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.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

Prior to the refit, it was Lucky’s hull color, uncommon on the Talaria 44, that caught the McManus’s eye.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

The Hinckley Talaria 44’s original Yanmars each provided 440 horsepower to the Hamilton waterjets.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

The team at the Hinckley yard in Southwest Harbor, Maine, prepared Lucky’s engine space to receive the new powerplants.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

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.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

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.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

The helm was refit as well, using a pair of Raymarine gS Series multifunction displays and Lucky also has a FLIR thermal-imaging system.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

McManus also had an idea that a varnished transom would be a nice-looking contrast to Lucky’s green hull.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

Some striking choices in upholstery will also help set Lucky apart from other Talaria 44s.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

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.
Read about the refit of the Hinckley Talaria 44 Lucky here ▶

SUBSCRIBE TO POWER & MOTORYACHT

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

PMY Editors

Boats, Maintenance, Post Type story, Refit and Upgrade

More: Hinckley

More Boats Maintenance Post Type story Refit and Upgrade

Grady-White 321 CE

Close-up view of polished mahogany wood trim and the chrome Riva emblem on a luxury speedboat deck.

Classico Moderno

White Scout 435 LXF luxury center console boat with quad outboard Mercury engines cruising past Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.

Scout 435LXF Li-Ion

An aerial view of an Aquila 45 Sport power catamaran anchored near a shoreline at sunset, featuring blue hull LED accent lights, yellow underwater lights, twin Mercury outboards, and paddleboards secured to its hardtop roof rack.

Aquila 45 Sport

Related

America’s 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #77: Norwegian Queen

Drawing Board: Marlow Voyager 100

prm_Invictus TT460

New Boat: Invictus TT460