1978 Hinckley 43'

13.11 m
$ 168,900 USD
3031 N. Ocean Blvd., #1804, 33308USAFort Lauderdale FL 33308 USA
954-873-1800

1978 Hinckley

Refit Year: 2020

43' (13.11 m) Hood 43 - Moondance

This 1978 43' Hinckley (Hood) is a must see world cruiser/racer. She is the only Hinckley Hood design on the market and located here in Fort Lauderdale at a transferable live aboard dock. Do not hesitate to preview her today as she will not last long at this low asking price.

Flag of Registry: United States

Bay City, Michigan, United States
   Date Listed: 02/12/2024

$ 168,900 USD

155,862 Euros
$ 230,075 CAD
£ 131,359 GBP

Description

This 1978 43' Hinckley Hood designed Sloop is an extremely well built world cruiser recently refurbished and ready to go cruising or racing today. Her sleek head turning looks scream Sexy, but out on the water with the sails out, she just Screams. She is number 12 out of 18 built from 1976 to 1981 and now showing in great condition with solid decks, new rigging and a new bottom. Lets begin with Henry R. Hinckley and Company quality building techniques (unmatched in the market) and Ted Hood design for cruising and racing long distance, hard to beat. She delivers the shoal draft needed to get into shallow anchorages at 4'6” with the addition of a centerboard making ocean passages fast and comfortable. With the low profile deck and cabin top, you will find that the interior offers 6'4” headroom throughout. The interior wood work is beautiful and offers tremendous storage capacity filling her 12'6” beam. Her fuel and water capacity allows for longer cruises with less stopping and the solar panels run the fridge and other 12V items. The 25,500 dry lb displacement with 11,500 lbs of lead ballast in a long fin keel with full skeg protected rudder makes her sea worthy, strong and able to sail on less heel when the centerboard is lowered giving her an 11'6” draft, great for increased stability and fast upwind sailing. The cockpit settees are almost 8' long for lounging or sleeping in comfort with deep storage lockers under the settees. With some new electronics and a desire to be excited at sea, this magnificent sailing vessel will take you anywhere you want to go in comfort and safety. The unique Hood designed electric in mast furling makes mainsail handling as easy as pushing a button. Since Moondance is the only 43 Hinckley Hood design available on the market, you should not hesitate to preview her ASAP as she will sell quickly. If you wish to set up an appointment for preview, call Barry at 954-873-1800 and we will get you on board.


On her way to Bay City, MI.

LOA42'

LOA Inch10''

LOA13.06''

LOD43'

Beam12'

Beam Inch6''

Draft Max Feet11'

Draft Max Inch6''

Draft Min Feet4'

Draft Min Inch6''

Head Room Feet6'

Head Room Inch4''

Bridge Clearance Feet60'

Fuel Tank (Gallons)70

Fuel Tank (Liters)264.98

Fresh Water (Gallons)200

Fresh Water (Liters)757.08

Holding Tank (Gallons)20

Holding Tank (Liters)75.71

TypeSail

ConditionUsed

Specifications

Name

Moondance

HIN/IMO

HRH430120778

Stock

Yes

42'10" (13.06 Meters)

Sail-Used

Year

1978

Refit Year

2020

12'6"

33'10"

11'6"

4'6"

Cabins

1

Sleeps

6

Single Berths

6

Double Berths

1

Heads

1

6'4"

Maximum Speed

10 Knots

Cruise Speed

7 Knots

Fuel Type

Diesel

Hull Material

Fiberglass

Hull Finish

Blue

Hull Shape

Displacement

70 Gallons (264.98 Liters)

200 Gallons (757.08 Liters)

20 Gallons (75.71 Liters)

Displacement

25500

Dry Weight

25500

Seating Capacity

8

Max Passengers

12

Engines

Engine 1

  • Engine Make: Westerbeke
  • ModelEngine Model: WB46
  • YearEngine Year: 1990
  • Engine TypeEngine Type: V Drive
  • Drive TypeDrive Type: Direct
  • Power HPPower HP: 46.00
  • Power KWPower KW: 34.30
  • Feul TypeFeul Type: Diesel
  • HoursHours: 2128.00
  • Engine LocationEngine Location: Middle
  • Engine Quantity1
  • Full Details

    Accommodations

    Enter the vessel from the centerline companionway and down 4 steps (some opening) to see the galley to port with huge stove top and oven, sinks, top loading fridge/freezer and abundant counter tops. Aft find the custom dish rack, storage drawers, cubbies and forward the storage cabinets and under sink storage. Moving forward find the port settee 6'8” in length with cubbies and cabinet storage behind with a pilot berth above 6'8” in length. Teak hand rails run above the berths and below the windows for the full length of the salon for safety. There is a drop leaf dinette table centerline with access to the centerboard trunk underneath followed forward by the roomy double door head with new composting C-Head toilet (holding tank and standard toilet plumbing still there), counter and sink, mirrored cabinet, other cabinets and lockers, hot and cold custom faucet, soap dish, shower curtain with track and hand held and wall mounted shower head. Moving forward is the beamy V berth stateroom with multiple draws and storage lockers, access to an amazingly huge anchor locker with P and S shelves, storage area and access to the windlass motor and chain locker. The forward stateroom has shelves, opening hatch with stow away screen, multiple cubbies and book holders as well as a clock and Barometer and huge hanging locker to starboard. Under berth storage drawers and cubbies as well. Leaving the stateroom aft to starboard find another hanging locker and custom built cabinet for the air conditioner with marble shelves and more storage followed by the starboard settee and pilot berth with storage behind identical to the port side settee with book shelves above. Moving aft find the aft facing navigation desk with opening lid, battery monitors, VHF radio, electrical panels and storage under desk and seat. Aft is the companionway hanging locker and 3 drawers . The entire vessel has a white solid headliner with teak trim strips making the interior bright and airy. Moondance sleeps 6 owners and guests in 1 stateroom and 4 salon berths and has one head with shower.  

    Galley

    Rebuilt ice box with a new 12V Isotherm cold plate 2021

    Top loading with side by side hinged lid

    3 Burner Shipmate SS stove top and oven – Over sized and Gimbaled

    Stow away stove top cover

    Double SS sinks with pressure water and hand pump

    6 Gallon hot water heater with engine exchange

    Paper towel holder and soap dispenser

    Deep port side cabinets with sliding doors and shelves

    Custom dish and bowl storage aft

    Multiple storage cabinets and drawers

    Electronics and Navigation

    New Raymarine I-50 depth sounder gauge with alarm

    New Raymarine I-50 speed and distance gauge

    New Raymarine I-60 wind speed and direction

    New mast top Anemometer (needs installation)

    Cetrek Pilot Pro 700 below decks autopilot (n/o)

    Swivel out autopilot controller at the companionway

    Ritchie 6” Navigation series compass at the helm

    Custom mounted SS navigation lights

    West Marine 600 DSC VHF radio at the nav desk

    Electrical Equipment

    110V Outlets throughout

    12V Lighting throughout

    New 2024 EEL 50' 30AMP shore power cord

    New 30AMP Inlet and some new interior 110V wiring

    12V Cabin fans (3)

    12V and 110V Electrical panels

    DC volt gauge, DC amps gauge, AC volts gauge

    Renogy Battery monitor and 2000W Inverter

    Pro Mariner 30AMP 2 bank charger

    1- 12V deep cycle engine start battery

    2- 12V Odyssey Extreme AGM house batteries (210 AMPS)

    Ideal vertical electric windlass with chain and rode gypsy's

    “Up” foot switch only for windlass

    Fusion MS-RA70NSX stereo with Bluetooth

    Cockpit and salon speakers with transfer switch

    2- 12V plug ins, 1 at nav desk and 1 in the cockpit

    MarinAire 16,000 BTU reverse cycle air conditioner New 2022

    2- 200W flexible solar panels on Bimini- New 2023

    40AMP MPPT solar regulator

    Electric in mast mainsail furler

    Below panel custom main switches (3)

    Samsung 27” flat screen smart TV at Nav desk on swivel mount

    New water pump with actuating tank 2021

    New bilge pump 2021

    New sump pump 2023

    Deck and Hull

    Long fin keel with centerboard trunk

    Centerboard up-4'6”, down-11'6”

    Complete bottom job with blister repair and 3 barrier coats 2021

    Complete centerboard rebuild with all new hardware 2021

    Luke centerboard wire winch to port

    2- Coats of ablative bottom paint 2023

    Blue hull with gold trim and gold name on the transom

    Magnificent super wide easy walk around decks

    Mantus 45lb spade anchor with 125' of chain plus rode

    Spare 35lb CQR with 25' of chain plus rode and snubber

    Single custom SS bow roller with chromed bronze chain lock

    Custom SS bow fitting with P and S chocks

    Windlass chain hawse pipe with cover

    Spare hawse pipe with cap

    Sunbrella cover for complete windlass set up

    Bow faucet with hose for anchor wash down

    SS Bow and stern rails

    SS Stanchions with double coated life lines

    P and S gates forward of the cockpit

    Custom SS ladder usable at both gates

    2 and 1/2” Teak toe rail with amidship SS chocks

    Over sized SS cleats forward and aft

    Movable cleats on Genoa tracks amidships

    2- Newer Lewmar 24”x24” 70 Ocean series hatches - centerline

    Newly re-bedded forward hatch, amidship hatch has Sunbrella cover

    1 Large dorade box with built in storage forward of the mast

    2 Large SS cowls forward of the mast with SS safety bar

    4- Teak hand rails with Sunbrella covers

    Cabin top has 6 small non opening windows (2 extra windows over all others)

    2- Amidships teak dorade boxes with large SS cowls

    New Sunbrella covers for amidship dorade boxes

    Cabin top is very low, but interior head room is 6'4”

    Forward of the dodger is a teak mount for a life raft hard canister

    No life raft, hard case used for deck storage

    White Sunbrella dodger with SS Poles and zip up center window

    White Sunbrella bimini with side and aft curtains and SS poles

    Built in water drain off of bimini and solar panels on top

    Teak cockpit coaming

    Outboard motor mount on the starboard stern rail

    Large drop leaf teak cockpit table

    Teak spoke steering wheel with chromed hub

    Overbuilt SS binnacle with enclosed lighted compass

    SS grab bar above the binnacle with nav pod

    2- Deep P and S cockpit lockers with engine access

    1-Lazerette housing 2- 20lb propane tanks, solenoid and pressure gauge

    Teak and Holly cockpit sole

    Custom teak helm seat

    5- Newer cockpit cushions and 2 Sport-a-Seats

    Fishing rod holder port stern rail

    Heavy custom SS P and S chocks and cleats aft of cockpit

    2- Cockpit cubbies

    2- Cockpit coaming cleats

    Companionway slider canvas and isinglass cover

    Companionway teak frame with bronze inserts

    Companionway hatch boards with bronze edges

    All fiberglass tankage for fuel, water and holding

    Emergency bilge pump in cockpit

    Sails and Rigging

    Aluminum keel stepped mast and aluminum boom

    In-mast electric mainsail furling, loose footed

    New mainsail furler top bearing 2023

    Mainsail boom track on cabin top forward of the dodger

    On deck Genoa tracks with S and S blocks

    On aft toe rail Spinnaker tracks

    New SS standing rigging 2021 (Nance and Underwood)

    Baby stay forward of mast eliminating the need for forward shrouds

    2- ST Mast 2 speed winches, 1 wire halyard winch for mainsail

    2- Barient #32 ST 2 speed Genoa sheet winches on cockpit coaming

    2- Barient #32 2 speed winches in storage

    2- Barient #23 ST 2 speed winches starboard cabin top

    Great access to all SS chainplates in salon

    When the mainsail is removed, there is a mast silencer

    Shaffer 2100 Genoa roller furler with new bearings 2023

    130% Genoa recently serviced with new Sunbrella cover

    19' Spinnaker pole

    Mechanical

    Newer Westerbeke 46hp FWC diesel with 2,128 hours

    Complete rebuild on the transmission 2023

    Wagner V drive, engine gauges in the port forward cockpit

    Brand new heat exchanger in storage

    Racor filter, Rebuilt fuel pump 2022

    Cleaned fuel injectors with new return lines 2020

    Dripless stuffing box 2023

    3 Bladed bronze prop with Prop Speed


    Safety and Extras

    Lifesling MOB on the stern rail

    Horseshoe MOB on the stern rail

    2019 9'6” Achilles Hypalon inflatable roll up dinghy (with a quality offer)

    Dock lines and fenders

    Rebuilt interior teak and holly sole with bilge access

    Contact

    For more information about this yacht, please contact Barry Berger We look forward to working with you!

    For more information about this yacht, please contact Barry Berger. We look forward to working with you!

    For more information about this yacht, please contact Barry Berger.

    Moondance 43ft Hinckley Yacht For Sale
    Barry Berger
    Yacht Broker

    3031 N. Ocean Blvd.

    #1804

    Fort Lauderdale FL 33308 USA

    954-873-1800