Ship & Crew

The Vessel

She’s a Hinckley!

Under sail in the Bahamas

Hinckley 49′ center cockpit ketch
Designer: Henry R. Hinckley (formally his personal yacht)
Builder: Hinckley Company
Year: 1976 Hull Number 20 (only 24 Hinckley 49s were built)

Accommodations

Windfall sleeps five passengers in two separate cabins; three passengers in the aft cabin with a small double berth and a single berth and two in the forward v-berth cabin. There are two heads with pressurized hot and cold running water showers and electric toilets.

Interior layout

Galley

three-burner propane stove with oven
two-burner electric stovetop
refrigerator and freezer
microwave/convection oven
ice maker
hot and cold pressurized running water
filtered drinking water

Main cabin

The aft cabin

Electronics

EPRIB (Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon)
12” touch screen color Raytheon ES-Series
Raymarine Axiom Pro
two ICOM VHF radios
Raytheon autopilot with wireless remote
Automated Identification System (AIS)
Danforth constellation compass
Fusion AV650 with Blue Tooth radio and CD player
XM radio with BOSE™ speakers throughout the boat
Weather Worx (satellite weather)
two flat screen HD/TV/DVDs

The galley, looking aft

Additional Equipment

water maker
Profurl roller furling
electric windlass
reverse cycle air conditioning and heating system
two Barient primary electric winches
dodgers and biminis for both cockpits
infrared propane BBQ grill
110 volt AC power
12 volt DC power

Fun Stuff

inflatable hard-bottomed dinghy with 15 hp engine
hammock
fishing gear
masks, fins, snorkels
selection of board games
towing tubes
a kite

Windfall gets a new paint job

The Crew

MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN: If the weather cooperates, we’re planning to get underway in mid-October. It will be the same plan as the past few seasons; to haul out in Shallotte, NC, then dock in Satellite Beach, FL, for the holidays before crossing the Gulf Stream over to the Bahamas in February. Send us an email Charter@DefianceSailCharters.com for specifics about chartering Windfall. We’d love to see you!

~ Captain Raffi

Captain Raffi Kassabian

United States Coast Guard certified; 100 ton Master License/Auxiliary sail. Captain Raffi has been sailing the waters from the coast of Maine to the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and the Gulf of Mexico since 1985. Certified First Aid, CPR and AED.

Captain Lisa Kennedy

United States Coast Guard certified OUPV license. Lisa has been sailing the waters of the U.S. Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas and canoeing the lakes and rivers of New England since 1976. Former American Red Cross Instructor Trainer of Water Safety, First Aid/CPR/AED, and CPR for the Professional Rescuer Instructors. Former American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor; including rescue training for the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the Grand Isle. Former American Red Cross Sailing Instructor.