Hinckley Talaria 44 Refit

Refitting a Hinckley Talaria 44

By PMY Editors

July 1, 2014

The repowered Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky offers Hinckley Yachts President and CEO Jim McManus the get-up-and-go he loves. Click ahead to see details of how she came together.
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Prior to the refit, it was Lucky’s hull color, uncommon on the Talaria 44, that caught the McManus’s eye.
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The Hinckley Talaria 44’s original Yanmars each provided 440 horsepower to the Hamilton waterjets.
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The team at the Hinckley yard in Southwest Harbor, Maine, prepared Lucky’s engine space to receive the new powerplants.
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The Fiat Powertrain Technologies N67 diesels each put out 570 horsepower within the same footprint as the Yanmars, offering a bit more oomph for the size.
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Putting in the new engines was an interesting task for the team, since this install would serve as a test platform for Fiat’s line of original equipment for Hinckley.
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The helm was refit as well, using a pair of Raymarine gS Series multifunction displays and Lucky also has a FLIR thermal-imaging system.
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McManus also had an idea that a varnished transom would be a nice-looking contrast to Lucky’s green hull.
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Some striking choices in upholstery will also help set Lucky apart from other Talaria 44s.
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As you can imagine from , Lucky moves right along, topping out at better than 35 knots, thanks to a boost of horsepower from her repower. A Talaria 44 with the original engines generally had a top speed of a little better than 30 knots.
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