Hank Hinckley OC42

ALEYAH was the most customized Ocean Series 42 built by Hank Hinckley and was recently donated to the Maine Maritime Academy by her original owner.  Thoughtfully optioned during build and cruised in Maine summers, she has been stored inside and maintained and updated with Front Street Shipyard.  Recent survey available.

 

Hank Hinckley is the son of Henry Hinckley and founded Ocean Cruising Yachts, a line of boats built with the same quality and craftsmanship and traditional design aesthetic as Hinckley Yachts.  ALEYAH is set up to be easily sailed and cruised by a couple with two separate sleeping cabins and a functional open interior.

 

Available in a zero interest lease to purchase arrangement benefiting the Maine Maritime Academy, ALEYAH represents an opportunity to own a beautiful example of Maine boat building and a great sailing boat.

 

Construction:

 

Hull:

 

• The hull is a fiberglass composite with Airex closed cell foam core laid up by hand in one piece construction.
• External Antimony lead keel with 1” silicone bronze keel bolts
• Fiberglass engine bed with integral engine drip pan
• All structural bulkheads are marine plywood fiberglassed to hull and deck where possible
• Fiberglass skeg hung rudder with bronze rudder post
• Bottom stripped and repainted 2023
• Flag Blue Awlgrip hull  with white boot stripe
• Rubrail above cove stripe with stainless steel chafe strip

 

Deck:

 

• Fiberglass composite hand layup with Balsa core
• White gelcoat with molded in nonskid
• Varnished teak toe rails with stainless steel midship chocks
• Custom stainless steel stem fitting with integrated bow anchor roller and bow line chocks
• Stainless steel bow rail, stern rail, stanchions and double lifelines
• Herreshoff style stainless steel bow, stern and midship cleats
• Deck fitting for removable inner forestay and staysail
• Deck access for secondary anchor rode at bow
• (12) Bomar opening portlights
• (4) Bomar opening overhead hatches (two large and two small)
• Varnished teak eyebrow, handrails, cockpit coamings, companionway trim and lazarette hatch
• Varnished double dorade box forward of mast
• Gate in sternrail for aft boarding

 

Cockpit:

 

The large, traditional aft cockpit is set up for comfortable sailing and relaxing

 

• Full length settees port and starboard with hatches providing access to sail locker storage below
• Teak decking on cockpit seats and sole
• Deep cockpit coamings with varnished caps are angled for comfortable back support
• Teak framed winch pockets in coamings
• Teak framed recessed engine control panel and autopilot control with hinged clear Plexiglas cover
• Dedicated propane locker under helm seat
• Oiled teak step at helm
• Edson helm pedestal with engine controls, helm guard and compass binnacle
• Stainless steel destroyer style helm wheel with elkhide cover
• Navpod mounted to helm guard for GPS chartplotter
• Navigation instrument displays mounted on house bulkhead to port of companionway
• Dodger with stainless steel bows
• Teak framed companionway with sliding companionway hatch and drop boards
• Cooler under cockpit seat

 

Accommodations:

 

The interior of ALEYAH is beautifully finished in varnished butternut with a teak and holly cabin sole and a white overhead, resulting in a warm, light feel.  Coming down the companionway there is a generous head to starboard with a double berth aft cabin opposite to port.  Forward of the aft cabin is a very well laid out galley (admired by Bob Johnstone and provided inspiration for galley design on some of the cruising JBoats).   Opposite the galley is a sit down Nav station.  Forward of the galley is a dinette with drop leaf table and a full length settee opposite to starboard.  Forward of the main salon is the forward cabin with an offset double berth.

 

• Opening portlights and overhead hatches let in abundant natural light and ventilation.
• Paul Luke soapstone solid fuel stove provides warm dry heat below
• Storage lockers have caned fronts for ventilation
• Bulkhead reading lights and overhead dome lights provide lighting throughout.
• Sturdy drip edge detail under portlights and carefully placed hand holds bulkheads provide security moving around boat underway.

 

Aft Cabin:

 

The aft cabin at the base of the companionway provides an excellent double berth underway.

 

• Large opening portlight and overhead hatch for light and ventilation
• Hanging locker forward of berth
• Additional storage in sheer locker outboard of berth and in lockers and drawers over and next to berth
• Removable panel for service access to side of engine
• 110 outlet

 

Head:

 

The head is conveniently located at the base of the companionway opposite the aft cabin and is finished in Herreshoff style with white bulkheads and varnished butternut trim

 

• White Formica countertop with stainless steel sink and hot/cold faucet
• Separate shower want and control
• Track for shower curtain 
• 110v outlet
• Excellent storage in lockers and drawers under and outboard of counter
• Butternut framed mirror on forward bulkhead
• Opening portlight and dorade provide natural light and ventilation
• Jabsco manual head

 

Galley:

 

The large u-shaped galley was designed to be comfortable cruising and safe cooking underway

 

• Shipmate three burner gimbaled stove with over
• White Formica countertops with deep butternut fiddles
• Double stainless steel sink with hot/faucet and pull out wand
• Hand pump water at sink
• Very thoughtful custom storage throughout galley for spices, dishware, glasses, etc.
• Larger storage in lockers outboard and in dry storage under counter
• Stainless steel fridge and freezer compartments with Grunert 12v fridge system

 

 

Nav Station:

 

Located opposite the nav station has a large chart table with a swing out adjustable seat and can be used for navigation, as an office or to visit with the chef in the galley

 

• Large lift top with storage below for charts and navigation equipment
• Large chart drawer and drawers below for additional storage
• Fold down laptop shelf
• Electrical panel and navigation electronics
• Large hanging locker 
• 110v outlet

 

Main Salon:

 

The full beam main salon provides a dinette area with drop leaf table and settee opposite with storage above and outboard of settees.

 

• Settees pull slide out to become comfortable single berths
• Lockers with caned doors above settees with shelves between
• Additional storage in drawers built into settee backrests

 

Forward Cabin:

 

The private forward cabin features a custom offset double and storage in lockers and drawers

 

• Custom offset double berth has removable section near door to provide more standing room when needed or when using as single berth
• Overhead dome and bulkhead lights add to natural light from opening portlights and overhead hatch
• Seat to starboard of berth
• Excellent storage in lockers along starboard sheer and in hanging locker
• Access to chain locker though doors in forward bullhead

 

Mechanical:

 

• Yanmar 4JH57 57hp diesel engine (new 2017).   Approximately 560 hours November, 2025
• 1 ¼” Prop shaft, cutlass bearing an stuffing box new 2017
• Serrated line cutter on shaft
• Three bladed feathering MaxProp reconditioned 2017
• Racor fuel filter
• Bilge crash pump
• Automatic bilge pump
• 75 gallon fiberglass fuel tank
• (3) Stainless steel water tanks (150 gallon total)
• Allcraft 8 gallon stainless steel hot water tank (110v and engine)
• Jabsco manual head
• 15 gallon Polyethylene holding tank (tank and hoses new 2020) 
• Dedicated propane locker in cockpit with storage for two 20# tanks and pressure gauge and remote solenoid
• Salt water anchor washdown spigot
• Bronze allow seacocks used below waterline

 

Electrical 

 

• 12v DC system with Bass electrical panel with AC and DC breakers and meters
• 12v AGM Group 27 start battery (2021)
• (2) Group 27 12v AGM Lifeline house batteries
• Heavy duty Perko battery switches
• Victron battery combiner/isolator
• 30 amp shore power connector with shore cord
• Xantrex TrueCharge 40 amp battery charger

 

Electronics and Navigation:

 

• Garmin GPSmap 4208 chart plotter/radar at helm
• Garmin GPSmap 4208 at nav station
• Garmin 18” radome on mast
• Standard Horizon Eclipse VHF at nav station
• Raymarine i70 wind,, speed and depth instruments in cockpit
• Simrad AP22 autopilot
• 5” Ritchie compass at helm
• Running lights with anchor, steaming and deck lights on mast
• Jensen AM/FM/CD stereo

 

Sails and Rigging:

 

• Aluminum double spreader mast painted to match deck
• Schaefer aluminum furling boom painted to match deck
• Schaefer fixed rigid vang
• Stainless steel 1X19 wire standing rigging
• Removable inner forestay with storage on deck
• Track for spinnaker pole on mast
• Schaefer traveler over sea hood
• Stainless steel genoa/spinnaker car track on toe rail
• Stainless steel staysail/jib car tracks on deck with teak toe protectors
• Harken genoa furler

 

Winches:

 

• Barient 32 self-tailing primary winches
• Barient 10 self-tailing port secondary winch
• Barient 22 starboard secondary winch
• Lewmar 46 electric self-tailing main halyard and furling winch on cabintop
• Barient 22 halyard winch on mast
• Barient 22 self-tailing halyard winch on mast

 

Sails:

• Full batten furling mainsail (2014)
• 100% jib (2017)
• Dacron Genoa (2017)
• Staysail
• Sails cleaned and serviced annually by Bohndell Sails in Rockport, Maine

 

Safety:

 

• Manual bilge pump under main salon cabin sole
• Horseshoe buoys on mounts port and starboard on stern rail
• (3) ABC rated hand held fire extinguishers
• Type II and Type V PFD’s
• Combination CO/smoke detectors

 

Additional:

 

• Teak outboard motor mount on stern rail
• Electric windlass with chain stopper (motor new 2015)
• 35 lb CQR anchor with chain/rope rode
• Fenders with fleece covers
• Docklines
• boathook