1968 Hinckley

SUMMARY OF MEMORY: EQUIPMENT AND CONDITION

Memory is one of a number of high performance yachts built by the Hinckley Company in the 1950s and 1960s. She was built in 1968, and is the only Competition 34 that they built. She has a full keel and a spade rudder. She has a tiller and associated tiller autopilot. Her topsides are white Awlgrip. Her bottom is a layer of epoxy for blister protection. There is also a traditional teak 4 step boarding ladder with mounting hardware on the starboard side at the gate. Lifelines are dual and of stainless steel

Spars: All of her spars are painted white Awlgrip. Her boom is carbon fiber, new in 2017. Her spinaker pole is deck mounted. There are three winches on the mast with the main halyard winch being two speef, self-tailing. The main sheet is led to a dedicated two-speed winch under the dodger and then to a cam cleat. The Cunningham in the main luff is led to a cam cleat under the dodger.

Sails: Her main is fully battened and loose footed with two deep reefs. Reef hooks are mounted at the gooseneck. Reefs are controlled through the boom. The mainsail is trimmed to a Harkin roller-bearing traveler mounted on the cabin top. Traveler position is controlled by two lines, port and starboard, led to cam cleats under the dodger. The working jib was cut by North Sailmakers with full-length battens along the leech and is trimmed to blocks on the cabin top and led to cockpit winches which are two-speed and self tailing. Other sails include a #1 and a #2 genoas, the sheets for which can be controlled by a single large winch in the aft of the cockpit. There is also a spinnaker and an associated launching sock.

Ground tackle: Rochna anchor on the bow with anchor rode of chain and braided line. There is a deck-mounted electric powered windlass. There is also a 22 pound Danforth anchor stored on the cabin top.

Engine: Universal Diesel engine installed in 1998. It has 1944hours of run time.

Capacity 70 gallons of water and 20 gallons of fuel.

Interior: New composting head installed in 2018. Propane stove with oven on gimbals with propane stored in duel tanks in the lazarette. Forward cabin is a V-berth with separate section which fills in the V to make a large bed. Foldable table which stores again the forward bulkhead in the main cabin. 2 pilot berths plus 2 transom berths for a total of 6 berths.

Electronics: 2018 Garmin chart plotter mounted on cockpit bulkhead next to depth and speed gauges. Below there is a AM-FM stereo sound system, and a VHF marine radio coupled to a hand-held controller located in the cockpit. Custom bimini and dodger with removable connecting panel between the two.

DETAILS AND COMMENTS

Memory was built by the Henry R. Hinckley Company in the 1960s as the first boat in a class of Competition 34s. She was originally named High Ball and raced by Hinckley. No further boats in that class were ever built. She was sold by the Hinckley Company and her first owner cruised and raced her on Chesapeake Bay. The current owner bought her in the early 1980s. She has been raced frequently and successfully in PHRF club races with a 180 PHRF rating. Performance improvements have included a bigger rudder, cabin-top mainsheet traveler,

geared winches, carbon fiber boom and racing sails. In the early years, the bottom was covered with a protective coating of epoxy and a significantly larger rudder was installed with Harkin rudder bearings. The Atomic Four gasoline engine was replaced with a Universal Diesel. Installed 2 speed, self-tailing cockpit winches. Primary anchor is bow-mounted with combination chain and line rode. Deck mounted electric windless installed on foredeck. Backupanchor is mounted on cabin top. Installed filler piece in forward bunk to make it a double berth. Replaced the boom with a new carbon fiber boom for loose footed mainsail with 3 deep reefs. Sheeted to cabin top is Harkin traveler with control lines led to the cockpit. Jib of choice is a North blade jib size at 100 percent, with roller furling and battens along the luff. Other jibs include #1, #2 and a working jib. Spinnaker and associated sock for easy setting and furling. Spinnaker pole is fitted on deck. The galley is aft with hot and cold water and a propane stove. There is a large ice box. Folding teak dining table stores on forward bulkhead in main saloon. Two pull-out bunks plus two pilot berths. New composting toilet installed in head. Dual propane tank storage at stern of cockpit in air sealed lazarette. Custom Bimini covers the cockpit and has an attachment panel to connect to the dodger.