SOMETIMES is an extremely well-appointed Picnic Boat EP featuring many desirable options found only on the last boats built- Yanmar 480 engine, transom door, teak decks, air conditioning for dockside and underway use, newer Garmin electronics, and a recent IQAN Gen 3 JetStick system.  She’s lift-kept, maintained by Hinckley Yacht Services, and easily shown near Annapolis, MD. 

OVERVIEW:

The Picnic Boat EP (Extended Pilothouse) combines traditional aesthetics in her beautiful lines and stunning craftsmanship with modern design and materials.  She sleeps two comfortably forward and includes head with shower, and galley.  An L-shaped settee with table and two forward-facing Stidd seats are in the pilothouse. SOMETIMES features a coveted transom door for easy access, underway air conditioning, and many more options and features that make her not only an elegant day cruiser but a comfortable weekender as well.

Significant features include

• Transom door 
• Gen 3 JetStick
• Natural teak decking in cockpit and pilothouse
• Mobile power generator for air conditioning underway
• Air conditioning in pilothouse and cabin
• Garmin electronics
• V-groove overhead in pilothouse
• Stainless steel bow rail and handrails
• Bo-Peep boarding handle
• Yanmar 6LY3 480hp engine

HULL AND DECK

• Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides (2015)
• Light Cream W520 gelcoat cabin house and deck
• Light Cream Awlgrip painted nonskid
• Single White bootstripe
• Black bottom paint

Construction of the hull is Hinckley DualGuard® Composite Construction with Kevlar E-glass hybrid outer skin. Aircraft grade end-grain balsa below the waterline. Carbon-fiber inner skin. SCRIMP® laminated with vinylester resin. Deck and cockpit are E-glass with balsa and closed-cell foam core, SCRIMPED with vinylester resin.  

• Marelon ball-valve seacocks with thru-hulls below waterline and Marelon thru-hulls above the waterline.
• Stainless steel half-round on fiberglass molded rub rail.

Heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has teak insert treads, stainless steel bracket and half round

• Stainless steel telescoping 3-step folding swim ladder that stores under platform
• Custom stainless handrail on transom, painted to match the hull

Deck Features:

• Flush foredeck anchor locker with hinged hatch cover
• Port side transom door
• Stainless bow rail 
• Stainless steel handrails on the house top and on pilothouse top that wrap around aft end of pilothouse
• Hinckley pilothouse mast with spotlight and radome painted to match deck
• Four opening elliptical ports on house sides 
• (5) Low-profile opening aluminum hatches with Textalene interior snap covers
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around cabin top
• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel bow chocks.
• Bow and stern fixed 316L stainless steel mooring cleats
• Four midship pull-up cleats, with aft set easily reached from cockpit
• Fender padeyes with toe rail chafe strips.
• Two flush-mount rod holders aft

COCKPIT 

SOMETIMES features the traditional EP aft cockpit arrangement with a wet bar located atop the engine box which also forms an aft-facing seat.  Aft, a transom door compliments a wide settee that has a hinged lid under the cushions and a removable storage tub that provides access bilge areas.  A cup holder is just forward of these cushions on the starboard side.  A cockpit cover attaches to pilothouse with snaps around cockpit coaming.

• Port side transom door 
• Varnished teak cockpit coamings and cap rail
• Natural teak cockpit sole with black caulk and direct drainage overboard scuppers 
• Cockpit lockers with varnished louvered teak doors
• Courtesy lights under side decks port and starboard.
• Wet bar with stainless-steel sink and faucet, and hot and cold pressure water
• Insulated and self-draining icebox
• Stainless steel cockpit step with teak treads, mounts port or starboard with stainless steel brackets
• Cockpit shower with mixing valve at stern seat
• Stainless steel rod holders – mounted on port and starboard side deck
• Rod holders under port and starboard gunnel provide boat hook storage
• Cockpit cover - Ivory-color Stamoid cockpit cover (new 2020)

THE PILOTHOUSE 

The varnished teak pilothouse with natural teak sole is stately, warm, and inviting.  Forward are two very comfortable Stidd helm chairs which each have great visibility through the forward and side windows.  Aft, the L-shaped settee seats four easily and features a folding varnished teak table with adjustable pedestal.  Opening side windows and four overhead hatches ensure excellent ventilation, and air conditioning with reverse cycle heat ensures comfort in heat and cold.  

• Varnished teak instrument pod, pilothouse liners, dash and coamings
• Natural teak pilothouse sole (new 2017)
• Air Conditioning with reverse-cycle heat, for dockside and underway use (18,000 BTU)
• V-Groove overhead with varnished teak trim (new 2015)
• Teak finished pilothouse liners and dash
• Two fixed forward windows with intermittent windshield wipers and freshwater washers
• Sliding side windows 
• Stidd helm seats  
• Cushioned L-shaped settee aft to port 
• Varnished folding leaf table with stainless pedestal
• Four overhead opening hatches with Textalene snap covers (new lenses 2020)
• Additional illumination from four overhead dimmable lights
• Two Hella fans - mounted port and starboard
• Five cup holders
• Varnished teak locking companionway door
• Two MB Quart speakers
• Textalene interior window sun covers
• Ivory Stamoid 3-piece drop curtain with Isinglass windows to enclose the pilothouse (new 2025)

Helm Station (Starboard)

• Varnished teak custom instrument pod.
• Stainless steel 14” steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• Hinckley JetStick® Gen3 control panel
• Yanmar digital engine gauge and analog tachometer 
• Top-opening locker with chart storage
• 12-volt “cigarette style” outlet in chart pocket
• Cup holders
• Custom teak open-top storage box aft of Jetstick

Navigation Equipment:

• Garmin GPSmap 7612 color multi-function display  
• Garmin GMR 18XHD radar (dome painted to match the pilothouse)
• Garmin GSD 24 depthsounder
• Raymarine autopilot
• Icom VHF radio
• Ritchie compass
• ACR spotlight with helm-mounted remote control
• Lenco trim tabs with LED indicator on control pad

Entertainment Electronics: 

• Fusion stereo
• (2) MB Quart speakers in pilothouse 
• (2) MB Quart speakers in cabin

INTERIOR BELOW

Access to the cabin below is through the varnished teak companionway (with removable hatch for more headroom) and down a single step.  The galley is to port, private head to starboard and the V-berth forward.  The interior features satin-varnished cherry bulkheads, trim, and ceiling boards, and a varnished teak and holly sole.  An opening overhead hatch and opening port lights with screens ensure natural light and ventilation, amplified by air conditioning with reverse-cycle heat.  Frigast stainless steel bulkhead lights add to the cabin ambience. 

GALLEY (Port)

The stove is set in the countertop forward and has a Corian and a custom wood stove cover/cutting board that adds to the already ample counter space surrounding the sink. Microwave is built in outboard. The refrigeration is mounted aft of the sink and is accessed by a counter lift-up top. A “pantry” locker with louvered door and several shelves separates the Galley from the forward V-berth area and houses the stereo system.

• Atlantic Corian countertop
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures, spray nozzle and hot and cold pressure water
• Adler Barbour refrigeration – 12-volt cold plate refrigerator in a self-draining insulated box
• Force 10 two-burner stainless steel stove with remote propane shut-off and wood cover/cutting board
• (3) Cherry pullout drawers
• Under counter pull-out garbage receptacle
• Additional storage is provided outboard and under the galley sink.
• GE Microwave oven
• 110-volt outlet
• Red step-light in galley
• LP gas sniffer and a propane shut-off valve
• Mastervolt inverter/charger panel
• Opening portlight 

V-Berth 

• Traditional V-berth layout with removable insert which forms a double berth
• Air conditioning vent on forward bulkhead
• Storage locker under a V-berth has a shelf and an easy-access cherry drop-front door
• Storage area in the forepeak behind a louvered cherry door
• Cedar-lined hanging locker is just aft of the V-berths to starboard
• (2) Stereo speakers are mounted port and starboard on the forward bulkhead
• (2) Hella fans – port and starboard bulkhead facing aft
• Overhead opening hatch with Ocean Air Sky screen/shade and Textalene cover

HEAD (Next aft starboard) 

• Solid cherry door panel door
• Molded fiberglass sole for easy cleaning
• Varnished cherry countertop with an undermounted porcelain sink
• Grohe faucet/handheld shower provides hot & cold pressure water – bracket for shower is bulkhead mounted
• Sealand Vacu-Flush electric marine head is plumbed to a 27-gallon aluminum holding tank and overboard discharge
• Mirror on the forward bulkhead with cherry frame
• Storage in cherry faced lockers above and outboard the vanity, a drawer with a cherry face beside the marine head, and a locker under the vanity
• 110-volt outlet
• Hella fan
• Opening port and well as forced ventilation
• 12v Frigast bulkhead lights
• Stainless steel towel bar

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Low resistance, copper wire and sacrificial zinc anode bonding system.

12-volt system:

• (3) 12-volt batteries for a total of 540-amps
• Start – 12-volt AGM Group 4D battery (new 2025)
• House – (2) 12-volt AGM Group 4D batteries (new 2025)
• 12VDC battery bank for bow thruster (new batteries and system 2024)
• Heavy-duty battery parallel switch allows emergency starting
• 80-amp battery alternator on engine
• 12-volt distribution panel includes thermo-magnetic breakers, volt, and amp meter

110-volt 30-amp AC electrical system:

• Twin 110-volt shore power inlet and relay, one for house and one for air conditioning
• 30-amp shore power cord with power indicator light 
• Mastervolt pure sine wave inverter/charger 

Mobile Power Electrical System (MEPS):

• Engine driven generator produces 120 volt power underway
• Can power air conditioning and reverse-cycle heat
• New generator (2024)
• New Auxiliary Control Unit, latest generation (new 2024)

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• Yanmar 6LY3 480-hp diesel engine (1,575 hours 7/2025)
• Hamilton 292 Jet Drive (new impeller 2025, new jet bearing 2022)
• ZF 220 reduction transmission (new cooler lines 2025)
• Painted steel driveshaft (new 2025)
• Side Power 12-volt reversible bow thruster
• Hinckley custom “JetStick® Gen3 control system is integrated with the bow thruster (new 2020)
• Mk60 bucket feedback sensor (new 2024)
• Manual hydraulic steering pump
• Lenco trim tabs with integrated LED position indicator
• Yanmar digital engine gauge, analog tachometer
• Custom water-drop muffler
• Yanmar fuel filter/water separator
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission (new 2025)
• (2) Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches (new hoses 2025)
• Whale emergency bilge pump - mounted in cockpit locker
• In-line 12-volt automatic shower sump pump (new 2025)
• 27-gallon aluminum holding tank with overboard discharge
• 6-gallon stainless steel hot water heater – shore power and engine heated
• 35-gallon stainless steel water tank
• (2) 80-gallon fuel tanks - total 160-gallons
• Mylar-faced acoustical foam-lined engine box insulation 
• Engine box cover with double gaskets and an electric lift
• Engine box forced air exhaust fan
• Baffled and insulated air intake
• Automatic engine compartment fire suppression system, with automatic engine shutdown 

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:

Ground tackle - Muir electric windlass package:  

Flush foredeck anchor locker houses a Muir electric windlass with polished stainless-steel Delta 22# anchor + 15” stainless steel chain & 150’ anchor rode and polished stainless steel folding bow roller. The windlass can be operated from the helm station or a handheld wired remote at anchor locker. 

• Bow varnished burgee pennant staff with flush socket
• Stern mounted 4 ft. varnished teak ensign pole & flush socket
• Boat hook - mounted under side deck
• Dock lines
• Fenders with covers and Wichard snap hooks for each fender line
• Deck shower/water outlet with hot & cold mixing valve
• Life jackets
• Handheld flare kit
• Fire extinguishers
• 12-volt trumpet air horn with switch on dash (new compressor 2022)
• Masthead and running lights
• Weighted toe rail covers