The Ocean Cruising 40 is designed and built by Hank Hinckley is a beautiful ocean capable vessel that blends the beautiful interior similar to the Hinckley Bermuda 40 with a clean and fast hull shape like the Hinckley Southwester 42. We are pleased to offer Shining Star. She was Hank Hinckley’s personal yacht until 1984. You can see original photos of Shining Star on Hank’s web site.
She’s a pretty vessel with a classic spoon bow and graceful stern overhang. Ocean Cruising Yachts built a stout ocean capable vessel. The hull is constructed of hand laid woven roving and fiberglass matt. The hull is cored above the waterline for strength and weight. The solid glass fiberglass outer hull is built for the ocean. The core material is a strong, non-wood material. The inner solid fiberglass hull is almost the thickness of the outer shell. The keel centerboard design like the New England yachts of the best designers from Hinckley, Little Harbor and Bristol, she sails well with the board up, and can be berthed right behind your home on the Eastern Shore in less than five feet of water. There are definite advantages to this design. And if you want to fly to the windward mark you can just drop that board down and she’ll point at least 35 degrees to the wind. The OC40 was built for the ocean with the idea of being strong enough to stay safe after a collision with a whale! Sounds good to me!
The interior is classic with a beautiful teak joinery and exceptional cabinetry and built in furniture that way boats were built at the time. The teak wood work gleams softly and is accented by the shining teak and holly cabin sole. As classic boats were laid out to sleep seven people, so is Shining Star. She has a V-berth forward with a double quarter berth aft and the salon settee makes a double to port with a single berth to starboard. It’s amazing! She’s so pretty. If you love classic yachts, you will so appreciate Shining Star. You’ll see why her owners have kept her and loved her for a long long time.
Shining Star was purchased in 1984 by her current owners who are lifelong sailors and lovers of this classic vessel. As an engineer and oceanographer the owner slowly upgraded Shining Star to be a capable long range cruising vessel is easily handled by just the owner and his wife. With a Schaefer in boom furling mainsail system and electric winches and an oversized autopilot she is easy to sail! Although based in the Chesapeake Bay in our “fresh water” Shining Star has cruised New England and Maine and she’s spent a few nice winters in Florida and the Bahamas.
Some of the major improvements:
New white gelcoat on the deck, cabin top, and cockpit 2014
Complete bottom restoration (both Interprotect and six coats of Micron) 2014
All external teak bright work refinished 2016
A Schaefer in-boom furling and reefing system
Two electric winches for multiply uses including the Leisurefurl, genoa furling, and even anchor retrieval
A fixed cockpit bimini with solar panels
Cutter rig with removable inner forestay (normally stowed) hank on staysail stay
Oversized autopilot with independent bronze rack and pinion
Storm sails
Multiple storm anchor systems
PC based navigation with two Windows 10, navigation systems and a cockpit display
Radar visible from the cockpit
This classic vessel is a very sweet boat. The owner has upgraded and maintained her over the years adding many improvements. Being an engineer, he has also documented these installations and reports that everything is well maintained and fully operational. She’s a sweet offering at a sweet price.
She’s ready! Are you? Give us a call to see this lovely boat.
David Walters Yachts, RogueWave Division located in Annapolis MD is your choice for bluewater boats! Buying or Selling... Reach Bernie Jakits at 443-742-1792 or bernie@davidwaltersyachts.com
Reach Bernie Jakits and the RogueWave Division at 443-742-1792 or Bernie@DavidWaltersYachts.com
RogueWave Yacht Sales has merged with David Walters Yachts! The RogueWave Division in Annapolis MD remains Your Choice for Blue Water Boats. Annapolis MD is the best place in the world to buy or sell a boat! We take great pride in helping our clients get into the right boat! Call us to discuss your sailing vision! We are always interested in marketing your high quality blue water capable boat!
Email bernie@davidwaltersyachts.com or call anytime, 443-742-1792.
Please contact Bernie Jakits at 1-443-742-1792
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
Shining Star
Dimensions
LOA: 42 ft 1 in
Beam: 14 ft 1 in
LWL: 33 ft 1 in
Length on Deck: 40 ft 0 in
Minimum Draft: 4 ft 8 in
Maximum Draft: 9 ft 0 in
Displacement: 27000 lbs Dry Load
Ballast: 7500 lbs
Engines
Cruising Speed: 6 knots
Maximum Speed: 7 knots
Full Specifications
Accommodations
The OC40 is a classic boat with a traditional interior. The very well executed mahogany joinery speaks with authority of quality we expect in yachts of the era when Hank Hinckley built his OC 40. The interior is beautifully finished with satin varnished mahogany with white overhead and solid teak and holly sole. The teak and holly sole completes the picture. The classic interior layout has sleeping quarters for seven people. Starting up forward, the forepeak chain locker is accessed through louvered doors forward which supply ventilation. The master stateroom is the traditional V-berth with a dressing seat between and the insert to make a wide comfy double. The large opening hatch provides ventilation and the fixed ports both port and starboard for light. There is a long storage shelf port and starboard and drawers and storage under the berth. There is also a vanity and a hanging locker and of course a privacy door. Just aft the Head to port and is accessed from the main salon. It is well ventilated with a screened opening port and an opening port light. There is a vanity with white Formica countertop hosts a stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressure water. The mirror medicine cabinet is a nice touch. There is even a hamper. The toilet is a Raritan PhEII system, new in 2011, with a diverter valve to either a macerator chlorinator system, or to a large holding tank bladder system under the under the v berths. The main salon is classic with a centerline mahogany drop-leaf table with settees port and starboard. On the forward bulkhead, there is a beautiful Dickerson Marine Newport propane fireplace. To port is an L-shaped settee with storage behind. This settee slides out to make a beautiful double berth. Outboard the port settee is a lovely louvered cabinet with a liquor storage rack and two open storage shelves between.
The varnished drop-leaf mahogany dining table has a built-in wine rack. Just aft of the companionway to port is the U-shaped galley. The aft cabin is a double quarter berth.
The navigation station is adjacent the galley to starboard. It is a sit down forward facing navigation station with a varnished mahogany table with cushioned seat and dome light over. A computer monitor is mounted at the forward end of the station, and can be viewed either forward for entertainment or viewed aft for cockpit viewed real time navigation. The table top opens and contains two independent electronic navigation systems powered by two Microsoft Windows 10 low-power computers. There are additional storage drawers, a locker with louvered doors below the table, and a chart light. This ships office also has the electrical panel, ship controls and audio receiver outboard.
Classic interior layout sleeps seven
Traditional V berths forward with insert to make a full double
Mahogany joinery and teak and holly sole
Dickerson cabin heater
L-shaped port side settee makes a double berth
Straight settee sea berth to starboard
An over-sized Quarter berth is aft of the nav area to starboard.
Louvered locker doors for ventilation
Blue upholstered cushions and curtains
Beautiful joinery with handrails and hand holds throughout
Salon has four large fixed windows
Bomar hatches for light and ventilation
U-shaped galley to port
Full sit down forward facing navigation station
12-volt dome lights and reading lights
12-volt cabin fan
Boston Acoustics audio system with subwoofer
Galley
Just aft of the companionway to port, the U-shaped galley
12-volt Grunert AC/DC refrigerator/freezer with three holding plates
Refrigeration area is eight cubic feet of storage in three compartments, the center being the freezer and outside compartments refrigeration, and two top-access hatches offering plenty of counter workspace.
Shipmate three-burner propane stove with oven rebuilt in 2005
Storage lockers outboard the stove and dome lights above.
Double deep stainless steel sinks installed in the white Formica countertop
Hot & cold pressure water
Freshwater hand pump
Large dry locker storage outboard
Dish storage and storage lockers above the sinks as well as drawer storage.
Electronics: Navigation and Communications
Radar JRC 1000
Single Side Band ICOM Ic-m710 Transducer, AT-130 Tuner, and backstay antenna
GPS Two Furuno GPS Systems, with two external antennas (used alone or feeds GPS info to the two computers)
Autopilot oversized Raytheon with remote control
VHF Standard Horizon PS1000
Computers Two identical Zotac mini-ITX (2 amps each)
Navigation software OpenCPN (redundantly run on both computers)
Monitors 12” cabin monitor, and cockpit swung color HD 12” daylight monitor
AIS ship location system (data to the computer nav system)
Wi-Fi system including an external antenna
High definition TV tuner with Shakespeare external TV/FM antenna
JVC audio receiver with Boston Acoustic speakers, and powered subwoofer
Hull and Deck
Construction: Spoon bow and graceful stern overhang, the hull was built using hand laid woven roving, and matt fiberglass. A Full thickness outer hull, non-wood core, and inner hull close to the thickness of the outer shell. She is one of the few hulls possibly strong enough to stay safe after a collision with a whale.
A full bonding system including over a dozen through-bolted bronze seacocks.
She has a hydroelectric 1000 Pound centerboard. With the board up, one can anchor in private/protected anchorages, and can easily run the entire Waterway. With board partially or fully down, one can balance the sails, and/or gain a good tacking angle.
The rudder is mounted aft of the keel on a skeg which contains the propeller aperture. This maintains a shallow draft while providing excellent propeller protection and good rudder control and strength. This propeller aperture reduces the possibility that the propeller grabs a line from a crab/lobster trap.
There is a rub rail with a stainless steel cap.
New white gelcoat installed on the deck, cabin top, and cockpit (2014)
Complete bottom restoration (both Interprotect and six coats of Micron) (2014)
All external teak bright work refinished (2016)
Deck details
All exterior trim is varnished teak, including the raised toe rails, cabin house eyebrows, and cabin top hand rails port and starboard, winch and cowl vent bases and aft lazarette covers.
The locking companionway hatch with solid teak boards, varnished and edged in brass.
Dorade vents provide for adequate ventilation
Stainless steel bow pulpit and stern pulpit with rails
Stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines boarding gates port and starboard
Two handsome stainless steel cowl ventilator guards
Cockpit Details
Cockpit coaming is varnished teak-capped and has two teak-rimmed winch pockets.
Cockpit has a pedestal binnacle with Edson wheel steering
Only premium oil used with oil changes every 150 hours
New Stainless steel shaft and cutlass bearing (2016)
Perfect pitch 3-blade prop
Dual Racor filters
Fuel Filtration/Polishing System uses twin Racor fuel filters system
Two alternators
The engine is accessed through a removable panel in the galley and through the sail lockers.
A custom-built engine panel includes tachometer, voltage meter, water temperature, and oil pressure is visible and audible from the cockpit.
Engine room is sound insulated.
More Mechanicals
A large hot water heater (2011) heated either by engine coolant or 110-volt element.
Electric hydraulic centerboard with manual override, and oversize hydroelectric pump.
Electric pumps hydraulic power unit
Sump pump has Y-valve.
Two float powered bilge pumps.
Bilge blower.
Aft lazarette is set up with two aluminum LP gas bottles, with solenoid and pressure gauge
Electrical
Complete electrical with separate 12-volt DC and 110-volt AC systems with both DC and AC electrical panels. Electrical energy provided by battery charger, solar panels, large generator, and oversized batteries.
12-Volt DC system:
Separate 12-volt starting and house systems
The batteries are not new but are still in good shape.
One 12-volt 100-amp starting battery
Six 6-volt golf-cart, house batteries in a custom built box.
Engine-driven Balmar 160-amp Alternator for charging.
An electronic regulator which allows house batteries to charge at 130 Amps max.
An 80-amp alternator located in the standard Yanmar alternator location.
A complete custom DC breaker system – contains dozens of small breakers and over a dozen large breakers.
A Xantrex XC5012 50-amp battery Charger (large enough to run the freezer/refrig compressor).
Gurnert refrigeration compressor draws 21 amps once or twice a day. The compressor is protected by a cooling water flow switch.
DC gauges for amperes and volts, and twin master DV switches.
Three solar cells with an electronic control system.
All required 12 volt navigation lights
There are 12-volt dome and reading lights and 12-volt cabin fans
Fully bonded electrical system with rigging, mast, electronics, engine, etc. bonded together to provide protection from lightning and electrolysis.
110-volt AC system:
Shore power connection and shore power cord
Master AC breaker panel with the master breaker switch, individual circuit breakers, and AC voltage and amperage gauges.
A GFI protected “outdoor pipes” heating wire system provides a warm-floor heating system.
Stainless outboard motor mount, and winch-powered outboard motor hoist.
Emergency Tiller Steering
Two independent redundant steering systems.
Boarding Ladder
Dock Lines
Fenders
Manual Bilge Pump
Life Sling
Fire Extinguishers
Flare Kit
Mast mounted electric horn
Masthead lights + antennas
Over a hundred detailed Technical Diagrams for all the vessel systems
Sixty page Repair Manual
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
1970
Hinckley
Pilot 35
US$64,900
