Hinckley Yachts

[citation needed] Hinckley’s present yacht line includes boats ranging in size from 29 to 55 feet.

All of Hinckley’s yachts are built to order with customization of the interior and exterior cosmetics as required by the purchaser.

Straying away from boatbuilding, Hinckley opened Manset Marine Supply Company in 1940 for which he designed many fittings for fuel tanks, stanchions, deck plates, and the like that are still utilized today.

62 original Sou’Westers were built, making it the largest fleet of single design cruising boats of its time.

[1] During the 1950s, Hinckley began experimenting with the use of fiberglass to construct his yachts’ hulls by building small runabouts.

The last Hinckley-built wooden boat was the 1960 “Osprey.” Throughout the 1960s the company provided navigation systems along with auto-pilot and electric-powered furling mainsails.

Due to the recession of the early 80’s, the luxury sail boat market fell on hard times and Tucker made the decision to sell the company.

[1] Hinckley became the first American boat company to use SCRIMP technology (a method of making composite material with nearly no volatile organic compound emissions) in its yachts, for which Hinckley was awarded the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Merit Award in 1994.

The company also developed more advanced fiberglass construction techniques dubbed "Dual Guard", which aimed to create a stronger hull.

The acquisitions added two boat building facilities and one additional yacht yard which are all continuing operations.

Once you log in, it gives you a homescreen with an at-a-glance understanding of how your boat is doing, from technical details such as engine status, bilge, battery, and fuel-tank levels, to the state of your shore power connectivity.

To use the JetStick the driver pushes a button to engage docking mode, this in turn disengages the wheel while a computer determines the amount of bow thruster and jet needed to move the boat sideways.