2004 Hinckley Yachts Picnic Boat 36 EP

2004 Hinckley EP - Newly Repowered with Yanmar 6LY440

Classic Hinckley craftsmanship meets modern performance in this beautifully maintained 2004 Hinckley EP (Extended Pilothouse). Freshly repowered with a brand-new Yanmar 6LY440, this iconic picnic boat now delivers smooth, reliable power with the efficiency and quiet refinement Yanmar is known for, and she conveys with Hinckley's exclusive Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Warranty for added peace of mind.

The EP design offers timeless lines, a spacious and airy pilothouse, and the signature Hinckley JetStick handling that makes docking effortless. With her fresh power, recent mechanical upgrades, meticulous care, and CPO coverage, she's turn-key and ready for years of worry-free cruising.

Whether you're island-hopping, entertaining on the bay, or enjoying sunset cocktails, this Hinckley EP combines elegance, performance, and the unmistakable pedigree of one of America's premier boatbuilders.

Highlights:

• Brand new Yanmar 6LY440 (4 hours) - repowered in 2025

• Jet propulsion for shallow-water access and easy maneuverability

• Beautifully maintained teak and classic Hinckley finish throughout

• Proven hull design offering a smooth, confident ride

This is an exceptional opportunity to own a repowered Hinckley EP - turnkey, timeless, and ready for her next chapter.

Information & Features

Yanmar 6LY440 Diesel Engine

Engine Hours: 4

Drive Type: Jet Drive

Power: 440 hp Dimensions

LOA: 36 ft 5 in

Beam: 10 ft

Max Draft: 1 ft 9 in

Weights Displacement: 11,700 lb

Speed Cruising Speed: 25 kn

Max Speed: 29 kn

Tanks

Fuel: 160 gal Fresh Water: 35 gal Holding: 27 gal

Accommodations

Guest Cabins: 1 Guest Heads: 1

Other

Hull Shape: Deep Vee Designer: Bruce King Builder: Hinckley Yachts

Additional Equipment - Joystick Control

HULL, DECK and COCKPIT

• Dark Green Awlrip hull
• Light Cream W520 gelcoat house and deck with molded nonskid Single cream bootstripe and red bottom
• 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 and SCRIMP® laminated with vinylester resin.
• Deck and cockpit are E-glass and balsa core and Corecell® core carbon fiber, SCRIMPED with vinylester resin.

HULL features

• 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
• 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 cover
• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top
• Southern Package, Stainless steel handrails on the housetop, pilothouse top and aft end of pilothouse for reduced maintenance.
• Four (4) elliptical ports on house sides (all opening with screens) Hinckley pilothouse mast with spotlight and radome painted to match deck.
• (5) Low profile opening aluminum hatches each with Ocean Air Screen/Blind system
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chocks
• Bow and stern 316L fixed stainless steel mooring cleats
• Padeyes to hang fenders with stainless steel toe rail chafe strips The deck sole has a molded-in nonskid pattern

COCKPIT:

• (Southern Package) Cream gelcoat coaming for reduced maintenance.
• Full aft cockpit bimini with removable poles
• Forward-facing full-width cushioned cockpit settee
• Cockpit sole has molded-in nonskid and direct overboard drainage scuppers.
• Courtesy lights under side decks port and starboard - with dimmer switch at helm
• Cockpit lockers with varnished louvered teak doors
• Cockpit shower with mixing valve is located in forward face of stern seat.
• Fishing rod holders port and starboard in aft deck sides
• Rupp aluminum rod holders mounted under cockpit coaming
• A stainless steel cockpit step with teak treads that mounts port or starboard with stainless steel brackets.
• Teak boarding step for port or starboard side deck

PILOTHOUSE and NAV ELECTRONICS

HELM and Co-pilot Station:

• Stidd helm and co-pilot seats are finished in off white Ultra Leather affixed to powder-coated pedestals which can be manually adjusted fore and aft and up and down.
• Forward stainless steel footrests at helm an co-pilot bulkhead.
• Varnished teak custom instrument pod
• (4) Pilothouse windows include: (2) Grey tinted sliding side windows and (2) Fixed, non-tinted , forward windows with heavy duty, self-parking, intermittent windshield wipers and fresh water washers.
• One single and one double cup holders.
• 12-volt "cigarette-style" outlet in chart pocket
• Top-opening locker with chart storage
• Engine gauges, tachometer, oil pressure, water temperature
• Hinckley "JetStick® Gen3 control system Stainless steel 14" steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• Pilothouse sole has molded-in non-skid
• Insulated white overhead has four (4) acrylic opening hatches with Ocean Aire screens/shades
• Two varnished teak handrails are under the aft outboard ends of the pilothouse cabin top.
• Additional illumination is by four overhead LED lights on dimmer switch.
• Storage locker under pilothouse settee
• Pilothouse has two AC duct outlets.
• (2) Hella fans - Removable and mounted outboard forward port and starboard
• (5) Cup holders
• Varnished teak locking companionway door
• Stamoid Ivory-colored interior window sun covers for all four pilothouse windows.
• Stamoid Ivory-color drop curtains with windows provide a fully enclosed pilothouse.
• Forward passenger area includes a varnished teak integral handrail/cup holder on the forward bulkhead. Outboard are controls for the and Air Conditioning. Below the switches is a louvered door locker outboard of the navigator seat pedestal

AFT Pilothouse:

• The extended pilothouse (EP) version features additional seating with a L-shaped settee with varnished teak shelf rim to port that faces inboard and forward and has New 2023 back and bottom cushions.
• At the aft end of the pilothouse, over the engine box is an integrated wet bar and an aft-facing cushioned seat
• The wet bar includes a molded sink with foldaway faucet and hot and cold pressure water, insulated and self-draining icebox, and a storage drawer. The sink and cooler have a varnished teak cover.
• The entire engine box/wet bar and seat is hinged on the aft end and has electric lift for easy access to the engine.

NAVIGATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT:

• Raymarine ST-6001 Plus Autopilot with rate sensor
• Raymarine Axiom GPS Plotter multifunction display.
• Raymarine WAAS GPS antenna
• Icom M402 VHF Radio
• Raymarine radar
• Raytheon ST-60 multi-function display with depth, water temperature and speed indicator
• New 2023 Fusion MS-RA770 Stereo system, with (2) speakers on V-berth forward bulkhead and (2) speakers in pilothouse

ACCOMMODATIONS BELOW DECK

• The Interior is finished in satin-varnished cherry, including sheathing. The cabin sole is varnished teak and holly and has a Sunbrella cabin sole cover.
• There is an opening overhead hatch with an Ocean Aire Sky Screen/Blind
• Four (4) opening port lights.

WALKTHROUGH:

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

GALLEY (Port)

• Antique White Formica countertop
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures and spray nozzle
• Hot and cold pressure water.
• Adler Barbour refrigeration - 12-volt cold plate refrigerator in a self draining box
• Force 10 two-burner stainless steel stove with remote propane shut-off and wood cover/cutting board
• Microwave 600-watt 110-volt oven 110-volt outlet
• Pullout under counter garbage receptacle
• (3) Cherry pullout drawers
• Red step light in galley
• LP gas sniffer
• Propane shut-off valve
• Opening port with screen
• Additional storage is provided outboard and under the galley sink.
• The stove is set in the countertop forward and has a custom wood stove cover/cutting board, which adds to the already ample counter space surrounding the sink. Microwave is built in outboard. The refrigeration is mounted aft of the sink 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.

HEAD (Next aft starboard)

• Solid cherry door panel door
• Molded fiberglass sole for easy cleaning.
• Varnished cherry countertop with an undermounted porcelain sink.
• Grohe faucet/hand held shower provides hot & cold pressure water - custom mount on bulkhead.
• 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
• Hella fan
• Opening port with screen, as well as forced ventilation.

V-BERTH (Forward):

• A double berth is formed with an insert and matching cushion
• Storage locker under port V-berth has shelf and easy access cherry drop-front door.
• Air conditioning and duct under the opposite berth
• Storage in forepeak behind a louvered cherry door.
• 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 Ocean Air Sky screen/shade

ELECTRICAL and MECHANICAL

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• Low resistance, heavy copper and sacrificial zinc anode electrical bonding system:
• 12-volt DC electrical system:
• (3) 12-volt batteries for a total of 540-amps
• 80-amp battery alternator on engine
• Heavy duty battery parallel switch also allows emergency starting
• 110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:
• AC electrical distribution panel, volt and amp meters and DC sub-panel
• 110-volt shore power inlet, relay and shore power cord
• Freedom 10 Heart inverter/Battery Charger
• Electrical panel includes thermo-magnetic breakers, volt and amp meter.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• New 2025 Yanmar 6LY440 440-hp diesel engine
• Hamilton 292 Jet Drive
• ZF IRM220PL reduction transmission
• Bow thruster- 7" 12V DC powered thruster integrated to "JetStick".
• Hinckley "JetStick Gen3" integrates forward and aft motion of the boat, the steering, and the bow thruster into a
• single joystick control.
• Yanmar fuel filter/water separator
• Tachometer with engine hours gauge
• Fuel, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges
• Alarms for high-low oil pressure, and high water temperature
• Water jet nozzle direction indicator
• Custom wet exhaust muffler system
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission
• Manual hydraulic steering pump
• (2) Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches
• Whale emergency bilge pump mounted in cockpit locker
• In-line 12-volt automatic shower sump pump
• Aluminum 27-gallon holding tank with overboard discharge
• Stainless steel 6-gallon hot water heater - shore power and engine heated
• (2) Heavy gauge aluminum fuel tanks - total 160-gallons
• Acoustic foam lined engine box insulation and double gaskets on engine box cover with electric riser
• Engine box exhaust fan
• Halon engine compartment fire suppression system

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• Bow varnished burgee pennant staff with flush socket
• Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & socket
• Boat hook mounted under side deck
• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Deck shower/water outlet with hot & cold mixing valve
• Life jackets
• Hand-held flare kit
• (3) 2.5# Dry chemical fire extinguishers
• 12-volt trumpet air horn with switch on dash
• Masthead and running lights
• ACR Masthead mounted spot light 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.