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Barton & Gray: Enjoy a Hinckley, Without Owning One

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Here’s an appealing alternative to boat ownership, particularly if you like to enjoy the better things in life and you like to go boating in a lot of different places: The Barton & Gray Mariners Club, which offers members the use of crewed Hinckley Yachts in 25 spots on the East Coast, the Gulf Coast, and the Great Lakes.

The major appeal of the club is that you can have all the advantages of owning a Hinckley without the disadvantages, primarily the costs of buying one, insurance, dockage and maintenance. And that’s before you add in the services of a professional captain, and moving your boat from one spot to the next.

Barton & Gray also is symbolic of the expanding experiential economy. Many people now want to spend their money, and their time, on new experiences, not necessarily on new things. The club provides the experience of using an iconic Hinckley yacht, but without any of the hassles and headaches of actually owning one.

The club has a fleet of some 30 Hinckleys – Picnic Boat Classics, Picnic Boat EPs, Talaria 40s (pictured above), and Talaria 44s – in 25 cities. Club members pay a $15,000 initiation fee and then sign up for one of four levels with rising levels of annual dues:

Ensign, $29,500 a year, with access to Picnic Boats in every harbor and an unlimited number of reservations (made two at a time).

Lieutenant, $39,500 a year, with access to every yacht in every harbor, an unlimited number of reservations (four at a time), and complimentary yacht upgrades.

Admiral, $59,000 a year, with access to every yacht in every harbor, an unlimited number of reservations (eight at a time), complimentary yacht upgrades, and out-of-season scheduling.

There’s also a Fleet Admiral level, but only two are issued each year.

The 25 ports include many of the most desirable cruising destinations in the United States. On the East Coast and Gulf Coast they include Boston, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Newport, Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Greenwich, New York City, Annapolis, Washington, D.C., Charleston, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, Miami, Key Largo, Naples, Boca Grande and Sarasota. On the Great Lakes, Chicago and Harbor Springs (Michigan).

Barton & Gray has solid ties to Hinckley Yachts. Indeed, Sandy Spaulding, the chairman of Barton & Gray, was the president of Hinckley for eight years, during a period of rapid expansion. He is a firm believer in the appeal of non-traditional yacht ownership platforms. Read more:

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Our RV travels have brought us up to the northern coast of Maine on Mount Desert island (pronounced “dessert” despite the spelling!), home of rich forests, rich seas and rich people. While driving down the road the other day, we noticed two big trucks pulling yachts out of a driveway. Then we noticed a sign:

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Hinckley Yacht in transit Trenton Maine

Yachts leave the factory for great adventures on the ocean.

We did a quick U-turn and decided to have a look. Not because we need a job, but because Hinckley Yachts are among the finest yachts built — and we had just driven right past their factory! We stopped inside and asked if we could take a tour. Within minutes a really nice young fellow named Chris, who’s been with the company for 12 years, handed us safety glasses and off we went!

Hinckley Yacht builders in Southwest Harbor Maine

What a wonderful surprise to be given a spontaneous factory tour!

His enthusiasm for the company was infectious, and as we saw how these phenomenal boats are made, and the energetic environment they are made in, we could understand why.

Hinckley Yachts was founded by Benjamin Hinckley in 1928, and Hinckley has long been one of the highest end custom yacht builders around. Once the dream boat of sailors in every yacht club, almost all Hinckleys being built today are powerboats ranging from 29 to 55 feet (and from half a mil to several million dollars apiece. Ahem!).

Hinckley Yachts bow section under contruction

The cabin “pan” bow section of a power boat under construction.

Hinckleys are assembled using modern nautical engineering techniques, forging three separate fiberglass pieces together: the hull, the cabin (which Chris referred to as the “pan”) and the deck. Our Hunter 44DS sailboat was assembled the same way, as are most modern production sailboats, and the finished product is a stiffer and more resilient hull than the old fashioned method of using “stringers” (like floor joists) as ribs in the hull.

Many boating traditionalists were skeptical of this business of building the cabin separately and then lowering the cabin “pan” into the hull back when the lower end boat builders like Hunter and Beneteau started doing it, but if Hinckley is doing it now, then it must be the best way to go!

Hinckley Yachts deck sections being built

Power boat deck sections get assembled.

All Hinckleys are built with kevlar along the entire length and breadth of the hull, from the waterline down. By comparison, our Hunter had a kevlar reinforced hull from the waterline down in the forward section from the keel to the bow, which is unusual for a cruising sailboat in its class.

When we visited the Hunter factory before buying our sailboat Groovy, we learned that they test their new models by driving them into the beach at top speed while engineers with probes, sensors and clipboards take notes, look for leaks after impact, and refine their designs.

Chris didn’t say that Hinckley crash tests their new boat designs, but these boats are built to go anywhere and do anything, and they can be found all over the world.

Cabin pan being lowered into Hinckley Yacht in Maine

A completed cabin “pan” section is lowered into the hull.

Once the pan is situated in the hull, then the deck is lowered onto the whole thing and sealed with 3M 5200 and other sealants.

Deck being attached to hull at Hinckley Yachts in Trenton Maine

Finished product – Let’s go!

What Hinckley is known for is the gorgeous fitting out that each boat receives.

Hinckley builds boats strictly to order, so every one of the 30+ boats that are in production at any one time have been purchased by an individual. Lower end production boats are built 95% of the way at the factory and then commissioned the last little bit by the dealership.

On our sailboat, the AGM batteries , and engine alternator were upgraded by the dealership for the owner that commissioned the boat. Most sailboat buyers have a dodger made locally as well, rather than going with a factory dodger.

Hinckley Yachts Cherry interior on their boats

Hinckley yacht interiors are truly lavish.

Not so with Hinckley. The wealthy folks that buy these boats can request anything they want, from specific navigation electronics, to different woods and interior layouts, and on an on. Most of the buyers are repeat customers who are upgrading or just need another boat.

Many of the buyers are celebrities, so it’s not uncommon for the factory workers to see a famous person arrive with their entourage. Sometimes the celebs send representatives instead, and frequently an interior designer or other consultant will show up to specify how the boat should be outfitted.

Hinckley Yachts are built to order

You can specify anything you want on your Hinckley!

All boat builders (and RV manufacturers) had a terrible time with the financial collapse of 2008, and Hinckley sharnk to just 40 employees and 4-5 boats on the production line at the time. Now they employ 265 people and they are going gang busters.

What put Hinckley on the map in the last two decades wasn’t their gorgeous Sou’wester sailboats that sent their reputation soaring in the latter half of the 1900’s. Hinckley’s modern essence is power boats!

Back in 1998, they started putting jet drive engines into their power boats. These engines similar to the ones used on jet skis, and they Hinckley’s boats completely. Without a prop, a Hinckley poweryacht of 40 to 55 feet can float in just 2 to 3 feet of water — ideal for the Bahamas where every bay is super shallow — and they can cruise at 30 to 40 knots easily!!

Wouldn’t it be fun to step off the swim platform into waist deep water and walk onto a deserted palm tree studded white sand beach?!!

Hinckley Yachts Jet Drive engine on their boats

Transom view: Jet drive engines make Hinckleys both shallow drafted and very fast.

So, with your deluxe Hinckley poweryacht you can jump from Ft. Lauderdale to the westernmost island in the Bahamas in a little over an hour, and you can spend the winter season anchoring in bays that few other boats can get into, all while enjoying the sheer luxury and space and amenities of a 55 foot top-of-the-line yacht that was built just for you.

What a way to go!!

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Hinckley yachts on the production line.

But how much diesel fuel does it take to power twin Yanmar 260 horse power engines at cruising speed? Oh, somewhere on the order of 23 gallons per hour per engine.

Hinckley Yachts boat builders Southwest Harbor Maine

Boats under construction every way we turned…

That’s chump change for the folks that can buy these boats, but if you want the wind to power your boat instead, Hinckley still makes stunningly beautiful sailboats. While we were there, a 42′ day-sailer was on the line. What makes such a big yacht just a day-sailer? The mini cuddy cabin is very small.

Rather than going out for a daysail in a little Sunfish or Hobie cat, why not take your 42′ yacht?

Hinckley Yacht almost completed in Maine

Ready for some summertime fun.

Now, these wonderful boats are not megayachts like we saw all through our cruise in Mexico . Our British yachtworker friend Derren has the unique dream job of flying all over the world to the most exclusive and fanciest marinas on every coast to do warranty work on British Sunseeker megayachts . Hinckley yachts are of the same caliber but max out at a half or a third of the length of Sunseekers.

We were amazed to learn that many Hinckley poweryachts are actually used as tenders to megayachts. Chris said it’s not uncommon for their customers to pick up a 43′ Hinckley to be a tender to a 200′ megayacht. They even had one customer who found that one 29′ Hinckley runabout wasn’t enough for his megayacht, so he had them build a second one. But 29′ was too long for the spot he wanted to stow it on deck, so he had them make new molds and redesign the 29′ runabout to a shorter 26′ version, just for him.

If you are in the class that can buy two Hinckleys and have the second one be a total redesign of the standard fare, then you aren’t really watching your wallet when it comes to repairing these things down the road.

Hinckley Yacht at Southwest Harbor Maine

Sheer elegance on the water — and skillfully driven too!

However, for luxury yacht owners on a budget, it turns out that the warranty on Hinckley yachts is lifelong, and we chatted with one fellow on the line who has done warranty work on boats that are decades old, all at no cost to the owner, even the current owner didn’t buy the boat new from Hinckley. No need for a third party RV warranty on these babies!

An hour after we drove off from this really fun tour, we were prowling around the cute town of Northeast Harbor when we looked out on the water and saw a familiar shape — a Hinckley powerboat! The captain swung it around in an expert maneuver and backed it into the slip effortlessly. Then he calmly stepped off the boat himself to cleat the docklines — without any assistance from anyone. Wow. These yachts and that kind of seamanship are the stuff boating dreams are made of.

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Your neat article on Hinckley brought back many memories, when I was working with Ted Hood in Marblehood years ago, and Hinckley was a customer for both sails and masts. They were a fun customer to call on…as well as dream having one of those Bermuda 40’s.

What a great job you had, and how fun to work with Ted Hood and Hinckley. I’m glad this post brought back good memories!

What a lucky accident to just be driving by and get the factory tour!

In the mid-1970s, we were visiting Wrightsville, Beach, NC, and stumbled on the Westsail factory in the same way. They had just opened their factory there and had several 32′-43′ sailboats in their yard. They were very proud, rightly so, of both the new location and the beautiful boats, so we Colorado landlubbers also got the grand tour. I dreamed about one of those boats for years, but they were a little impractical for Corps of Engineers reservoirs at 5,000 ft. above sea level! Don’t know if Westsail is even in business anymore.

That sounds like a great tour too, Steve. Old Westsails are very popular cruising boats (on the oceans) to this day!

Never even thought of going to a yacht factory, this could be a really interesting vacation event for my family.

That tidy wiring on the back of the pan? I did that!

OMG!!! You work at Hinckley??!!! How totally cool is that! I wish we’d met you when we were there! What dream boats they are!!

It’s a hectic and fast-paced job, but still interesting and enjoyable. Not so many people in this country anymore get to help build something that people will enjoy for years to come.

I got that sense when we were there, Scott. How fulfilling to work on such a high end product and to be able to make your customers’ boating dreams come true!

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  • January 12, 2022

Hinckley 35 at sunset

I’ve often heard musicians describe how they can immediately recognize other great musicians in a song. Guitarists can pick out someone by tone, and drummers can tell by feel, for example. And I get how that works because some boat brands are distinguishable by their lines, whether you’re staring at them at the fuel dock or gazing upon them from a considerable distance. Hinckley is one of those brands—you see one and you instantly know. At first glance, the new Hinckley 35 falls right into this; with its beautiful teak trim, immaculate paint job and transom tumblehome, it matches the classic Downeast Picnic Boat motif for which Hinckley is famous. But then, what to do about the outboards?

Hinckley 35 idling

That’s right. For its new 35, Hinckley eschewed its customary jet propulsion in favor of a pair of Mercury or Yamaha outboards on the transom. Even though it looks the same, in a way this changes everything. In fact, Hinckley prefers that you don’t even call it a Picnic Boat. The 35 has been designed by famed marine architect Michael Peters from the ground up to run with outboard power. It might look similar, but it’s a new class of Hinckley unto itself. To maximize the outboard power, Peters optimized the design of the chines and strakes to provide more lift for getting out of the hole, as well as more stability underway. The deadrise tapers to 19 degrees at the transom. On a sunny fall morning with calm seas, we put the Hinckley 35 through our battery of performance benchmarks, and the boat held up well, carving graceful, inboard-leaning turns with no propeller slippage as we cut the wheel at 30 mph. We hit a top speed of 47.4 mph at 6,000 rpm, a solid speed for a 35-foot dayboat. Though the seas were calm, we found some boat wakes to crisscross and simulate following, quartering and head seas, and we met each manufactured sea state with nary a shudder nor rattle. The standard Zipwake interceptor system automatically adjusts the boat to the optimal running attitude. Dial back to 4,000 rpm, and you can cruise at over 30 mph for over 400 statute miles (see our performance data). When you pull into the marina, the standard joystick system and bow thruster take away all the angst of docking and close-quarters handling.

Hinckley 35 salon

Part of the new 35’s seakeeping can be attributed to the construction techniques used aboard all Hinckley boats. Every Hinckley hull is built via the resin-infusion process that incorporates carbon and epoxy, and cures in an 80-foot-long oven in Maine. It’s just a solidly built boat. The Clearview single-pane glass windshield gives this boat incredible visibility from the pilothouse, whether you’re manning the helm or keeping watch from the matching passenger’s chair. The hardtop extends over the U-shaped seating in the cockpit. A centerline walk-through leads to the open aft cockpit, with rear-facing love seats to each side and aligned along the transom to port. Access to the swim steps and outboard well is through a starboard transom door. One of my favorite features on the boat resides below the cockpit sole: a massive stowage locker that can swallow up gear, cruising provisions, and even bikes to use at the overnight marina. The electric hatch lifts on beefy gas-assisted struts at the push of a button for easy access to all your stuff.

Hinckley 35 cockpit access

Interior and Accessories

At the helm, a louvered wood door with a hatch to port of the wheel leads belowdecks to a well-appointed cabin, with a full galley to port, an enclosed head to starboard, and a forward V-berth.

The list of amenities aboard the Hinckley 35 is a long one and, what’s more, almost every item is standard. In fact, the only options offered on this boat are a power upgrade from 300 to 350 hp outboards, a Seakeeper 3 gyrostabilizer, and the full teak decks. (If I were signing the check, I’d likely opt for all three.)

Hinckley 35 helm

Since it’s not really a Picnic Boat, I’ll avoid comparing the Hinckley 35 to the usual list of suspects in the New England lobster realm, with the exception of the MJM 35z (starting at $768,132 with twin Mercury 300s), another outboard-powered Downeast-style boat. I’d also suggest thinking outside the box and looking at the Chris-Craft Calypso 35 (starting at $644,633 with triple Mercury 300s), a center-console pilothouse design with an open bow. Neither is a perfect comparison.

Even though there are other boats out there that are worth a look, there is still no other boat that looks like this one on the water. To go back to the music analogy, the new Hinckley 35 is playing a tune all its own.

Hinckley 35 at night

How We Tested 

  • Engines: Twin Mercury 350 Verados
  • Drive/Props: Outboard/Revolution 4  14 1 / 2 ” x 19″ stainless steel 
  • Gear Ratio: 1.75:1 Fuel Load: 150 gal. Water Load: 35 gal. Crew Weight: 350 lb.

High Points

  • Clearview single-pane glass windshield provides excellent visibility. 
  • Outboard power affords an extra-large in-deck stowage compartment.
  • Extensive list of standards includes joystick steering, a bow thruster, Zipwake interceptors, a genset, air conditioning and a full galley.
  • It looks cleaner, but we sure wish the galley countertops were fiddled to prevent slide-offs underway.
  • Steering wheel is not adjustable.

Pricing and Specs

Price: $1,150,000 (as tested)
LOA: 38’8″
Beam: 11’0″
Draft: 2’10”
Displacement: 13,174 lb.
Deadrise: 19 degrees
Bridge Clearance: 10’8″
Max Headroom: 6’5″
Fuel Capacity: 300 gal.
Water Capacity: 35 gal.
Max Horsepower: 700
Available Power: Twin Yamaha or Mercury outboards up to 700 hp total

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Hinckley 35 performance data

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The Hinckley Company’s roots are deep in soil of Maine boatbuilding. The company, founded in 1928 to build and care for the boats of the local lobstermen, has been in continuous operation building such classics as the Bermuda 40 and the Picnic Boat. Henry Hinckley set the course with the Bermuda 40 in the early 1960s when he crafted her stunning lines out of a radical, new material, fiberglass. This combination of elegant form, material innovation and brilliant attention to finishing detail set the course Hinckley has been on ever since in the pleasure boat business.

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Hinckley Experience Harbor Springs

When: Friday, August 9th –  Saturday, August 10th, 2024

Little Traverse Yacht Club

343 E Bay St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740

Join us on the docks in Harbor Springs where you will have the opportunity to view and learn more about Hinckley’s iconic Picnic Boats, Motor Yachts and new JetStick 4 technology. The Hinckley team will be standing by to discuss and demonstrate the features of our latest models and technology. We look forward to seeing you on the water!

Friday Evening | 5:00 – 8:00 pm: Relax and explore the Hinckley lineup while enjoying cocktails and charcuterie dockside.

Saturday Morning | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Relax and explore the Hinckley lineup while enjoying coffee, mimosas and breakfast pastries.

On Display: Picnic Boat 37,  Talaria 43 MKII

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    It has been built and designed as the official Hinckley Boat Building Family Alumni Association, by Barry Hinckley. ***There is no present Hinckley Family affiliation with current ownership of Hinckley Yachts, Inc. or related companies***which the family sold to a private equity firm in 1997. This site is for Hinckley owners, employees, fans ...

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    Hinckley Club. 86 likes · 1 talking about this. This is the official site of the Hinckley boat building family. It is dedicated to all those who owned, built and enjoyed Hinckley Yachts with our...

  3. Barton & Gray: Enjoy a Hinckley, Without Owning One

    The club provides the experience of using an iconic Hinckley yacht, but without any of the hassles and headaches of actually owning one. The club has a fleet of some 30 Hinckleys - Picnic Boat Classics, Picnic Boat EPs, Talaria 40s (pictured above), and Talaria 44s - in 25 cities. Club members pay a $15,000 initiation fee and then sign up ...

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  5. - Hinckley Club

    Not a Hinckley boat owner, but still involved in the family? Weather you are an employee, fan, or just heard about the Hinckley company in passing, you too can enjoy what "The Hinckley Club" has to offer. Set up a spectator account here…. (maybe a sign up account feature for only spectating access. Should still be allowed to interact in ...

  6. Nantucket

    Kiteboarding. Cruise to Coatue and meet the team from Next Level Watersports to enjoy a private 3-hour lesson. Have the Hinckley anchor on the beach while up to 6 guests learn all the basics & fun of Kite-boarding. Inquire for pricing & availability.

  7. The Hinckley Way

    With over 90 years of yachting excellence, each and every Hinckley is the perfected composition of epoxy-infused carbon, exquisite detailing and refined performance — all backed by a lifetime hull warranty. Cutting through the weather at 45 knots in the early hours with your fishing crew, or ambling quietly through a harbor at sunset ...

  8. Hinckley Yachts Factory Tour

    Hinckley Yachts was founded by Benjamin Hinckley in 1928, and Hinckley has long been one of the highest end custom yacht builders around. Once the dream boat of sailors in every yacht club, almost all Hinckleys being built today are powerboats ranging from 29 to 55 feet (and from half a mil to several million dollars apiece. Ahem!).

  9. Events

    September 2024. September 12 to 15, 2024 | Hinckley Showcase at the Newport International Boat Show | Newport, Rhode Island.

  10. Hinckley YachtCare

    A tailored offering for our early model yachts, YachtCare Classic, is available in Florida in Spring 2020. Hinckley YachtCare is designed for Hinckley Picnic Boats, Talaria motor yachts, Runabouts , Center Consoles and Sport Boats only. For details or to have a YachtCare manager contact you, please submit your information below.

  11. 2022 Hinckley 35 Boat Test, Pricing, Specs

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  12. Hinckley Yachts

    Hinckley Yachts, founded in 1928, manufactures, services and sells luxury sail and powerboats. The company is based in Maine, United States. The company has developed yacht technologies including JetStick and Dual Guard composite material, and was an early developer of the fiberglass hull. Currently, Hinckley operates service yards in seven ...

  13. Hinckley 35

    Numerous offshore racing trophies and naval architecture awards are what set Michael Peters Yacht Design apart from others. Their team designed a perfectly balanced hull on the Hinckley 35, optimized for speed and comfort. Peters included slightly wider chines and strakes to provide lift and stability at the higher speeds associated with ...

  14. Hinckley Yachts

    The Hinckley Yacht Company was founded in Southwest Harbor, Main and has been servicing and building yachts of the finest quality since 1928. Their fabrication process is considered to be a work of art where each element of the build is passionately executed from concept to completion. Throughout the construction of a Hinckley yacht, their ...

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    Hinckley Yachts. 535 5 th Avenue South, Naples, Florida 34102. WINTER SEASON. Monday-Friday 9am to close. SUMMER SEASON. Monday-Friday 9pm-5pm. The beauty and performance of the yacht is only the beginning of the Hinckley ownership experience. Every Hinckley owner becomes part of a special community that shares deep connections to both their ...

  16. Hinckley Yachts Delivers First Hinckley 35

    Southwest Harbor, Maine (August 19, 2021) — The recent delivery of the first production Hinckley 35 marked the successful conclusion of a long evolutionary road for this iconic Maine-based builder. Hinckley Yachts and world-renowned yacht designer Michael Peters teamed up to engineer a vessel that would clearly deliver the look and feel of a ...

  17. Gold Coast Hinckley

    Gold Coast Hinckley specializes in creating remarkable yacht charters on Long Island Sound, Manhattan and the Hamptons. Our yacht is a lovingly cared for and consistently upgrade classic Hinckley Talaria 44. ... With Gold Coast Hinckley you have the freedom to request a custom designed experience for whatever your heart desires, or you can choose

  18. Hinckley SilentJet

    SilentJet is just the latest Hinckley innovation. Since 1928, Hinckley has pioneered beautiful, timeless, and industry-leading yachts. The company has a long tradition of innovation in pursuit of excellence. From the early use of fiberglass in the Bermuda 40 in the 1960s to the adoption of jet drives on the category-defining Picnic Boat ...

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  20. PICNIC BOAT 40

    PICNIC BOAT 40. With new SilentJet technology, the Picnic Boat 40 is a fresh recipe for the classic Picnic. The Picnic Boat 40 brings a fresh perspective on the most successful Hinckley series ever built. In nearly 90 years of building the world's most iconic yachts, Hinckley set a new standard with the Picnic Boat that has captured imaginations everywhere.

  21. Picnic Boat 39

    Discover the Remarkable Future of Elegant Yacht Control JetStick 4®. What's more, the Picnic Boat 39 is equipped with Hinckley's new JetStick 4®, so maneuvering into even the trickiest slips is a breeze, setting a new standard for control systems. JetStick 4® optimizes the most advanced technology available for simple functionality aboard.

  22. Hinckley Experience Harbor Springs

    Hinckley Experience Harbor Springs. When: Friday, August 9th - Saturday, August 10th, 2024. Where: Little Traverse Yacht Club. 343 E Bay St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740. Join us on the docks in Harbor Springs where you will have the opportunity to view and learn more about Hinckley's iconic Picnic Boats, Motor Yachts and new JetStick 4 technology.