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• Is Hinckley back in the sailboat business?
  • Very nice, but I see a couple of things missing...
    • yeah, but now you have "dancing room..."
    • It has a nav station.
    • My wife looked at that layout and pointed out ...
      • Exactly... What's really disappointing about that layout, with all that beam amidships...
        • I agree. I wonder if the reason for the layout is simple economics.
          • Hinckley no longer has a charter arm
        • Open space is cheap.
          • You can't beat it for that. A locker is cheaper to build than a chest of drawers,
  • Another flying wedge.
    • There is dinghy storage shown (sideways in the lazarrete), but....
  • It is certainly news to me...
    • My Hinckley mechanic friend mentioned it about a month ago
  • What would Dad (Bill Tripp Jr) have to say about his son, Bill III's, re-incarnation of his B-40?
    • First mistake was hiring Bill III...
  • Bermuda 50
    • A much better modern design.....
      • Here is the S&S design that Hinckley apparently rejected in favor of the Tripp 50...
        • Toggle Master ;^))))
        • He used to own the last SW42 built....
        • I find the gratuitous futuristic stab at the iconic Hinckley ports, one both boats, a humorous attempt.
    • With a CAD rendering of thier new Talria 43, Hinckley took 5 orders at the Newport Boat Show just past.