ALULA is a 2001 Hinckley Picnic Boat EP delivered to her first owner in 2002. She presents beautifully with teak decks, Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides, an extended pilothouse, and classic Hinckley detailing throughout. Designed for comfortable day cruising with overnight capability, she offers a forward V-berth, enclosed head with shower, galley, entertainment space in the pilothouse, and generous cockpit seating. The Picnic Boat EP delivers the familiar performance, visibility, and finish quality associated with Hinckley’s express-style design, while the extended pilothouse adds protected entertaining space and practical comfort underway. ALULA’s layout supports relaxed harbor cruising, entertaining, and overnight use, with thoughtful storage and well-finished interior accommodations below.

ALULA significant features include:

• Extended pilothouse layout with protected helm and companion seating.
• Teak decks, teak cockpit sole, varnished teak trim, and classic Hinckley exterior detailing.
• Forward V-berth with two custom bunks added above.
• Galley-down arrangement with refrigeration, propane cooktop, stainless steel sink, and storage.
• Yanmar 440 hp diesel engine paired with Hamilton jet drive and Hinckley JetStick control.
• Comfortable cockpit with integrated sink, icebox, transom seating, and transom shower.

DECK AND HULL

• Flag Blue Awlgrip hull with Off-White gelcoat pilothouse and cabin top.
• Double, white bootstripe
• Red bottom paint
• Kevlar/E-glass hybrid outer skin with balsa and Corecell core and carbon-fiber inner skin.
• SCRIMP process using vinylester resin

DECK FEATURES

• Foredeck, flush anchor locker
• Hinckley profile teak toe rail
• Varnished teak eyebrow molding around the cabin top
• Four opening elliptical ports on house sides
• Hinckley pilothouse mast with searchlight and 18” radome painted to match pilothouse
• Hinckley custom stainless steel bow chocks
• Six stainless steel deck cleats at bow, midships, and stern
• Stainless steel pad eyes to hang fenders with adjacent chafe strips to protect toe rail teak
• Stainless steel half round on fiberglass rub rail protecting the hull

PILOTHOUSE

• Extended pilothouse with insulated, white, overhead vinyl panels
• Pedestal style, port & starboard helm seats in Off-White Ultraleather on painted pedestals
• Pedestals are manually adjustable for height and fore/aft positions
• Seating locations provide stainless steel footrests
• Four low-profile opening hatches with screens and varnished teak trim
• Four pilothouse windows: two fixed forward windows and two sliding side windows, all finished with varnished teak trim.
• Varnished teak book and magazine rack
• Varnished teak, folding table within the L-shaped settee
• Teak sole throughout pilot house and cockpit
• Low-voltage, dimmable overhead lighting
• Lockable teak companionway door with louvers for ventilation.
• Centerline teak handrail located on the overhead
• Additional teak handrail on both sides of the pilot house overhead. Single-bay handrails
• White Stamoid with clear Eisenglass drop panels for fully enclosing the pilothouse.
• Snap-on Stamoid covers for all pilothouse windows.

HELM STATION 

• Varnished teak instrument pod
• 14” varnished teak helm wheel with stainless steel spokes
• Hinckley JetStick
• Analog engine gauges
• Intermittent windshield wiper control in starboard chart pocket
• Switches for lighting, fuel gauges, bow thruster, windlass

HELM ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

• Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv multi-function chartplotter
• Garmin AIS600 transceiver
• Garmin GHP Reactor autopilot with GHC20 control unit at the helm
• Garmin GMR18XHD radar dome painted to match cabin top
• Garmin Sonar
• Garmin GXM52 weather & audio antenna

COCKPIT

• Teak decking provides traditional look
• Full varnished coaming extending from pilothouse to transom
• Full bimini on stainless bows for cockpit shade
• Hinckley style coaming tops of varnished teak
• Aft facing seat on hinged engine box 
• Cockpit sink and icebox integrated into engine box top
• Storage beneath sink and icebox
• Forward facing seating at transom with storage tubs beneath to provide access to aft bilge
• Cockpit lighting under side decks
• Hot & cold-water shower on transom

INTERIOR BELOW

• Cherry finished with satin varnish
• Teak & holly varnished cabin sole
• Large, opening overhead hatch
• Four opening portlights
• Traditional Frigast light fixtures
• Excellent storage under the V-berth, accessed through cherry drop-down doors.

GALLEY

• Adler Barbour 12-volt cold-plate refrigeration installed in a self-draining, insulated box.
• Force 10, two-burner propane cooktop with remote solenoid shut off and wood cover board
• Three cherry drawers. Louvered cherry panels outboard of galley countertop
• Large storage w/trash beneath sink
• Stainless steel sink with Grohe fixtures and pull-out spray nozzle
• Separated from V-berth by pantry locker with hinged top and louvered door with 3 shelves

ACCOMMODATIONS

• V-berth with upholstered cushions
• Hella fans on forward bulkhead provide ventilation 

HEAD

• Varnished cherry countertop with undermount sink
• Pull out faucet/handheld shower with hot & cold water
• Vacu-flush marine head to holding tank
• Mirror on forward bulkhead with cherry frame
• Exhaust fan
• 110-volt outlet

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• 2001 Yanmar 6LY2-STP 440 hp diesel engine
• Hamilton 292 Jetdrive
• ZF transmission
• Side-Power, 12-volt bow thruster
• Six-gallon hot water tank heated by shore power or engine heat exchanger.
• RACOR fuel/water separator filter
• Fuel, oil pressure, engine temperature, and rudder angle indicator gauges
• Audible low oil pressure & high engine temperature alarm
• Manual, hydraulic steering pump at the helm
• Two 12-volt, direct wired bilge pumps with Ultra-mini float switches
• Whale emergency manual bilge pump
• Aluminum 15-gallon holding tank
• Sagamore power steering pump for Hamilton reversing duct operation
• Engine room blower
• Accupoint heater provides engine-based heat to the pilothouse, head, and cabin.
• Engine box fully insulated to reduce sound and heat

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• 12-volt DC system
• Three-battery bank with a combined capacity of 540 amp-hours.
• 80-amp alternator on engine
• ACR spotlight on pilot house roof with remote at helm location
• 12-volt horn with switch at helm
• Heavy duty battery parallel switch for emergency starting
• 110-volt, 30-amp AC electrical system
• Bass AC electrical panel
• 110-volt shore power inlet in cockpit
• Xantrex/Heart Freedom 10 inverter
• Internal bonding system

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Muir electric windlass in flush, foredeck anchor locker
• Delta 22# anchor with 15’ of stainless-steel chain spliced to 125’ of anchor rode
• Self-deploying anchor system with a stainless-steel roller that folds into the deck locker when not in use.
• Windlass operates via remote at the helm or handheld remote on foredeck

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• Dock lines and fenders
• Life jackets (PFD’s)
• Fire extinguishers
• Ensign and burgee poles of varnished teak with flush metal sockets