AQUARIUS is a custom conventional transom, aft-cockpit, keel-centerboard Sou'wester 52 stoway sloop. Designed for both relaxation and adventure, the Sou'wester 52 is perfect for sailing enthusiasts. With its classic lines, AQUARIUS stands as a testament to Hinckley's craftsmanship, making it an exceptional choice for those who appreciate quality and performance. AQUARIUS is in impeccable condition and ready for her next adventure.

HULL:

• Flag Blue topsides
• White W520 gelcoat cabin top and gelcoat deck with molded-in nonskid
• Double White and vivid red boottop
• Gold painted cove stripe
• Bottom paint

Construction:

• The Hull is a composite construction of Kevlar/E-glass inner and outer skins, with balsa core that is SCRIMPed with a 100% vinylester Resin.
• The Deck is E-glass and balsa core, SCRIMPed with 100% vinylester resin. A 6" hull flange receives the deck and is glassed and bolted in place.
• Guard rail at sheer with SS half-round cap
• Marelon seacocks below waterline

Underbody: Keel-centerboard

• External 14,600 lb. lead keel bolted with SS bolts
• Elliptical fiberglass centerboard
• Balanced fiberglass spade rudder

Deck features:

• Hinckley stainless steel stem iron with integral chocks and bow roller
• Varnished teak toe rails, handrails, and deck trim
• Stainless steel bow pulpit with teak seat, SS stern pulpit with teak seat to port.
• SS stanchions and double lifelines and gates
• Stainless steel chocks and cleats, and spring line cleats
• Teak foredeck chafe guard recessed for chain between bow roller and windlass.
• Forepeak anchor locker - accessed through a flush deck hatch - divided for chain/rode storage-custom shelving for gear storage.
• Foredeck saltwater deck wash
• Four (4) ventilation hatches with bronzetranslucent covers with screens and canvas covers
• Flush lazarette hatch
• Four (4) cowl vents - One double dorade and two additional single dorades aft - all with varnished teak dorade boxes and stainless-steel guards. All dorades have closures.
• Recessed polished stainless steel genoa deck tracks.
• Stainless steel international running lights
• Cabintop life raft storage bracket
• Center mounted stern folding boarding/swim ladder - SS with teak treads

COCKPIT:

This boat is set-up for shorthanded sailing offering a cut-down coaming for additional seating width and winches placed within reach to the helmsman.

Other features include:

• Cockpit coaming has a varnished teak coaming cap and four storage pockets with stainless steel trim
• Teak inlaid cockpit sole
• Cockpit seats have molded nonskid - watertight opening seat lids access storage areas including sail locker with SS line rack.
• Autopilot control switch panel recessed into starboard coaming.
• Varnished teak trimmed companionway hatch forward
• Nav instruments in varnished teak pod at companionway - and pedestal mounted.
• Companionway bulkhead has mounted winches for sheets leading aft.
• Four (4) Wichard folding padeyes

Edson pedestal wheel steering:

• Elkhide covered rim "destroyer-type" 44" SS steering wheel
• Engine controls
• Ritchie 6" binnacle compass with stainless steel cover
• Stainless steel binnacle guard
• Nav helm instruments mounted on binnacle and binnacle guard
• 12-volt watertight outlet

Amenities:

• Dodger - with elkhide covered stainless steel grab rail
• Awning - zips to dodger
• Cockpit cushions
• Hinckley teak folding cockpit table
• Hinckley mug rack
• Cockpit speakers
• Freshwater deck shower with Simmons hot/cold mixing valve
• Boom light - adds cockpit lighting
• Weather cover for binnacle and stowed table (2017)

ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

• Northstar 6000i GPS/Chartplotter - interfaced with radar and autopilot
• Raymarine R40XX Radar - antenna mounted on mast
• Robertson AP-300 DX Autopilot with remote
• B&G H3000 multi-function displays - depth/speed, windspeed, and wind point and angle
• Icom M-710 SSB radio - with insulated backstay & AT-130 coupler
• (2) Icom M-604 VHF/FM radios - with DSC and loud hailer
• Laptop computer connections in nav station for power, fax and Northstar interfacing
• 6" Ritchie compass

Entertainment Electronics:

• Alpine AM/FM/cassette stereo with CD changer
• (4) Interior ADS speakers - (2) ADS 300 in salon, (2) ADS 325 IM in fwd cabin
• (2) ADS 300 speakers with plugs in cockpit coaming
• TV/FM antenna at masthead
• Cable hook-up for TV

INTERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS BELOW:

AQUARIUS has an interior with 2-Staterooms, 2-Heads and berthing for 6. The interior is finished in satin varnished cherry with gloss highlights, white overhead with cherry trim and a teak and holly sole.

Interior Layout moving aft:

• Master Cabin - forward
• Master Head - forward port
• Main Salon - full width
• Aft Head - aft port
• Guest Cabin - aftmost port
• Galley - aft stbd
• Navigation Station - aftmost stbd

Companionway (Aft center):

• Companionway ladder to the cockpit is adjacent to Aft Stateroom, Galley and Nav Station. There are varnished teak port and starboard handrails.
• Behind companionway ladder is a storage shelf and access to an insulated and ventilated machinery/generator room.

The Interior features:

The interior is finished in satin-varnished cherry with gloss highlights.

• Teak grate with fiberglass dust pan installed in cabin sole.
• Louvered doors
• Curtains in all cabins.
• Interior sole covers.
• Air Conditioning - reverse-cycle heat/air conditioning
• Espar D5L cabin heater
• Four opening bronze plexi-glass overhead hatches with screens.
• Dorade vents with closures.
• (5) Hella fans provide extra ventilation.
• 12-volt Frigast lights and recessed overhead dome lights throughout
• 110-volt receptacles when appropriate throughout
• Additional halogen lighting in alcove and over dining table with remote control.
• Strip lighting in main salon
• Step lights recessed at companionway, main cabin and forward cabin

VESSEL WALK-THROUGH:

Foredeck locking flush translucent hatch has access to the forepeak chain locker and separate storage area with shelving.

MASTER STATEROOM or Suite, forward:

The Master Cabin has a solid cherry door entry with full-length mirror on cabin side. When closed, this door creates a Master Suite that includes the forward head.

• Centerline large double berth - with curved laminated bunk rail.
• Teak steps lift up for access to storage - port and starboard
• Sliding vented door storage lockers with shelves over outboard, port and stbd.
• Shelves with pocket storage under are immediately outboard the berth, port and stbd
• Bureau and an over outboard locker with vented door are aft stbd.
• Hanging locker - with automatic light.
• Large opening, bronze plexiglass hatch with screen over.
• Two (2) opening ports with screens

MASTER HEAD, Forward Port:

When not closed off within the Master suite, the solid door provides entry from the main cabin.

The Forward Head is finished in varnished cherry with a molded fiberglass easy-to-clean sole.

• Sierra Aurora Corian countertop is set on a cherry vanity with an undermounted bushed stainless-steel sink and fixture with hot & cold pressure water.
• Separate stall shower with plexiglass door, telephone-style shower head, teak seat and floor grate, and formica on the bulkheads.
• Vacuum-flush marine head varnished cherry cover to holding tank or direct overboard discharge.
• Hinckley stainless steel towel rack/grab bar.
• Various storage areas and a louvered double-door locker outboard.
• Mirror over sink
• Opening port with screen.

MAIN SALON, Amidship:

The full-width Main Salon features Dinette to port and Settee area starboard.

The Main Salon outboard has louvered door lockers and alcove bookshelves. The alcoves are backed with cherry sheathing and include lighting. The window curtains complement the contrasting light color cushion décor and provide privacy. An overhead hatch with screen provides extra light and natural ventilation. There is port and stbd strip lighting in the main salon.

Dinette to port:

The wrap-around cushioned Dinette offers lots of comfortable seating.

• Additional storage is behind and below the outboard seating.
• The aft locker is set up for TV entertainment center

Dining Table - The cherry dining table on stainless pedestal has custom center lift-out storage.

• Halogen light is over with remote

Starboard:

Forward is a 4-drawer bureau with a locker over outboard. The curved settee has hidden storage behind the seatback. A liquor locker is over outboard fwd of the alcove.

NAVIGATION STATION, Starboard:

Just aft of the starboard settee in the main cabin is the aft-facing Nav Station finished in varnished cherry.

• Large lift-top varnished Nav desk with chart storage.
• 12V/110V systems distribution panel with digital gauges and instrumentation - built into the cherry cabinetry
• Custom angled built-in radar/GPS and stereo housing - mounted over nav desk, includes storage.
• Dome lights over including red filter dome.

The Nav Station is set-up for a portable laptop computer with connections for power, fax and Northstar interfacing.

GALLEY, Aft Starboard:

The U-shaped GALLEY is aft of the Nav Station and separated by a varnished divider, handy to the companionway.

• Bisque Corian countertop and varnished cherry cabinetry.
• Dome lights over aft and outboard countertop
• Locker storage is plentiful, most with shelves
• Various drawer and storage lockers including louvered door sliding lockers outboard.
• Pull-out waste basket
• Paper towel holder.
• Built-in cabin sole fiberglass dust pan with teak grate cover

Forward:

• Undermounted brushed stainless-steel sink, with cutting board
• Grohe Europlus fixture and hot & cold pressure water
• Manual freshwater hand pump
• Outboard countertop lift-top storage area
• Flush counter knife holder

Outboard:

• Force 10 gimbaled stainless steel 3-burner propane stove with oven & broiler and safety bar
• Microwave oven

Aft:

• Separate freezer and refrigerator: Grunert AR-50 refrigeration system with double access.
• Front-opening door and opening lid refrigerator, and separate freezer with custom lift-top freezer access aft.

AFT HEAD - to port of companionway:

The Aft Head is accessed from the main passageway or separately from the Aft Stateroom.

This Head features:

• Sierra Aurora Corian countertop on a cherry vanity
• Undermounted brushed SS sink, and hot & cold pressure water.
• Separate formica stall shower with plexi-glass divider door, separate mixing valve and telephone shower head.
• Vacuflush marine toilet to holding tank or direct overboard discharge.
• Storage lockers.
• Hinckley stainless steel towel rack/grab bar.
• There is an opening portlight and ventilators overhead.
• Mirror

GUEST STATEROOM, Aft Port:

At the companionway, opposite the Galley to port is a Guest Stateroom. Two separate doors allow a suite to be created with private access forward to the Aft Head and/or to the Galley.

Features include:

• Double berth - with split mattress
• Drawer storage under berth
• Locker storage outboard the berth.
• Hanging locker.
• Solid cherry door entry with full-length mirror on cabin side.
• Opening portlights with screens - one opens to the cockpit foot well and one in cabin back.

SAILS AND RIGGING

AQUARIUS is a stoway, double spreader, cutter rigged sloop:

• Custom built, stoway carbon fiber mast with in-mast furling and internal halyards
• Aluminum boom includes boom light over cockpit
• Harken headstay
• Navtec rod rigging
• Navtec hydraulic system - with cockpit panel for boomvang & insulated backstay
• Baby stay with mechanical adjuster
• Pair of running backstays with adjuster
• Harken traveler
• Carbon fiber spinnaker pole, mounted on deck
• Spinnaker (MPS) halyard with winch
• Removable inner forestay including halyard and winch
• Tri-color 5-function light at masthead, foredeck light, streaming light
• Windex

Winches

• (2) #56 CST electric primary
• (2) #58 CST electric secondary
• (3) #48 CST - on cockpit bulkhead
• (3) #48 CST - on mast

Sails:

• Main - Stoway, soft Norlam furling, 9 oz., Tuffseam and 4 vertical battens
• 130% #2 Genoa - roller furling, soft Norlam, 7 oz.; UV leech and foot, rope reefing pad
• 98% #3 - Nor Dac, 9.8 oz; UV leech and foot, rope reefing pad
• Forestaysail - Dacron, 9.8 oz.
• True Radial Gennaker: Dacron, 1.5 oz Norlon with snuffer plus

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:

• Distribution panel at Nav Station
• All circuits, major mechanical component and rigging are bonded with heavy copper strapping which is grounded to the keel.

Separate 12-volt DC systems:

• (1) Group 31 AGM 12-volt battery for engine start
• (2) 8D AGM 12-volt batteries for house accessories
• Parallel switch for emergency start
• Separate engine alternators charge batteries (1-Balmar 100, 1-Hitachi)
• Master switch for 12-volt systems
• 12-volt outlet - at cockpit binnacle.

110-AC electrical system:

• 50-amp Shore power with shore cord
• Heart Freedom 20 inverter/charger with Link 2000
• 110-volt outlets

Generator: Northen Lights 5-kW genset in sound enclosure. (75.3 hrs - Jan 10, 2017)

ENGINE ROOM/MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT:

1998 Yanmar 4JH2-DTE 88-hp fwc diesel engine with 2:1 reduction gear transmission:

• Racor fuel filters
• Stainless steel shaft with shaft spurs
• Maxi 3-blade propeller
• Tachometer for hr meter, oil pressure and coolant temperature

• Noise insulated engine area
• Automatic fire control system for engine and generator
• Oil transfer system - main engine and generator
• Automatic electric bilge pump and one manual pump
• (2) 12V sump pumps
• Deck wash Paragon Junior saltwater 12V pump
• Engine room blower
• Fuel and water tank tender gauge - nav station

More:

• Air Conditioning - Two reverse-cycle 12,000 BTU units
• Espar D5L heater
• 12-gallon hot water tank - heated by 110-volt power and the engine when running.
• (2) Holding tanks - aluminum with 12V DC discharge pumps and deck outs
• (2) Fuel tanks
• Emergency tiller system

EQUIPMENT:

Ground tackle:

• Lewmar Concept II electric windlass, rope/chain gypsy and foot switch
• 60# CQR stainless steel anchor
• 37# Fortress anchor - mounts in foredeck anchor well
• 250 ft x 5/16" HT chain - in forepeak
• 200' x 5/8" nylon rode width 15' chain

Equipment:

• Outboard motor bracket
• Fenders
• Dock lines
• Electric 12-volt trumpet dual horns
• Fire extinguishers
• ACR RLB 37 EPIRB - on stern pulpit
• 6-person liferaft - mounted on
• 6 Life jackets
• Mom 8 module
• Type IV throw cushions