HINCKLEY PICNIC BOAT EP36 – BUBBLES
Builder: Hinckley, Trenton, Maine, USA
Designer: Bruce King
Year: 2009
Lying: Swanwick, SO31 1FA, UK
Price: £295,000 UK VAT paid
SpecificationsLength: 37’6” including transom swim platform
LWL: 33’7”
Beam: 10’1”
Draft: 1’9”
Displacement: 11,700 lbs
CE Type B: 8 max persons
Engine and PropulsionEngine: Yanmar 6LY3-ETP 480HP - 875 hours
Propulsion: Hamilton 292 waterjet
ConstructionHull Construction: Carbon/Kevlar composite – Colour Aristo Blue – painted 2024
Deck Construction: GRP – Colour Cream – painted 2024
Interior Wood Finish: American Cherry with satin varnish
Exterior Wood Finish: Teak – Gloss varnished 2024
DescriptionThe Hinckley Picnic Boat is one of the most iconic motor yachts ever designed and is synonymous with yachting beautifully. The down east USA styling is matched by its construction, hand built to a quality and not to a price.
This extended pilot house (EP) version of the popular picnic boat, provides additional comfort to the original design with the addition of a J shaped seating arrangement in the pilot house and a cockpit mounted wet bar.
The optioned larger 480HP engine provides effortless cruising at 25 knots and when in docking mode, the jet drive is connected to the bow thruster via the jet stick, providing effortless mooring or anchoring whatever the conditions.
Bubbles was commissioned 2009 by the current owner and has been maintained to the highest standards since her construction. In 2024 the hull and coach roof received new Awlgrip paint, the external varnish was taken back to bare wood and twelve coats of Awlwood varnish were applied along with new antifoul to the underside of the hull.
Hull and Coach Roof- The hull is constructed from a cored lamination of Kevlar/EGlass outer layer and Carbon fibre inner layer
- The deck is single skin GRP with moulded non-skid surface
- GRP swim platform laid with Teak and telescopic stainless steel swim ladder
- Four elliptical opening port lights with fly mesh
- Retractable stainless steel mooring cleats
- Stainless steel fender attachment points
- Stainless steel bow rail
- 4 Pilot House mounted Lewmar opening hatches with sun screens
- 1 Cabin mounted Lewmar opening hatch with sun screen
- Sliding port and starboard pilot house windows
- Pilot House mounted varnished Teak handrails
- Cabin top mounted varnished Teak handrails
- Clock and Barometer
- Teak laid cockpit and pilot house deck
- 2 Helm Stidd seats finished in Ultraleather
- Hanging locker finished in American Cherry
Mechanical- Yanmar 6LY3-ETP-480HP with ZF transmission – 875 hours – Full service June 2024
- Espar D3L diesel heater with outlets in pilot house, main cabin and head
- Racor 75/500 fuel filters
- Exhaust outlet temperature sensor with gauge mounted at helm
- Hamilton HJ292 jet drive – Full service June 2024
- Bow Thruster 7” 12v reversible motor linked via the Jet Stick
- Engine hatch with powered lift
- Halon engine automatic fire suppression system
- Trimtabs
Electrical/Electronics- 12v 440ah House system – New 2024, 12v engine start – New 2024, 240v shore power with Mastervolt Combi inverter
- Cabin AC outlet, UK socket
- Cabin reading lights
- Cooling fans – cabin and pilot house
- Pilot House 12v outlet
- Cabin 12v outlet
- Wipers port and starboard
- 12v Muir stainless steel windlass, stainless steel Lewmar anchor and launching arm
- Raymarine ST120 Chart plotter and Radar painted Cream
- Raymarine ST70 Autopilot
- JVC radio/CD player
- ACR Spotlight
- Airhorn mounted on the pilot house
- Horizon VHF
Tankage – Polyethylene Tanks - Litres- Fresh water: 132
- Fuel: 628 – Range at 22 knots 220 miles
- Holding: 94
- Hot water: 12
Upholstery- Cabin V-Berth in Rock Water Blue Ultraleather
- Pilot House and Cockpit in Rock Water Blue Ultraleather
Galley- Corian counter top
- Stainless steel sink
- Wallas Diesel cooker
- 12v Refrigerator
- Microwave
Heads- Stainless steel sink
- Shower faucet
- 12v Electric WC
- Opening port light
- Mirror
- Non slip floor
Accessories- Ritchie compass mounted at the helm
- Varnished Teak pilot house folding table with adjustable pedestal
- 4 Fenders with covers
- 4 mooring lines
- Pilot house vertical screens
- Cockpit cover
- Cockpit hot and cold shower
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