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Hinckley SC42 Page 4

By PMY Staff

Exclusive: Hinckley SC42 — By Capt. Bill Pike — October 2004

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• Part 1: Hinckley SC42
• Part 2: Hinckley SC42
• A Different Kind of Exhaust
• Hinckley SC42 Specs
• Hinckley SC42 Deck Plan
• Hinckley SC42 Acceleration Curve
• Hinckley SC42 Photo Gallery

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Base price: $695,000 with 2/440-hp Yanmar 6LY2AM-STP diesel inboards
Optional power: 2/500-hp Yanmar 6CX-GTE2, 2/720-hp Yanmar 6SY-STP, or 2/730-hp MAN D2876LE405 diesel inboards
Standard equipment: Bomar hatches; G.G. Schmitt cast s/s steering wheel; Kahlenberg air horn; Danforth Globemaster magnetic compass; Horizon Spectrum DSC-VHF; Norcold undercounter refrigerator; Panasonic microwave oven; Grohe faucets; EuroKera cooktop; Corian countertops; Sealand VacuFlush MSD; 16,000-Btu Marine Air A/C; 8-kW Northern Lights genset; 2/8D AGM service batteries; 2/Group 31 AGM starting batteries; 80-amp Balmar alternator; Racor fuel-water separators; 2/3,700-gph and 1/1,500-gph Rule bilge pumps w/Ultra float switches; Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump; Forespar Marelon ball-valve seacocks; ARG-305 Groco sea strainers; Fireboy auto. fire-extinguishing system; 11-gal. Seaward water heater; Tides Marine dripless shaft logs

SPECIFICATIONS
Length overall: 42'2"
Beam: 14'1"
Draft: 3'6"
Weight (dry): 22,500 lbs.
Fuel capacity: 520 gal. (inc. opt. 110 gal. tank)
Water capacity: 110 gal.
Test engines: 2/730-hp MAN D2876LE405 diesel inboards
Transmissions/ratio: ZF 325-1A/1.48:1
Props: 26x3 1/2 4-blade H&H Nibral
Steering: Teleflex Sea Star hydraulic
Controls: Teleflex dual-lever
Optional equipment on test boat: Side-Power bow thruster; electronics (Raymarine RL80C radar, RL80CRC chartplotter/fishfinder, ST6001+ autopilot, and ST60 Tridata plus Standard Horizon DSC-VHF; teak decks in cockpit and on bridge; helm-area teak (dash top, chart locker top, and inside of windshield); fiberglass hardtop w/canvas enclosure; U-Line cockpit ice maker; Reverso oil-change system; 110-gal. auxiliary fuel tank; mascerator/pumpout for molded-in fishboxes
Price as tested: $882,993

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This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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