Hinckley Sou'wester 42 Mk Ii Sloop

BLUEBELL is a one owner, “lightly sailed” SW-42 Mark II in impeccable condition. She has been meticulously maintained by Hinckley in Southwest Harbor and launched for summers only and stored indoors with Hinckley during the winters. An addition of a 2013 Raymarine electronics package has brought this classic sailboat up to “state of the art” standards for offshore cruising with safety in mind. HD Radar, AIS, satellite weather and 2 Hybridtouch GPS chart plotters equip her to navigate long passages, Maine fog and night sailing with added peace of mind. She is a turn-key Hinckley classic ready for a new adventures wherever her new owner decides to take her.

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• Topsides: Flag Blue Awlgrip
• Bootstripe: Double white and a blue
• Cove: Gold leaf
• Bottom: Blue
• House & Deck: Polar White gelcoat with Teak deck overlay
• Cockpit seats - Camel brown molded nonskid
• Exterior trim: Varnished teak
• Custom hull ports
• Teak decks.

Construction:

The Sou'wester 42 hull is constructed using the SCRIMP® process to infuse vinylester resin in a single step under a vacuum into a cored laminate of Kevlar/E-glass. Dupont Kevlar fabric greatly increases the strength of the hull against damage caused by impacts and the aircraft grade balsa core provides the greatest degree of stiffness and thermal/acoustic insulation. The skin coat is chopped mat in low-shrink vinylester resin to provide a superior surface finish and a greater resistance to water osmosis. Core is removed and hull is reinforced with additional layers of fiberglass in stress areas. A fiberglass hull stringer system is bonded to the hull and integrated with the mast step and engine mounts to form a single unit that is strong and light.

The deck and house are a Scrimp® molded in one piece which incorporates a hybrid knit fabric of Kevlar/E-glass to reduce weight and a core of aircraft grade balsa, which is deleted in major penetration and stress areas and replaced with solid layers of reinforcing glass.

The hull is laid up with a 4" recessed flange to receive the deck which is bonded to this surface with reinforced polyester adhesive and thru-bolted on 8' centers with additional fastenings in the area of toe rail tracks, thus assuring a strong, permanent and watertight hull/deck joint.

• Keel: 9,000 lb. molded lead keel is secured to the hull with 1" stainless steel bolts.
• Centerboard: Molded solid Fiberglass
• Rudder: Skeg-hung rudder.
• Marelon ball-valve type seacocks are flush with the hull. Wooden plugs
• Guardrail: At sheer painted to match hull with solid stainless steel half oval
• All stainless steel deck hardware
• Stainless steel bow pulpit with teak seat
• Stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines and port and stbd boarding gates
• Double-side opening hatches with bronze plexiglass covers
• Varnished teak companionway slide
• Custom Butterfly hatch – over main salon
• Forward partitioned anchor locker has direct drainage to the bilge; 2^nd anchor rode deck pipe fitting
• Varnished teak, double dorade box with two dorade ventilators and small covered storage between
• Saltwater deck wash
• Stainless steel bow roller for CQR anchor

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