Few boats speak to the history of American boat building as prominently as those with roots to the Maine shipyards of the Henry R. Hinckley Company. The Henry Hinckley designed Hinckley Sou’wester 50 yawl does so with aplomb. Her graceful shear, traditional overhangs and classic sail plan are reminiscent of an era when gentlemen might not have sailed to weather but sail they did. GRACE is a fine example of this genre and has led a pampered life. Stored indoors each winter and cruised locally in New England, GRACE also benefits from excellent upkeep and continues updates. Recent bow thruster, watermaker, electronics, sails, rigging, and paint, are a few examples of the work completed. It is the basics that keep bringing keen sailors back to Hinckley and GRACE more than gives a nod to those. She is strong, seakindly, and seaworthy, a proper vessel in every sense of the word. GRACE is also a movie star, playing a big role in the 2022 movie “Confess, Fletch” with Jon Hamm and Lorenz Izzo.
GRACE’s interior is characteristic of Hinckley’s unique blend of classic elegance and seagoing function. Her interior is constructed with satin varnished ash bulkheads and panels with varnished teak trim. The cabin sole is solid teak and holly. The headliner is painted white and trimmed with mahogany. Living spaces are open, with handholds well placed for movement about the cabin in a seaway. Headroom is maximized in the salon, master stateroom and bunk room, creating a bright and comfortable interior. Her three-stateroom layout will accommodate seven with the addition of an excellent sea berth in the main salon. Beautiful framed sailing prints are located throughout combining with rugs, throw pillows, curtains, and other soft goods to create a tasteful accommodation.
The companionway ladder hinges to access the generator. The engine is mounted below the salon sole with excellent top access. Other removable cabin sole panels access auxiliary equipment and storage.
The private forward stateroom has a large v-berth with infill cushion. A large overhead hatch creates a space that is well ventilated and very bright. At the forward end of the berth there is a large locker with access to finished storage space with shelves and the chain locker. The hull sides are lined with mahogany battens. Shelves and lockers with sliding doors are located above the berth to port and starboard. There are reading lamps over the berth as well as another overhead light aft in the entry way to the cabin. Below the berth, there are four drawers plus a large top opening storage space with access to the bow thruster. Aft and to starboard, there is a mirrored locker with a series of three drawers and a locker below. Just aft is a cedar-lined hanging locker.
The starboard passageway cabin is just aft of the forward stateroom. The two bunks make excellent sea berths. There are varnished mahogany battens on the hull sides. Outboard of the lower berth, storage is available in sliding door lockers. There is large cedar-lined hanging locker forward. Two reading lamps and an overhead dome light add to the natural light provided by a fixed port and overhead hatch. A Dorade vent also provides ventilation.
The master stateroom is located to port. A pullman style berth is aft and outboard. There are two reading lamps over the head of the berth and two overhead dome lights. The hull side is lined with varnished Mahogany battens. Cabinets with sliding doors run the length of the berth along the hull side. Storage for clothing is well organized, with six large drawers below the berth and a tall cedar-lined hanging locker forward. Three hooks for foul weather gear are located on the bulkhead at the forward inboard end of the stateroom. Light and ventilation are provided by a fixed port and a medium sized hatch. A dorade vent also provides ventilation.
The forward head can be accessed either privately from the master stateroom or via a door in passageway. The shower with teak grating, sump pump, and handheld nozzle is integral to this space. The Vacuflush head is located outboard. Outboard of the head is a huge locker with a sliding door and shelf. An L-shaped countertop runs along the forward end of the compartment and outboard along the hull side. Two storage bins are below the counter. There are two towel bar/handrails on the aft bulkhead. The stainless steel sink is located inboard with a Scandvik pull out sprayer nozzle for showering. Above the sink is a wood trimmed mirror an two lights. There is an additional locker with shelves below the sink.
The day head is located just forward of the salon to starboard. A shower is integral to the space and a teak grate covers the sole. The Scandvick faucet is fitted with a pullout spray nozzle and hose for showering. The manual flush head is outboard. Outboard of the head is a large locker with shelves. There is a smaller locker below. A long counter runs the length of the compartment along the aft bulkhead. The sink is located at the inboard end of this counter. A mirrored medicine cabinet with shelves is located above. Storage space is available in a locker below the sink as well as a hinged locker below the counter outboard of the sink. There is a towel rack on the forward bulkhead.
Two steps lead up to GRACE’s spacious main salon. Five fixed windows provide fantastic light and visibility. To starboard is a comfortable L-shaped settee. An ash dining table is located off the centerline to port. The table is mounted on dual pedestals and has two drawers below/inboard and removable fiddles on each side. Outboard of the settee along the port side, there are two large sliding door lockers. There are three dome lights above the settee and two reading lights on the main bulkhead. Weems and Plath chronometer, barmoter and thermometer/hydrometer are mounted up high on the main bulkhead. Handholds run to port and starboard along the passageway through the salon forward to the forward cabins.
The galley is located on the starboard side of the salon. The L-shaped counter provides excellent workspace. At the forward end of the galley is a tall locker with storage for wine bottles, pots and pans. Aft of the locker is the large Shipmate three-burner stove and oven. The stove is gimbaled and is contained in an easy to clean enclosure lined in stainless. There is a stainless crash bar at the inboard end of the stove with hooks for a galley belt. Below the stove is a small locker. There is a single lever faucet and spray nozzle at a stainless-steel double sink. There are four drawers and a large locker with shelves below. Outboard of the counter along the hull side, there is a large locker with dish storage, two drawers, and two other lockers with shelves. Aft of the sink is the large top opening fridge with divided storage arrangements. A microwave oven is set into the bulkhead at the aft end of the counter.. Above on the aft end of the cabin trunk is a rack with space for six Hinckley glasses and a binocular rack. Four lights over the galley counter provide excellent illumination. A red light is fitted for night watch.
The navigation station is to port of the companionway. The L-shaped chart table is a great workspace. A white leather swivel chair provides a comfortable seat, whether facing outboard toward the electronics at the nav station or forward at the salon table. There is excellent storage at the nav station – with a hinged lift top chart drawer and locker with sliding doors and shelves below the counter aft. Three overhead dimming spot lights and a red/white dome light provide enough illumination for serious study of nautical charts at night. Outboard in a cabinet along the hull side navigation and communications electronics. At the inboard end near the companionway is a small bookshelf and binocular holder. A Weems & Plath tide clock is mounted on the aft end of the cabin trunk above. Additional storage for the ditch bag and other items is on a shelf below the chart table.
Headroom measures 6’6” headroom in main salon and 7’ plus headroom in portions of bunk room and master stateroom.
GRACE has a one-piece fiberglass hull. The deck, deckhouse and cockpit are molded in one piece with integral fiberglass stiffeners and bolted and fiberglassed to the hull on a six inch flange. The lead keel is fastened externally with stainless steel bolts. There is a cast bronze 500 lb foil shaped centerboard using the standard Hinckley type worm lift. GRACE has a forest green Awlgrip-painted hull with a gold leaf Hinckley cove stripe white boot stripe. The bottom is painted with white antifouling. Canvas is beige. There are covers for the dorade boxes, handrails, hatches, winches. All the exterior brightwork has been maintained and is immaculate. Combine this with recently painted masts and GRACE’s exterior clearly meets the Hinckley standard.
GRACE’s cockpit is protected by a dodger and wide coamings. Varnished teak coaming seat backs house two storage cuddies on each side. A removable canvas bimini top extends from the dodger to the mizzen shrouds. A varnished teak “flip up” helm seat is secured to the mizzen mast with bronze hardware. A teak footrest hinges up from the cockpit well. The cockpit sole is inlayed with teak and rubber. The engine gage panel is recess-mounted in the bridgedeck and visible from the helm. Two huge lockers are on either side of the cockpit, below the gasketed and guttered seats. Another deck locker is aft of the mizzen mast and accessed through a varnished teak hatch.
GRACE is a Stowaway Yawl and fitted with electric in-mast mainsail furling and manual in mast mizzen furling. The headstay furling line is lead aft to an electric self-tailing winch in the cockpit. This easily managed rig provide flexibility for ocean voyaging, coastal and day sailing. All hardware is top quality and oversized. Deck hardware, sails, and running rigging have been updated to take advantage of technical and material advances while maintaining the traditional Hinckley aesthetics.
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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