Shipyard · New build & refit

Hinckley Yachts

Maine builder dating from 1928, known first for sailboats such as the Bermuda 40 and later for jet-drive Picnic Boats and Talaria motor yachts. Boats are built in Trenton, Maine, and a chain of ten owned service yards along the East Coast handles maintenance and refit, taking yachts up to 140 ft at Portsmouth, RI.

Yachts built by HINCKLEY →

Key facts

Parent
Scout Partners (since 2011)
Country
United States
Founded
1928
Status
Active
Size range (LOA, m)
c.10.7–17.4 current range (35–57 ft); sailboats historically up to 21.3 m (Sou'wester 70)
Largest delivered
Sou'wester 70 (e.g. Patriot), 21.34 m, 2002
Yachts delivered
not published

Notable yachts

  • Patriot · Sou'wester 70, 21.34 m, 2002
  • Bermuda 40 · 203 built 1959–1991
  • Picnic Boat · introduced 1994
  • Talaria 57 · current largest motor yacht

Services

  • new build
  • service and maintenance
  • refit
  • paint and varnish
  • storage
  • haul-out and launch
  • rigging
  • electrical and electronics
  • mechanical
  • carpentry
  • fabrication

Haul-out

Travel liftPortsmouth RI: 150t and 55t travel lifts, max beam 29 ft (8.8 m), max draft 18 ft (5.5 m) (hinckleyyachts.com, undated); other yards not published
Shipliftnot published
Dry / floating docknot published
Max LOA handled (m)42.7 (140 ft, Portsmouth RI; hinckleyyachts.com, undated)
Max tonnage handled150t (Portsmouth RI travel lift)
Sheds / berthsPortsmouth RI: 15-acre site, 8 heated storage sheds, 2 enclosed spray booths (one for masts), 100 slips (hinckleyyachts.com, undated)

Sources

  • hinckleyyachts.com — https://www.hinckleyyachts.com/location/portsmouth-rhode-island/
  • maineboats.com — https://maineboats.com/blog/2026/hinckley-launch-picnic-boat-flagship
  • tradeonlytoday.com — https://tradeonlytoday.com/columns-blogs/for-the-record-hinckley-has-new-majority-owners/
  • en.wikipedia.org — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinckley_Yachts

Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.