Meet Our Expert Crew and Experience Our Top-Notch Sailing Ships
Meet Our Expert Crew and Experience Our Top-Notch Sailing Ships
The Vessel
She’s a Hinckley!
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.
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
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
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
The Crew
MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN: We’re back home in Gloucester and docked at Smith Cove! Contact us at Charter@DefianceSailCharters.com for details about chartering Windfall. We’d love to hear from you!
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.
For reservation information, contact Captain Raffi at Charter@DefianceSailCharters.com or call 978-948-5434.
