- Beam: 11' 9''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Max Draft: 8' 9''
- Fuel Tank: 1 x 48|gallon
- Fresh Water: 2 x 110|gallon
- Holding: 1 x 14|gallon
- Cabins: 2
- Heads: 1
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1978 Hinckley Bermuda 40 "Caper" - This Bermuda 40's Owners have all been meticulous in the care of "Caper". She has to be one of the finest eye catching Bermuda 40's on the market today. Heads will turn as you cruise into any harbor. With her recently painted vivid red hull and oyster white topsides she shows like no other. New Jenkins Sails , New Garmin Electronics and New Teak Decks make this Bermuda 40 an easy choice for her next deserving owner .Her custom interior is inviting and open. See the extensive list of updates done in the past 5 years. This Bermuda 40 is turn key and ready to cruise..
Owner will entertain all offers!
Caper
1978 Hinckley Bermuda 40 Sloop
UPDATES 2020 thru 2025
New cockpit cushions
New cabin cushions
New bedding (mattress & covers)
Repainted cockpit
New Teak Decking
Portholes rebedded
Hoses replaced
Lectrasan replaced, new holding tank
Electrical wires replaced where corroded
New sails – main, jib, spinnaker
New mainsheet, new jib furling line, new spinnaker halyard
New electronics – Garmin chartplotter, NMEA 2000, GMI/GNX Wired Sail Package
New AIS, gauges in cockpit
New hatch covers
New bilge pump
Interior varnish, ceiling paint
New shower sprayer
New solar vent in head
New fuel filler hose, new water fill hose
New Garmin GMR24XHD Radar 24” 4KW - 2023
New centerboard mechanism (hydraulic ram)
New horseshoes
New fenders
New windlass switch on deck
New dodger and bimini, new cover for the wheel station
New winter cover - 2023
Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Campbell's Yacht Sales.
Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Builder/Designer
Builder: Hinckley Designer: Bill Tripp
Dimensions
LOA: 40' 9" LWL: 28' 10" Beam: 11' 9"
Displacement: 20000 Draft: 4'6"/8'9" Ballast: 6500
Engines
Engine(s): Westerbeke Engine(s) HP: 40 Engine Model: 4-108
Tankage
Fuel: 48 gal Water: 80 gal in 2 Tanks Holding: 14 gal
Accommodations
Sleeps Five in two cabins. Foward stateroom has "V" berths with a seat between, adaptor to double berth , hanging locker, bureau and bookshelves, Head is next aft to port with hot shower, SS sink. The main salon has a U shaped dinette arrangement to port which drops down to double berth . There are two custom seats with liquor cabinet between starboard along with a Single berth The galley is to port of the companionway , gimballed Shipmate 3 burner stove w/ oven, SS sink , hot & cold pressure water and salt water hand pump. Refrigeration is to starboard combined with navigation station.
Hull
The Bermuda 40 has a hand-laid solid fiberglass hull that is molded in one piece. The exterior skin is a layer of 1 1/2oz mat and unidirectional glass with vinylester resin.
The 6500 lb external lead ballast was cast at the Hinckley yard with 3% antimonial lead and secured to the hull with 1" silicon bronze bolts. The foil-shaped centerboard is a single casting of solid bronze, and is controlled by a hydraulic driven worm gear.
Electronics
Sails/Rigging
Main sail and Genoa are in Excellent condition.
Deck
Teak Decks .Deckhouse and cockpit are molded in one piece with integral fiberglass and cored with 3/4" cross linked closed cell PVC foam? Deck scuppers are recessed with outlets at the boottop. The deck is bonded with fiberglass to a 6" hull flange and through-bolted with the toe-rail fasteners on 8" centers. All deck trim, hatches, rails,and coamings are varnished teak. Main and foward hatches are Hinckley built of teak and translucent plexiglass.
Recent Upgrades
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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