When people are looking for a 55, they’re not asking me if it’s the original or the MKII.”īrokerage buyers should look not only at maintenance, Dwyer says, but also at outfitting, since some Talaria 55s are built with extensive options. “I sold 35 Hinckleys last year,” he says. The changes were evolutionary, not revolutionary, Dwyer says-meaning that on today’s brokerage market, a well-kept and nicely outfitted original T55 can be just as in-demand as any number of T55 MKIIs.
In 2011, Hinckley tweaked the design with the premiere of the Talaria 55 MKII, which remains the line’s flagship today and can be ordered new in motoryacht or flybridge style.Ĭompared to the original T55, the T55 MKII had a slightly updated two-stateroom layout, a pilothouse with a larger windshield and power hatches, and a PalmStick system: a remote-control version of the JetStick.
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Inside was exactly what Hinckley fans would expect of the traditional boatbuilder: rich cherry and teak woodwork, two staterooms with solid moving-around space (or a master plus a convertible office), a saloon with good-sized windows for natural light, and a galley with enough stowage for a long weekend getaway to the Massachusetts Cape. Conventional drives were also available, but the water jet propulsion gave the Talaria 55 a draft of just 2’ 8”, pretty much making her a go-anywhere cruiser.
The Hamilton 403 Waterjets on the hull were developed specifically for Hinckley and the T55 model in particular, paired with the JetStick steering control that the builder had previously introduced on Picnic Boats. 1 of the Talaria 55, christened Charmer when she splashed in 2005, had 800-horsepower Caterpillar engines and a comfortable cruising speed of 26 to 30 knots. The 55 gives you a very big owner’s stateroom and a very comfortable guest stateroom.” “Owners were outgrowing those boats,” says Joe Dwyer of Hinckley Yacht Brokerage in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Today’s Hinckley Taliara 43 Motoryacht takes the iconic picnic boat design to a new level. Hinckley introduced its Talaria line with a 40-footer as well as a 44, and still, some owners wanted more. In 1994 the classic Hinckley 36 Picnic Boat gave Maine-based Hinckley Yachts all the cache the shipyard would need in the day-boat market for decades to come-but owners wanting to step up needed something different.
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