It's a new Hinckley! Not just a new Hinckley... but a whole new Hinckley brand. Introducing: Hinckley Sport Boat. The traditional luxury boat builder is branching out and bringing their unparalleled build quality and attention to detail into a new line of composite build hulls and center consoles.
Combining luxury with speed, I had the pleasure of photographing the new Hinckley Sport Boat 40c. With three independently articulating 300hp outboard engines, this baby reaches top speeds of 58mph. I speak from experience when I say full throttle felt like somewhere between a rocket ship and a hover croft as we blasted along for the fastest and smoothest ride I had ever experienced!
This year is the Hinckley Company's 90th Anniversary. That's almost a full century of gorgeous luxury yachts made in America. Since 1928, Hinckley has been building boats in coastal Maine in the waters of Southwest Harbor. It was fitting that we should return to such a classic backdrop to photograph the newest launch, the newly designed Picnic 40.I drove up to Bar Harbor, for the fourth time in...
Nantucket. It's not a terribly small island, but it's not terribly big either. Sitting 30 miles offshore of Massachusetts, it faces due south to the open sea. The eastern most point of Massachusetts is on Nantucket, and if you sailed south into the Atlantic, the next point of land you'd cross is in the Caribbean. The island is steeped in history, from the native americans to the whaling industry...
This was my second year covering this event, and while I was unable to get on the water for the first day of races (due to the Sail Newport Youth Challenge) I was able to go out on Sunday. The wind was flukey, the breeze was fairly light, but it was still terrific to see all the one-design boats competing so close to home! There were several returning faces and both the laser fleet and F18 fleet...
The very last weekend of August, one of the most beautiful celebrations of classic boats was held out of Newport Harbor in foggy and rainy conditions. The Museum of Yachting's Annual Classic Yacht Regatta boasted several classes with boats ranging from 20 feet to 50 feet in length. Canvas sails, varnished wood spars, teak decking... it's a gorgeous regatta that I love to see every year. This...
