Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic

SEAKER is a very nice example of the original Picnic Boat Classic.  She shows well and boasts many recent upgrades including new JetStick, electronics, pilothouse overheads and drop curtains as well as complete recent mechanical services and upgrades.  

 

A combination of traditional aesthetics, modern technology and heirloom quality craftsmanship, the iconic Picnic Boat was designed for comfortable day trips with family and friends with accommodation for two below for coastal cruising.  The combination of the waterjet propulsion, the bowthuster and the Hinckley JetStick provides fingertip control and extremely easy maneuvering in close quarters.

 

Currently stored inside one of our heated buildings at the Hinckley service yard in Southwest Harbor, Maine, Seaker is easy to see and ready to be commissioned for next season.

 

Recent service and updates:

 

·       Full engine and jet service 

·       New Garmin electronics (2022)

·       New House batteries (2022)

·       New Start battery (2025)

·       New JetStick (2022)

·       Engine fuel injection pump and injectors reconditioned (2022)

·       Jet impeller reconditioned (2022)

·       New pilothouse drop curtains (2022)

·       New exterior covers for pilothouse windows, bimini, mooring cover, handrail covers and toe rail covers

·       New pilothouse overhead panels (2022)

·       Deck and pilothouse Awlgripped Light Cream

·       Fuel tanks replaced

 

 

Construction: 

 

·       Hull is Hinckley proprietary DUALGUARD with Kevlar/e-glass outer skins and Carbon Fiber inner skins, end grain balsa laminated via the SCRIMP process with vinylester resin, providing an impact and osmosis resistant hull

·       Deck and cockpit are E-glass and balsa core, molded with polyester resin

·       The deck and cockpit sole have a molded-in nonskid pattern

·       Stainless steel half round on fiberglass molded rub rail

·       Molded in anchor locker in forepeak

·       Swim platform - Heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel bracket and half round, and a stainless steel folding swim ladder 

·       Stainless Steel swim handle on stern for easy water entry/exit (painted to match hull) 

·       Flag Blue Awlgrip Topsides 

·       Light Cream Awlgripped Cabin house and Deck 

·       Single Off-White Boot stripe

·       Red Bottom 

 

DECK features:

 

·       Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile

·       Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top

·       Varnished teak handrails on cabin top and pilothouse top

·       (3) Low profile opening aluminum hatches with screens (rebedded 2022)

·       Four opening ports:  Galley, head and two opening ports on cabin house (rebedded 2022)

·       Spotlight mounted on mast and radome mounted on pilothouse top 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

·       (2) Flush mounted rod holders 

·       Transom storage locker 

 

 

COCKPIT

 

·       4-bow Bimini attaches to pilothouse top and covers cockpit. 

·       Full cockpit cover attaches with snaps - covers cockpit from pilothouse top to end of transom

·       Varnished teak cockpit coaming 

·       Teak boarding step on side deck 

·       Hinckley designed stainless steel ladder with teak treads, mounts port and starboard for easy entry

·       Stowage is available in cockpit lockers with varnished teak doors:

o   Under the helm seat facing aft

o   Two (2) on starboard cockpit side

o   Two (2) on port cockpit side, below and aft of seat

·       Three flush cockpit-sole hatches

·       Direct drainage scuppers

·       Insulated engine box with air-assist lift with removable cushion 

·     Varnished teak drink table with four drink holders and folding leaf mounted to aft end of engine box

·     Varnished teak rod holders under port coaming

·     Pull out hot/cold shower under starboard coaming

 

PILOTHOUSE

 

·     The pilothouse is finished with varnished teak trim. Hinckley “wood package” consisting of varnished teak pilothouse liner, instrument pods and dash

·     The acoustically insulated white overhead has two acrylic opening hatches with screens (overhead new 2022)

·       (4) Four pilothouse windows - (2) Two sliding side windows and (2) two fixed forward windows   with heavy-duty, self-parking, intermittent windshield wipers and fresh water washers

·       Teak locking companionway door with folding removable hatch-top

·       Illumination by LED lights in pilothouse 

·       A three-piece white drop curtain with Eisenglass windows provides a fully enclosed pilothouse (new 2022)

·       Interior window sun covers for all four pilothouse windows (like new condition)

 

Pilothouse (Port):

 

·     To port, the pilothouse has a forward and aft facing seat for two

·     Varnished teak drink holder/grab rail

·       Stainless steel footrest bulkhead mounted

·       Stainless steel bar-style wrap-around lower footrest for forward and aft facing seat 

·       Locker below the seat with varnished teak louvered door entry

·       Vent for heater 

 

Helm Station (Starboard):

 

·       Custom varnished teak helm seat with removable cushions

·       Varnished teak upper pilothouse sides and forward

·       Varnished teak dash, instrument pod and side navigation panel

·       Stainless steel 14” steering wheel with varnished wood rim

·       Hinckley JetStick- digital system that integrates the forward and aft motion of the boat, the steering, and the bow thruster into a single joystick control (new 2022)

·       Engine gauges: tachometer, temperature, oil pressure, fuel, steering angle indicator

·       Top opening locker outboard of helm seat with chart storage and small shelf

·       12-volt outlet in chart pocket

·       Remote spotlight control pad on vertical face of helm

·       Stainless steel footrest bulkhead mounted

·       Electrical breaker panel mounted low outboard helm 

·       Vent for air conditioner

 

 

INTERIOR ACCOMIDATIONS: 

 

The interior is finished in satin-varnished cherry, including sheathing, with a varnished teak and holly cabin sole.  

 

·       Opening overhead hatch with removable screen and four opening oval ports below

·       12,000 BTU reverse-cycle air conditioning with ducts to main cabin and head

·       Five Frigast stainless steel 12-volt lamps provide plenty of interior lighting

·       Accupoint heater with ducts in main cabin and head

·       Storage beneath steps leading into cabin

 

INTERIOR LAYOUT:

 

From the pilothouse, through the varnished teak companionway door and down two companionway steps is the galley to port, private head to starboard, and the V-berth forward.

 

GALLEY (Port) 

The galley is to port with an Antique White Formica countertop that has a stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures and hot and cold pressure water.  The stove is set in the countertop forward.  The Adler Barber refrigeration is mounted aft of the sink and is accessed by a lift-up top.  

 

The “pantry” locker separates the galley from the V-berth area with a louvered door and several shelves. There is an Boss AM/ FM/CD stereo mounted above this locker.  Additional storage is under the galley sink and in three drawers.

 

·       Adler Barbour refrigeration – 12-volt "Cold Machine" refrigerator in a self draining box

·       Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures and pressure hot & cold fresh water system

·       Force 10 two-burner stove with remote propane shut-off 

·       Pullout under counter garbage receptacle

·       (3) Cherry faced pull-out drawers

·       110-volt outlet

·       Step light in galley area

·       Opening port with removable screen

·       Frigast 12-volt light mounted on aft bulkhead

·       Propane solenoid shut-off panel

·       Xantrex battery charger indicator panel

 

HEAD:

 

Opposite the galley to starboard is a private head with a solid cherry door

·       Varnished cherry countertop with an under mounted sink  

·       Grohe faucet/hand held shower provides hot & cold pressure water 

·       Vacu-flush marine head

·       Mirror on the forward bulkhead with cherry frame

·       Cherry louvered lockers provide storage above and outboard the vanity, a drawer with a cherry face beside the marine head, and a locker under the vanity  

·       110-volt outlet

·       Forced ventilation

·       Opening port with removable screen

·       Tankwatch holding tank monitor

·       Two (2) Frigast 12-volt lights

 

FORWARD BERTH:

 

·       V-BERTH with V-berth adapter to form a double berth.  

·       Forepeak storage behind a louvered cherry door

·       Hanging locker to starboard just aft of the V-berths

·       Storage under V-berth with lift-off access lid

·       Varnished cherry drop front door to port with shelve in storage area  

·       Opening hatch with screen

·       Two (2) opening ports 

·       Two (2) Hella fans on forward bulkhead

 

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:

 

12-volt DC electrical system:

·       Two (2) 12-volt AGM 4D batteries for a total of 400 amp-hours (2022)

·       12v AGM Group 31 start battery (2025)

·       80-amp battery alternator

·       Heavy-duty battery switches

·       12-volt outlet in chart pocket 

·       DC panel with systems breaker switch protected and 12-volt system voltmeter and ammeter

·       Low resistance, heavy copper and zinc anode electrical bonding system.

 

110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:

·       110-volt shore power inlet, relay and shore power cord 

·       Xantrex Freedom SW 2012 automatic inverter/battery charger (2017)

·       120 VAC system switch panel with breakers 

 

Helm Electronics and Navigation Equipment:

 

·       Garmin GPSMap 8612xsv color touch screen chartplotter display

·       Garmin GMR18HD+ radome interfaced to chartplotter

·       Garmin GMI20 instrument display at helm

·       Garmin GHC20 autopilot display at helm

·       Raymarine VHF at helm

·       Ritchie compass mounted on helm dash

 

Entertainment Electronics:

 

Boss AM/FM/CD stereo with speakers in cockpit

 

 

MECHANICAL and ENGINE DETAILS:

 

·       Yanmar 6LY2-FTE 420-hp diesel engine with Twin Disc MG 5050 transmission.  853 hours on meter as of December, 2025

·       Hamilton 292 Jet Drive

·       Vetus 7” bow thruster.

·       Hinckley custom “JetStick® Gen3” control system integrated with the bow thruster. (new 2022)

·       Racor fuel filter

·       Tachometer with engine hours gauge

·       Fuel, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges

·       High engine temperature alarm

·       Low oil pressure alarm 

·       “Water drop” muffler

·       12,000BTU reverse cycle air conditioning unit with outlets in main cabin, head and pilothouse

·       (2) Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps w/float switches

·       Johnson high bilge water alarm

·       Whale emergency bilge pump with handle in cockpit (New 2022)

·       Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission

·       Manual hydraulic steering pump

·       In-line 12-volt sump pump for head shower

·       (2) 80 gallon fuel tanks with selector switch (original aluminum tanks replaced with Polyethylene)

·       30 gallon stainless steel fresh water tank

·       20-gallon holding tank with overboard discharge and vent filter

·       Engine room sound insulation with double-gasket engine box

·       Stainless steel 6-gallon hot water heater

 

BOAT EQUIPMENT:

 

·       Varnished bow burgee pennant staff with flush socket

·       Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & socket

·       Deck shower/water outlet with hot & cold mixing valve, starboard side cockpit

·       Dock lines

·       Fenders

·       Masthead and cabin side running lights

·       Masthead ACR model RCL-50B mounted spotlight with helm-mounted remote control

·       12-volt trumpet horn with switch on dash

·       Life jackets

·       Handheld flare kit

·       Fire Extinguishers

·       Boat hook with storage under starboard gunnel

·       Propane tank and locker

·       Stamoid cover for stern seat

·       Stamoid handrail covers (like new)

·       Stamoid toe rail covers (like new)

 

Ground Tackle System:

 

Muir electric windlass package housed in flush foredeck anchor locker: 

·       Delta 22# anchor with chain and rode

·       Pivoting stainless steel bow roller  

·       Windlass operated from the helm station or a handheld remote at anchor locker