Hinckley Sou'wester 51 Sloop

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

CATHERINE is a stoway rig sloop with keel-centerboard underbody. She sleeps 7 in a white Herreshoff-style interior with bright varnished mahogany trim with an accommodation plan that includes two Staterooms, two Heads, Main Salon, Nav station, and Galley.

Some special features include:

• Reverse-cycle air conditioning and fans.
• Sea Recovery (Model SCR 600AM) Watermaker.
• New Westerbeke engine in 1999.
• Blue Ultrasuede interior cushions.

Entertainment systems include:

• Pioneer A9800 Stereo
• Mitsubishi TV
• Panasonic Hi-Tech 4 VCR

• Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides
• White house and deck with tan molded in nonskid
• Gold leaf cove stripe
• Double white boottop
• Green bottom
• Exterior varnished teak trim

Construction:
Hand laid fiberglass hull and deck of cored construction for additional strength per weight. Hull is cored with Airex, deck cored with Klegecell. Deck is set into a 6” flange molded into the hull, then fiberglassed and bolted to form a permanent hull/deck joint. Hull stringers and longitudinal stiffeners are bonded to the hull and integrated with the mast step and engine mounts.

• External lead ballast with fiberglass centerboard.
• Stainless steel guard rail below coaming.
• (2) Two opening portlights.

Deck Features:

• Stainless steel bow roller chock.
• Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits.
• Stainless steel stanchions and double lifelines with port and starboard gates.
• Varnished teak toe rails, eyebrows, hand rails, hatch and dorade boxes.
• Forward hatches and aft lazarette have translucent white hatch covers.
• Stainless steel guards for forward dorade vents.
• Double dorade box has opening center for storage.
• Stainless steel genoa tracks.

• Cockpit dodger with windows and a grab rail with 2008 elkhide cover.
• Raised cockpit coaming is capped in varnished teak.
• There are molded-in winch pockets.
• Watertight opening seats provide storage and have molded in nonskid provide storage.
• Varnished teak box mounted over the companionway holds instrument gauges that are easily viewed.

The Cockpit features Edson pedestal wheel steering:

• Stainless steel destroyer-type wheel with 2008 elkhide rim cover.
• Binnacle mounted compass
• Stainless steel binnacle guard
• Engine and throttle control.
• Varnished teak fold-down cockpit table.
• Watertight 12-volt outlet.
• Cockpit table and cockpit wheel cover.

VESSEL LAYOUT includes:
Entry is down the aft cockpit companionway steps into the Main Cabin area:

• AFT STATEROOM and AFT HEAD - Aft starboard.
• NAVIGATION STATION – Aft port.
• GALLEY – to port.
• MAIN SALON – Full-width, next forward.
• FORWARD HEAD
• FORWARD STATEROOM

INTERIOR WALKTHROUGH:
The Interior is finished in white Herreshoff-style with bright varnished mahogany trim, white overhead and a bright varnished solid teak and holly sole. There are curtains (new 2008) throughout.

FORWARD CABIN:
V-berths have an adapter to form a double berth. There is a cushioned seat between the berths and access to storage areas under the berths. Over outboard port and starboard are varnished mahogany vented sliding door lockers.

Aft is a bureau to port with a locker over outboard. Starboard is another bureau with a double door locker outboard.

Heavy-duty 12-Volt System:

• Starting battery with 53-amp alternator for charging – New 2007
• House battery 450-amp/hr. capacity with 105-amp alternator for charging
• Master switches for both circuits.

110-Volt System:

• Shore power hook-ups for 50-amp cord.
• Battery charger.
• Trace inverter for stereo, TV, and VCR.
• 110-volt panel with selector switches and breakers.

Westerbeke 8-Kw generator (5462 hrs 3/2008).

Engine is soft-mounted with Scatra drive soft coupling for very quiet operation.

1999 Westerbeke 70 FWC diesel engine with Hurth 2:1 reduction gear, Aquamet 22 stainless steel prop shaft and two-blade fixed propeller.

• Racor filters and remote oil filter.
• Electric oil transfer pump is plumbed into the engine crankcase and generator to facilitate oil changes.
• Main engine: 1434 hours (Approx)
• Generator: 5462 hours (3/2008)
• Bilge alarm
• Electric bilge pump.
• Cruisair marine air conditioning
• Sea Recovery Fresh Watermaker

• HRH custom fabricated Stoway mast with double spreaders.
• Hood Seafurl.
• Stainless steel standing rigging (New 2002)
• Barient headsail reach within easy reach of the helm.
• Backstay insulated for use as an antenna.
• Cabintop traveler.

Winches:

• (2) #35-STC - Primary winches
• #32 STC Secondaries
• #27 STC
• #27 STC Mainsheet
• #27 STC Main halyard
• #27C Jib halyard
• #24 Barient Spinnaker halyard
• #24C Forestaysail halyard

Sails:

• Mainsail – Stoway, Doyle Hydranet (2008)
• 100% Jib
• 115% Genoa - with foam luff – Doyle Hydranet (2008).
• Gennaker - with snuffer.
• Forestaysail
• Second Mainsail – Stoway, good condition.
• Second Jib – good condition

Ground Tackle:

• Nielssen V-3000C windlass
• 60# CQR anchor
• 40# Luke anchor
• 250’ 5/16 grade 80 chain
• (2) Two anchor rodes.- (1) 3/8” chain and (1) 200’ x ¾” nylon rode.

Equipment:

• White horseshoe life rings
• Flashlight holder
• Bell
• Life jackets
• EPIRB
• 6-man Avon life raft
• (4) Fire extinguishers
• (4) Fenders
• Docking lines
• Saltwater deck wash
• Freshwater deck wash
• Stern folding boarding/swim ladder
• Telephone shore cord
• Cable TV outlet
• Curtains
• Screens
• Lee cloths
• Stern ensign pole and ensign.

CATHERINE is a stoway sloop with keel/centerboard. A great sailing vessel and a home-away-from-home. She has two staterooms, generator, air conditioning, water maker, new sails and more.

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.