mark Good

Crews raised the Hinckley picnic boat on Tuesday. Credit: Edna Martin

Hinckley Yacht Services: A failure of trust and skill

The craftsman’s have left.  Focused on accounting, the quality of work is life threatening.  Project management is incapable of making decisions. Their approach is inconsistent, neglected, and incompatible with achieving a satisfactory result on a reasonable schedule and budget.

“Preventing problems is easier than coping with a 0300 AM catastrophe “.  “It’s much easier to discover and remedy problems in the boatyard than while at sea.  Before every voyage is another chance to prevent potential trouble…Things can go from an easy to fix scenario to an abandon ship crisis in surprisingly short period time .

An independent analysis of work done by Hinckely Easton , “Some work has been done across most departments: propulsion, energy storage, charging, instrumentation, domestic, galley and head. However, this work appears to have been done without a plan … The work that has been performed is not to a standard that’s compatible with performance sailing”

Get a marine surveyor involved early in classic yacht restorations and keep them involved.

Hinckley Yacht Services may not be the most trustworthy boatyard in the USA. It’s always wise to get a second opinion when you have doubts about the honesty of the workmen. We did just that and sought out opinions from some of the most reputable professionals in the marine industry. It was a smart move on our part and it likely saved our lives.

With 35 years of service records from the same owner and the same boatyard, as well as professional opinions from experts in the marine business, it’s clear that there may be issues at Hinckley Yachts.

It’s important to do your research and not make assumptions, especially when it comes to something as important as your boat. In this case, Hinckley Yacht Services failed to take the necessary steps to address the problems presented to them, including developing a plan, setting a direction and establishing priorities.”

“The Galley: Fixing what isn’t broken”

During the pre-purchase survey, it was noted that the woodwork in the galley “showed its age,” indicating normal wear and tear for a frequently used boat. However, no wood rot was detected.

Despite this, the General Manager of Hinckley Yacht Service, Daniel Vullemier, insisted that the entire galley of a Hinckley Bermuda 40 needed to be replaced, claiming it was “rotten.” This was not the case, and it seems that the manager’s intentions were driven by greed rather than a genuine concern for the boat’s condition.

An second independent specialist flown in from a famous New England boatyard, found no wood rot.

“It seems strange that a boat builder who is known for their expertise in woodworking would not be able to recognize regular wood, unless they were being dishonest or lacked the necessary skills and knowledge.”

Example 2: Engine: fraud.

Incentive-based compensation, such as commission or bonuses, can create an environment in which individuals are motivated to engage in fraudulent behavior in order to meet performance targets and earn higher payouts. This is because the incentives are often tied to specific financial or performance metrics, such as sales or profit margins, which can be easily manipulated or falsified. Additionally, individuals who are highly motivated to earn these incentives may be more likely to overlook ethical considerations or disregard company policies in order to achieve their goals. Additionally, such incentives can also lead to conflicts of interest among employees and create a high-pressure environment which can lead to fraud. Hinckley Yacht Service refuses to discuss their compensation model.  

It is not legal for Hinckley Yacht Service to bill for fake tests they only pretended to have done. 

The Engine Hoses May Be New With No Evidence Of Leaks, But It Is More Profitable To Lie

How can Hinckley hope to compete against  honest craftsman and superior technologies ?

Hinckley Yacht Services: Incompetence of repair work

70 critically important safety issues involving failures on one boat !!!!!

Hinckley Yacht Services is unable to prepare, the boat that made them famous, a Hinckley Bermuda 40 for ocean racing.

Independent experts counted over 70 problems that Hinckley Yacht Service caused or ignored.

Critical safety items, that pose a direct risk of fire, explosion, electrocution, injury, or loss of life.

Important safety issues that may compromise safe operation, the vessel may lose power, lose control or flood as a result of this problem.

Not immediately serious, that may lead to substantial failures and/or repair costs in the future.

If there is no plan ? How are decisions being made ?

Ignored written requests for correction

Did 760,000 american drug overdose deaths pay for hinckley and hunt yachts .

Consider the case of Jerry Lundquist, a former senior partner at McKinsey & Co. for 40 years and a major owner of Hinckley and Hunt yacht companies. We have a moral duty to seek justice for those who have been wronged.

A simple boycott of Hinckley Yacht and Hunt Yacht would send a powerful message. Let’s hold Jerry Lundquist and McKinsey accountable for enabling authoritarian regimes to commit war crimes and human rights violations, sending a strong message that companies and consultants cannot aid such regimes without facing consequences.

McKinsey’s settlement for nearly $600 million over its role in the opioid crisis, because McKinsey helped “turbocharge” opioid sales. Jerry Lundquist moral and professional failings “.. one of the most tenured Senior Partners at McKinsey” failed to stop 760, 000 deaths.

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Engine: Fraudulent examination followed by incompetent repairs

 3 decades of love by a single owner summed up the B40’s recent history. Maintained by the same yard and supported with decades of records, which Hinckley had no interest in. The boat had an active season prior to it’s sale.

Against best industry practices, avoiding scientific analysis and without bothering to fully exam the engine. Hinckley Yacht services billed for engine compression tests, they just did not perform them, nor did they send out oil for analysis.

Based on pretty much nothing except greed, Hinckley Yacht Services suggested the engine needed $ 36, 212 in repairs.

Exhaust System:Burn/Fire Hazard.

Neglecting the vitals of the boat to bill on the easy and expensive.  

Independent surveyor:  “The exhaust system is rigidly attached to the engine, while the engine is flexibly mounted. The non-jacketed interface at the exhaust manifold lacks insulation, this is a burn/fire hazard. The exhaust system is jacketed, should the inner jacket leak, seawater will infiltrate the engine’s cylinders. ” 

This system should have been “modernized using a dry riser and water lift muffler”. 

Waiting for the masts to fall in the ocean: Just how bad is Hinckley Yacht Service ?

Most catastrophic failures in sailing can be prevented through proper maintenance and inspection. A well-maintained sailboat should not experience a broken mast, except in extreme weather conditions or when rigging is found to be defective. Sailing can be a safe and enjoyable activity when proper precautions are taken.

The yacht’s chainplates are ferrous steel and rusting; these are known to be a weak point of the Hinckley Bermuda 40s of this era. Hinckley Yacht Services ignored specific written requests to address this issue .  Chain plate below deck armature should have been removed, cleaned, dye checked and inspected. 

Rigging is only as strong as it’s weakest link.

This boat was forced to withdraw from the Annapolis Bermuda race due to the suspect quality of Hinckley Yacht Services work.  

It is important to always ensure that all equipment is in proper working condition before participating in any race, otherwise you are putting myself and others at risk of injury or death.

Electrical fires or failure? Simply a question of when.

“Throughout the yacht, DC wiring is oversized and installed in such a manner as to make ongoing maintenance exceedingly difficult.

Branch circuits appear to have been wired with no overall plan

No schematic drawings were evident”

Pressure Drop Refit Review. Conducted at Hinckley Yacht facility in Easton, Maryland

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