Boats / Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35

Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · 1962–1975

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

33.6%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.4

Displacement / length

391.4

Comfort ratio

37.4

Capsize screening

1.59

Hull speed

6.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

849

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1962–1975

Units built

117

Designer

Sparkman, Stephens

Builder

Henry R. Hinckley, Co., Hinckley Yachts

Design & history

The third-generation Pilot, designed by S&S specifically for Hinckley to be built of fiberglass. Available as sloop or yawl, with about a dozen built under license in South America for the Chilean Navy.

Notable features

Tall Rig: I 42.50', J 13.90', P 37.20', E 15.20'Yawl Rig: I 38.80', J 12.25', P 33.83', E 15.50', PY 18.10', EY 7.60'Custom version with raised dog house

Variants

Sloop
Yawl
Custom version with raised dog house (5 delivered, all sloops)

Design

S&S design #1727. Third generation Pilot, designed specifically for Hinckley for fiberglass construction. A previous Pilot (S&S design #1219) was first built of wood in 1956.

Production

Built of fiberglass for Hinckley. About a dozen boats built under license in South America for the Chilean Navy. 13 yawls delivered. 5 custom sloops with raised dog house delivered.

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