For Sale: 1999 Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic – Timeless Elegance, Modern Upgrades

Step aboard this stunning 1999 Hinckley Picnic Boat Classic, a true icon of American yachting heritage, now beautifully updated for today’s discerning boater. With its unmistakable lines, Downeast charm, and Hinckley’s renowned craftsmanship, this vessel offers a rare opportunity to own a classic with thoughtful, modern enhancements.

This Hinckley Picnic Boat has been lovingly maintained and thoughtfully upgraded to preserve her legacy while enhancing comfort and ease of operation. Ideal for day cruising, weekend getaways, or simply enjoying the water in timeless style.

CALM 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 joystick control system, 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 and cockpit space for numerous guests.

CALM’s significant features include-  

• Flag Blue Awlgrip paint (2021) 
• Teak transom
• Air conditioning
• Custom hard V-board headliners 
• OceanAir pilothouse Skyscreens
• Recently upgraded Raymarine electronics suite (2023) 
• Impeccable varnish
• Stidd helm chair 
• Varnished teak handrails 
• Opening side windows
• Trim Tabs 
• 1,000 hour engine service (2021)
• Many new and rebuilt engine components 
• Fully serviced and ready for the season  

HULL AND DECK

• Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides
• Light Cream gelcoat cabin house and deck Cream boot stripe
• Red bottom paint

CONSTRUCTION:

• Hull is Kevlar E-glass hybrid and balsa core, SCRIMPed 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 nonskid pattern
• Fiberglass molded rub rail has stainless steel half-round
• Heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel bracket and half round.
•  Stainless-steel folding swim ladder

DECK:

• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabintop
• Varnished teak handrails on cabin and pilothouse top and aft end of pilothouse
• (3) Low profile opening aluminum hatches
• Four (4) custom opening elliptical ports on house sides Hinckley mast with spotlight - painted to match deck Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chock.
• Bow, stern and springline 316L stainless steel mooring cleats 
• Padeyes with chafe strips to hang fenders

COCKPIT:

• Varnished teak cockpit coaming caps
• Two step stainless steel boarding ladder with teak treads can be mounted inboard port or starboard 
• Stowage in cockpit lockers with varnished teak doors and in flush cockpit sole hatches
• Handheld cockpit shower with hot and cold water 
• Direct drainage cockpit scuppers
• Cushions upholstered in dark blue Sunbrella with white stripes
• Engine box mounted varnished teak fold-down drink table with four drink holders
• Removable seat back on engine box has forward and aft positions and stores under side decks

PILOTHOUSE:

• Varnished teak dash and upper cabin house sides Lockable teak companionway door
• Four (4) pilothouse windows- 2 sliding side windows, 2 fixed forward windows windshield wipers and fresh water washers
• V-groove hard overhead
• Two (2) opening hatches with OceanAir sky screens 
• Recessed lights in overhead
• Single bay handrails in port and starboard aft corners of pilothouse overhead 
• Remote panel for Accupoint heater with one duct on port side
• Ivory-color drop curtain with eisenglass windows provides a fully enclosed pilothouse 
• Ivory-color interior window sun covers

PORT - Forward

• Navigator/Passenger seating is a forward and aft facing seat for two:
• Stainless steel wrap-around footrest and second footrest on the forward bulkhead Forward 
• Varnished teak handrail with integral drink holder

STARBOARD - Helm Station: Varnished teak dash

• Stidd adjustable helm seat with ivory cushions
• Stainless steel footrest mounted for helmsman on forward bulkhead 
• Stainless steel 14” steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• ControlStick which integrates forward and aft motion of boat, steering, and bow thruster into single joystick control 
• Engine gauges-tachometer, water temp, oil pressure
• Compass
• Top-opening locker with chart storage 12-volt outlet in chart locker
• Remote control pad for spotlight

Navigation/Electronics Equipment: 

• Raymarine Axiom 2 Pro 12” Display 
• Raymarine P70R autopilot
• Raymarine HD radar
• Raymarine Depth Display 
• ICOM IC-M502 VHF

INTERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS:

CALM’s interior provides comfortable accommodations for two: Including sleeping berths and storage, head with hand held shower, and a galley. From the pilothouse companionway is the galley to port, private head to starboard and the V- berth accommodations forward. Air conditioning with reverse-cycle heat provides year-round comfort.

The interior highlights:

• Finished in satin-varnished cherry, including sheathing
• Cabin sole is varnished teak and holly with a custom sole protective cover 
• Opening overhead hatch
• Four (4) opening ports
• Air conditioning with reverse-cycle heat Five (5) Frigast stainless steel 12-volt lamps

FORWARD BERTH:

• V-Berth arrangement Storage under the V-berth
• Forepeak anchor locker storage behind a louvered cherry door Hanging locker to starboard just aft of the V-berth
• Two window ports 
• Two Hella fans 
• Two BOSE speakers

HEAD:

• Next aft of the hanging locker to starboard is a private head with a solid cherry door, Varnished cherry countertop and vanity with an undermounted sink
• Grohe faucet/handheld shower provides hot and cold pressure water 
• Vacu-flush marine head
• Floor is seamless gelcoat for easy cleaning 
• 110-volt outlet and an exhaust fan Opening port
• More storage in cherry-faced lockers above and outboard the vanity. 
• Storage in drawer and below head sink

GALLEY:

The Galley is to port with an antique white countertop that has a stainless-steel sink with Grohe fixture and hot and cold pressure water. The stove is set in the countertop forward and has space for a custom wood stove cover/cutting board that adds to the already ample counter space surrounding the sink. Space for a 110-volt microwave is built-in outboard. The cold-plate refrigeration is mounted aft of the sink and is accessed by a lift-up top. A “pantry” locker with louvered door and interior shelves and a flip-up fiddled top separates the galley from the V-berth area. Additional storage located under the galley sink.

• Antique White Formica countertop
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures and pressure hot and cold fresh water system
• Adler-Barbour refrigeration – 12-volt cold plate refrigerator in a self-draining box (New 2023) 
• Force 10 two-burner stove with remote propane shut-off
• 110-volt outlet
• Remote panel for inverter/charger panel 
• Pull-out under counter garbage receptacle. Storage is in louvered door locker outboard
• (3) cherry pull-out drawers and space under the galley sink opening. A “pantry” locker forward with louvered door has several shelves
• Mug rack to hold four coffee cups mounted on aft bulkhead above refrigerator

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:

Low resistance, heavy copper and zinc anode electrical bonding system. Bass custom AC/DC electrical breaker panel.

12-volt DC electrical system:

• (3) 12-volt batteries for a total of 540-amps 80-amp battery alternator
• (2) Heavy-duty battery parallel switches

110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:

• 110-volt shore power inlet, relay and 30-amp shore power cord Heart Freedom 10 inverter (New 2024) with battery charger
• 110-volt outlets in head and galley

MECHANICAL:

Recently overhauled 1999 Yanmar 6LYA-STE 420-hp FWC diesel engine with Hamilton 291 Jet Drive: Twin Disc MG 5050 transmission

• Engine Hours 1340 @ 7.20.25
• Vetus 7” bow thruster
• ControlStick steering control system is integrated with bow thruster.
• Racor fuel filter
• Manual hydraulic steering pump Tachometer with engine hours gauge
• Fuel, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges “Water drop” muffler
• Engine box sound insulation
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission
• Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches. Whale emergency bilge pump with handle in cockpit.
• Aluminum 25-gallon holding tank
• In-line 12-volt shower sump pump
• Stainless steel 6-gallon hot water heater heated via engine heat exchanger or shore power
• Recent Jet upgrades include: wear ring replacement and rebuilt impeller and grate coasted with speed prop

Entertainment electronics:

• Fusion MS-AV700i stereo (Bluetooth) with NRX200 remote
• Four (4) Bose speakers - two in V-berth below and two pilothouse speakers

ANCHOR:

• Solid 2” thick teak bowsprit is finished in gloss varnish with through-mounted anchor roller 
• Anchor with chain

ADDITONAL EQUIPMENT:

• New mooring cover (2023) 
• Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & socket Dock lines
• Fenders with Hinckley Talaria Navy covers 
• Masthead and running lights
• 12-volt trumpet horn with switch on dash
• ACR spotlight mounted on mast with control at helm 
• Life jackets in bow locker
• Handheld flare kit 
• Fire extinguishers