2000 Hinckley Yachts Picnic Boat Sold Boat in Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 US

PROMISE was originally built for an experienced yachtsman in Southwest Harbor and has spent most of her life being enjoyed summers along the coast of Maine and stored and serviced by excellent Maine yards. Her current owner has stored her inside with Hinckley in Southwest Harbor and has provided annual care and used her lightly in the summers. Some of her more recent updates include:

• Exterior teak stripped and revarnished (2024)
• Topsides Awlgripped Dark Harbor Green with a double Smoke Gray boot stripe (2024)
• Handrail and swim platform brackets rebedded (2024)
• New LED running lights (2024)
• New engine start battery (2024)
• New pilothouse drop curtains (2024)
• Fuel tanks polished (2023)
• Engine removed and rebuilt (2017)

INTRODUCTION:

PROMISE is a Picnic Boat Classic that easily cruises in style from port to port with full weekend accommodations and provides for comfortable and easy entertaining. Her thoughtful features and appointments, including shallow waterjet draft, easy and intuitive JetStick control system, updated electronics and cushions, make her well equipped for effortless and elegant entertaining, day cruising, or weekending. Complete with galley and private head, she sleeps two comfortably below and offers plenty of pilothouse/cockpit space for numerous guests.

CONSTRUCTION:

HULL and DECK

Construction of the hull is Kevlar E-glass hybrid and balsa core, SCRIMP®ed with Vinylester resin. Deck and cockpit are E-glass and balsa core, molded with polyester resin. The deck and cockpit sole have a molded-in non-skid pattern.

• Custom Dark Harbor Sea Breeze hull topsides (2023)
• Custom Smoke Gray double boot stripe (2024)
• Black bottom paint
• Light Cream gelcoat cabin house and deck with molded in nonskid
• Heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel bracket and half round and a stainless steel folding swim ladder
• Stainless steel half round on fiberglass molded rub rail
• Quarter guards painted to match hull with stainless steel half round chafe strips extend forward from the swim platform to protect the hull

DECK FEATURES:

• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top
• Varnished teak handrails on pilot house roof and trunk cabin for security going forward
• Low profile opening aluminum hatches with removable screens (forward hatch replaced 2019)
• (4) Elliptical ports on house sides - (2) fixed, (2) opening
• Mast-mounted spotlight and roof top-mounted radome, painted to match deck
• Bow, stern and midship 316L stainless steel mooring cleats
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chocks
• Padeyes with chafe strips to hang fenders, forward and aft, both port and starboard
• Custom Hinckley varnished teak bowsprit with anchor roller
• Lewmar electric windlass with stainless steel Delta anchor and chain/rope anchor rode

COCKPIT

• Ivory-colored full cockpit cover
• Varnished teak cockpit coaming with courtesy lights under port and starboard
• Self-bailing cockpit with two direct drainage scuppers
• Stainless steel and teak ladder inside coaming, with port and starboard locations
• Stowage is available in cockpit lockers with varnished teak doors, under the helm seat facing aft, (2) on starboard bulwark forward, also under port helm seat
• (3) Flush cockpit-sole hatches
• Insulated engine box with cushion
• Custom engine box seat back with (2) positions and storage under starboard side deck
• Varnished teak drink table with (4) drink holders
• Aft settee cushions are upholstered in a Sunbrella green and white stripe fabric
• Hot/cold deck shower under starboard coaming

PILOTHOUSE

The pilothouse is finished in varnished teak, and the insulated white overhead has (2) Lewmar Ocean opening hatches with removable screens.

• (4) Pilothouse windows: (2) fixed side windows and (2) fixed forward with heavy-duty, self-parking, intermittent windshield wipers and fresh water washers
• (2) Fans
• Locking teak companionway door with folding removable hatch-top
• Illumination by low-voltage halogen lights in pilothouse roof
• Varnished teak handrail port and starboard, aft on the underside of the helm roof top
• Varnished teak handrail on the aft end of the rooftop edge
• Ivory drop curtain on windows, provides a fully enclosed pilothouse (new 2024)
• Ivory interior window sun covers for all (4) pilothouse windows

To port, the pilothouse has a forward- and aft-facing seat for two, upholstered in Sunbrella green and white striped fabric.

• Port side cup holder/drink holder, teak varnished grab rail
• Stainless steel foot rest, bulkhead-mounted
• Stainless steel bar-style lower footrest, for forward- and aft-facing seat

HELM STATION

• Located starboard side
• Adjustable helm seat
• Varnished teak instrument pod
• Stainless steel 14" steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• Jet Stick
• Engine gauges, tachometer, temperature, oil pressure, fuel level and nozzle position
• Top-opening locker with chart storage, outboard of helm seat
• 12-volt outlet in chart pocket
• Remote spotlight control pad on vertical face of helm
• Stainless steel footrest, bulkhead-mounted
• Ignition key switches with push-button stop
• Electrical breaker panel mounted outboard between helm station and helm seat

HELM ELECTRONICS and NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT:

• Raymarine RL70C radar
• Garmin GPSmap 5212 color GPS/Chartplotter
• Raymarine ST60 Tridata instrument display
• Raymarine Ray215 DSC VHF radio
• Robertson AP22 autopilot
• Shakespeare stainless steel mast-mounted whip antenna
• Ritchie compass
• Masthead and cabin side running lights
• ACR masthead-mounted spot light with helm-mounted electric remote control
• 12-volt trumpet horn with switch on dash

ACCOMMODATIONS:

The open interior layout sleeps two in the v-berth forward and incorporates a galley and separate head. The interior is finished in satin varnished cherry with gloss varnished teak and holly cabin sole and a white v-groove overhead. A large opening overhead hatch with removable screen and two opening portlights provides ventilation and two more fixed portlights provide additional natural light. A small galley and enclosed head provide amenities for overnight accommodations.

• (2) Opening ports below (including head and galley)
• All opening hatches have removable screens
• (5) Frigast S/S 12-volt lamps provide plenty of interior lighting
• Espar heater with ducts in main cabin, head and pilothouse
• Alpine AM/FM/Cassette stereo with 6 CD disc shuttle
• Marine speakers: (2) on forward bulkhead, (2) in pilothouse
• 12-volt outlet next to the stereo

FORWARD BERTH

• V-berth with V-berth adapter to form a double berth
• Cushions upholstered in a Sunbrella dark green fabric
• Storage under the V-berths with easy-access cherry drop-front doors to port and starboard
• Forepeak storage behind a louvered cherry door
• Hanging locker to starboard just aft of the V-berth
• (2) fixed portlights
• (2) Stereo speakers, mounted to port and starboard on the forward bulkhead
• (2) Hella 12v fans mounted on forward bulkhead

GALLEY:

The galley is located to port and has a Formica countertop with cherry fiddle. Force 10 two-burner stove is on the forward part of the galley and has a custom wood stove cover the also adds to the counter space. On the aft end of the galley there is a lift-top Adler Barbour 12-volt self-draining refrigerator box. The stainless steel sink has Grohe fixtures and a hot & cold pressure fresh water system.

• Force 10 two-burner stove with remote shut-off
• Adler Barbour 12-volt refrigerator
• Stainless steel sink with hot & cold pressure fresh water system
• 110-volt outlet
• Pull-out trash bin
• Bulkhead mounted Frigast light
• Courtesy at gangway step

The galley is separated from the V-berth area by a "pantry" locker with cherry louvered door and several shelves. Additional storage is provided by a cabinet with two cherry louvered lift-up doors outboard above the galley countertop and by an area under the galley sink that holds the trash bin. There are also three cherry-faced drawers below the countertop in the galley.

HEAD:

The head is located opposite the galley to starboard and includes:

• Varnished cherry vanity with an undermounted porcelain sink.
• Grohe faucet/hand shower provides hot & cold pressure water.
• Vacu-flush electric marine head plumbed to holding tank with Y-valve with holding tank monitor
• 110-volt outlet
• Cherry wood trimmed mirror is mounted on the forward bulkhead.
• Sink faucet pulls out to be used as shower and head includes drain with shower sump pump.
• Storage in the head is provided by cherry-faced lockers above and outboard the countertop and by a drawer with cherry face beside the marine head.
• Opening portlight with removable screen
• Access panel to back of helm electronics
• 12V vent fan
• 12V shower sump pump
• Tankwatch 4 holding tank monitor

ENGINE and MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• 2000 Yanmar 6LY2A-STP 440HP diesel engine (Rebuilt in 2017 with approximately 260 hours since rebuild (1,060 hours showing on hour meter April, 2025)
• Hamilton 291 Jet Drive
• ZF Transmission
• Vetus 7" bow thruster
• Hinckley 2nd generation JetStick control system is integrated with the bow thruster
• Racor fuel filter
• Additional Algae-X fuel filtration system
• Tachometer with engine hour gauge
• Fuel, oil pressure and water temperature gauges with high engine temperature and low oil pressure alarms
• (2) 80 gallon aluminum fuel tanks
• Electric 1500 GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches
• Whale emergency bilge pump with handle in cockpit (new 2011)
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission
• Manual hydraulic steering pump
• In-line 12-volt sump pump
• Aluminum 25-gallon holding tank with overboard discharge
• Engine room sound insulation
• Stainless steel 30 gallon fresh water tank
• Stainless steel 6-gallon hot water heater
• Espar diesel heater with ducts in main cabin, head and pilothouse

ELECTRICAL:

• 12-volt DC and 110v electrical system:
• (3) 4D 12-volt batteries
• 80-amp battery alternator
• (2) Heavy duty battery parallel switches
• 12-volt system voltmeter and ammeter
• DC systems breaker switch protected
• 110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:
• DC electrical panel and AC sub-panel
• 110-volt shore power inlet, relay and shore power cord
• AC systems breaker switched protected
• USCG Running lights (new LED fixtures 2024)
• Electrical system has a low resistance, heavy copper and zinc anode electrical bonding system.

SAFETY:

• Fire extinguishers
• Throwable PFD

MISC.

• Docklines
• Fenders with fleece covers
• Manuals
• Ensign with varnish teak staff