Washington Winter Show 2015

51 This page sponsored by Marilyn and John H. Montgomery, JoAnn Leigh Zuercher and Glenn Richard Reichardt Yacht Club on Long Island, and standing on the pier, I noticed a beautiful yawl in one of the transient slips. I rushed down the gangway to get a closer look. Her hull was a deep shade of dark blue, her decks were a creamy buff color, and the varnished teak was something out of a magazine. The boat was a Sou’wester 50 yawl, likely a mid-1970s vintage. She would already have been over ten years old at the time, but was still in impeccable condition. This is something to note about a Hinckley: they’re almost always found in tip-top shape. A Hinckley, after all, is one of the most expensive A Hinckley Pilot Yawl anchored in Block Island, RI. Hinckleys in Edgartown, MA. Rachel, a 32’ Hinckley cruiser in Maine, 1937. boats money can buy, and that’s because they’re built to the highest standards. Owning one brings an immense sense of both pride and accomplishment, so they tend to be pampered by their masters. In fact, Hinckley owners often refer to themselves as “stewards” of these fine craft, preserving them for the next individual to hold the proverbial keys. Despite that Hinckley encounter happening almost thirty years ago, the image of that blue yawl is still etched in my mind as if I’d seen it only yesterday. I remember the graceful sheer of her deck, the bow high and commanding for heavy