2009 Hinckley Picnic Boat 37 MKIII

INTRODUCTION:

ISLAND MODE is a very nice example of an early Picnic Boat 37 MKIII and her purchase price includes the Hinckley Yacht Care winter service package.  A great opportunity to get into one of Hinckley’s most popular designs at a reasonable price.  She is inside a heated building at the birthplace of Hinckley in Southwest Harbor, Maine and easy to see.

CONSTRUCTION:

The hull is Hinckley DualGuard® Composite Construction Kevlar E-glass hybrid outer skin.  Aircraft grade end-grain balsa below the waterline. Carbon-fiber inner skin.  SCRIMP® laminated with vinylester resin.  Deck and cockpit are E-glass with balsa and closed-cell foam core, SCRIMPED with vinylester resin.

• Custom "Lucey Blue" = 50% Flag Blue/50% Aristo Blue Awlgrip topsides
• Off white gelcoat cabin house and deck
• Double off white Bootstripe
• Green bottom 
• Marelon ball-valve seacocks with thru-hulls below water line and Marelon thru-hulls above the waterline.
• Stainless steel half round on fiberglass molded rub rail
• Molded quarter guards painted to match hull with stainless steel half round chafe strips

• Heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel bracket and half round.

• Stainless steel telescoping 3-step folding swim ladder that stores under platform

Deck Features:

• Flush foredeck anchor locker - with hinged hatch and fold-out anchor roller
• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top
• Varnished teak handrails on house top, cabin and aft end of pilothouse
• Four (4) elliptical opening ports on house sides with screens
• Hinckley pilothouse mast - with spotlight, anchor light and VHF antenna
•  (1) Low-profile opening SS cabin top hatch with Oceanair Skyscreens
• (4) Electric opening hatches in the Pilothouse roof with Ocean Air Sky screens
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chocks
• Bow, stern and 316L stainless steel mooring cleats - mid-rail easily reached from cockpit – pop-up mid ship cleats
• Fender padeyes with toe rail chafe strips
• ACR spotlight - Masthead mounted with helm mounted electric remote control.

COCKPIT:

The Cockpit has seating that includes cushioned forward-facing transom seating and port and starboard aft-facing seats located at the forward end of the cockpit. 

More features:

• Teak interior and capped cockpit coaming.
• Teak cockpit sole 
• Aft settee seat filler for walk thru transom door
• Starboard transom door entry from swim platform
• Courtesy lights under side decks - port and starboard

• Built-in flip down cockpit steps - mounted port and starboard.
• Teak boarding step - for port or starboard side deck

• Cockpit/pilothouse lockers with varnished louvered teak doors
• Cockpit shower with mixing valve - at stern seat.
• Side deck rod holders
• Stamoid cockpit cover – zippered for access from transom door

PILOTHOUSE:

• Teak finished pilothouse upper sides and dash.
• Teak sole in Pilothouse
• (4) Pilothouse windows include: (2) Electric sliding side windows and (2) Fixed,
• forward with heavy-duty, self-parking, intermittent windshield wipers and fresh water washers.
• Stamoid pilothouse interior window sun covers for all pilothouse windows.
• Helm Seats: Marine Blue UltraLeather Stidd helmsman and passenger seats with pedestals painted to match deck
• Cushioned aft settees port and starboard.
• Varnished teak Pilothouse dining table with flip-down leaves – on fixed polished SS pedestal.
• Insulated white overhead has two (2) Electric opening SS hatches with Ocean Air Sky screens/shades.
• Additional illumination is by five (5) overhead low-voltage halogen lights on dimmers and two red LED overhead chart lights.
• Varnished teak handrail on centerline
• Storage lockers under pilothouse settee
• Cup holders
• Custom varnished teak locking louvered companionway door with removable bi-fold hatch
• Stamoid 3-piece drop curtains with Eisenglass windows

Helm Station::

• Varnished teak instrument pod
• Stainless steel 14” steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• Hinckley JetStick® Gen 2
• Engine gauges, tachometer with hour meter, oil pressure, coolant temperature and fuel level
• Top-opening lockers outboard of helm seats
• Cup holders

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION:

Helm Electronics and Navigation Equipment:

• Raymarine ST-6002 Autopilot with interfaced to GPS
• Raymarine e125 HybridTouch chartplotter display
• Raymarine 4kW HD color radome painted to match deck
• Raymarine CP370 digital sonar interfaced into e125 display
• Standard Horizon CMP 25B VHF with RAM4 remote mic at helm
• Ritchie compass

Entertainment Electronics:

• Alpine CDA 9886 AM/FM/CD stereo.
• (2) MB Quartz DKE-116 black speakers – interior forward bulkhead
• (2) Marine speakers - in pilothouse

ACCOMMODATIONS:

The Interior is finished in satin-varnished cherry. The cabin sole is varnished teak and tulipwood and has a custom cabin sole cover. Louvered cherry locker doors and (5) Frigast stainless steel bulkhead lights add to the cabin ambience.

• Accupoint heater – with outlets in pilothouse, main cabin and head.

Entry is from the pilothouse companionway to the Galley to port, private Head to starboard and the V-berth accommodations forward.

Galley (Port):

• Glacier White Corian countertop
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures, spray nozzle and hot and cold pressure water.
• Sea Frost refrigeration – 12-volt cold plate refrigerator in a self-draining insulated box
• Single burner electric cook-top with Corian cover
• 110-volt outlet
• Built-in bin for dish stowage under microwave
• (3) Cherry drawers and additional storage under companionway steps
• Red step-light in galley
• Under counter pull-out garbage receptacle
• Opening port with screen
• Additional storage is provided outboard and under the galley sink.

The stove is set in the countertop and has a custom stove cover that adds to the already ample counter space surrounding the sink.  The sink also has a Corian cover. The refrigeration is mounted aft and is accessed by a counter lift-up top. A “pantry” locker with louvered door and several shelves separates the galley from the forward V-berth area and houses the stereo system.

Head (Next aft starboard):

• Solid cherry door panel door
• Molded fiberglass sole for easy cleaning. 
• Varnished cherry countertop with an undermounted porcelain sink. 
• Stainless steel faucet/handheld shower provides hot & cold pressure water – bracket for shower bulkhead mounted.
• Sealand Vacu-Flush electric marine head is plumbed to a 27-gallon aluminum holding tank and overboard discharge
• Mirror on the forward bulkhead with cherry frame. 
• 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. 
• 110-volt outlet
• Opening port with screen

V-Berth (Forward):

• Double berth formed with insert and filler cushion
• Varnished cherry shelves over berths outboard
• Storage lockers under V-berth has easy-access cherry drop-front doors 
• Cedar-lined hanging locker is just aft of the V-berths to starboard

• (2) Stereo speakers are mounted port and starboard on the forward bulkhead
• (2) Hella fans – port and starboard bulkhead facing aft
• Overhead opening hatch with Oceanair Skyscreen/shade

ELECTRICAL:

• Low resistance, copper wire and sacrificial zinc anode bonding system.  Zinc saver.

12-Volt System:

• Start – Two 12-volt AGM Group 31 batteries with 950 CCA capability.
• House – Two 12-volt AGM Group 4D batteries – 420-amp/hrs total amp/hrs.
• Heavy-duty battery parallel switch allows emergency starting.
• 80-amp battery alternator on engine.
• 12-volt distribution panel includes thermo-magnetic breakers, volt and amp meter

110-Volt 30-Amp AC electrical system

• 110-volt shore power inlet and relay.
• Victron Multiplus inverter/charger with 100-amp 12-volt multi-stage battery charging capability.

MECHANICAL:

The electric lift pilothouse deck gives full engine access with additional day access through hatch forward of the engines.

• Mylar-faced acoustical foam-lined engine room insulation.
• Baffled and insulated air intake
• Engine room forced-air blower.

Features:

• Twin VOLVO 300-hp D-4 common rail diesel engines
• Hamilton 274 Jet Drives
• Twin ZF 63 transmissions
• 7” hydraulic bow thruster

• Hinckley custom JetStick® control system is integrated with the bow thruster.
• Dual-cylinder trim tabs with indicator controls at helm
• Fuel filter/water separator
• Volvo EVC Tachometer with LCD  multi-function display
• Fuel, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges.
• Alarms for high-low oil pressure, and high engine water temperature and hydraulic pressure.

• Manual hydraulic steering pump.
• (3) Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches and high water alarm
• High pressure deck wash pump
• Whale emergency bilge pump - mounted in cockpit locker.
• In-line 12-volt automatic shower sump pump.
• Automatic engine compartment fire suppression system, with automatic engine shut-down.
• Alarm system for water in fuel and high bilge water

Tankage:

• Fuel: (2) 110-gallon polyethylene fuel tanks (total 220-gallons) – flush mount vents and fuel/air separators.
• Water: 40-gallon polyethylene water tank – hot and cold pressure system
• Holding: 27-gallon aluminum holding tank with overboard discharge.
• Hot water heater: 6-gallon stainless steel water heater – shore power and engine heated.

Heating/Cooling:

• Accu-point heater with outlets in pilothouse, cabin and head.

ADDITIONIAL EQUIPMENT:

Ground Tackle System:

• Muir Windlass Pkg:  Flush foredeck anchor locker houses a Muir Electric windlass with polished stainless steel Delta 22# anchor + 25’ stainless steel chain & 150’ anchor rode and polished stainless steel folding bow roller.  The windlass can be operated from the helm station or a handheld wired remote at anchor locker.

Equipment

• Bow varnished burgee pennant staff with flush socket.
• Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & flush socket.
• Dock lines
• Fenders with covers
• Life jackets
• Fire extinguishers
• Flare kit
• 12-volt trumpet air horn with switch on dash.
• Masthead and running lights