Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35

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The Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37

CoastalBluewater

At 1.59 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.59

LightHeavy

391 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 391

EasygoingPowered-up

15.4 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.4

TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Narrower than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 431 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35, as the fleet has seen it

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The Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 35 is a Sparkman & Stephens-designed masthead sloop or yawl, built by Henry R. Hinckley, Co. and Hinckley Yachts between 1962 and 1975. This 10.9-meter fiberglass sailboat, with a 2.9-meter beam and 1.5-meter draft, was the third generation of the Pilot series, specifically engineered for fiberglass construction. It displaces 6214 kg and features a long keel hull. While most were built in the US, about a dozen were licensed for construction in South America for the Chilean Navy.4:37 Five custom sloop versions were delivered with a raised doghouse.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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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

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Pilot 33The first post-war S&S design, this long-keeled fractional sloop offers a classic, stiff platform for traditional cruising Fisher Pilot 33A heavy-displacement long-keeled masthead sloop that launched the iconic Sparkman & Stephens Pilot series after WWII Hinckley Yachts 48A 14.7-metre masthead sloop from 1965, balancing a deep 3.58-metre draft with a keel-centerboard hull for offshore work Henry R. Hinckley Sou'wester Sr. 38A 1960 masthead yawl with a long keel, built by Henry R. Hinckley for offshore stability and classic cruising Henry R. Hinckley Sou'wester 42/43A custom-built masthead sloop with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, produced by Hinckley for over two decades Hinckley Yachts 38A Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop featuring hulls built by Hughes Boatworks and finished to Hinckley standards

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