BLESSED Boat for Sale

INTRODUCTION:

BLESSED is a shallow-draft, water-jet driven runabout boat built to cruise gracefully in lake or ocean conditions.  Many consider the Talaria 29R to be one of the most beautiful boats ever designed. With seating for up to 10, her forward cuddy cabin accommodations provide a sleeping berth for two and a head when an overnight trip is in the plans.

BLESSED’s significant features include:

• Flag Blue Awlgrip
• New upholstery and helm seats
• New bimini top with enclosure
• Hinckley Gen 3 JetStick®
• New engine gauges, dash panel, and switches
• Garmin touch-screen chartplotter
• Yanmar 440hp engine
• Aluminum trailer
• Lift-kept

BLESSED’s recent work items include:

Winter 2023-24

• Jet Boat Service Package
• New Flag Blue hull paint
• New engine gauges and varnished teak backing panel
• New helm switches (in process)
• New jet lip seals
• New cutlass bearing
• New trim tab pump
• New trim tab actuators
• New house and start batteries
• New additional cupholder at helm
• Upgraded all cupholders to stainless steel
• New washdown hose and cover
• New glove box latch
• Trailer bearings checked and serviced

Spring 2023

• New bimini top frame with new Sunbrella fabric and clear side panels
• New Sunbrella upholstery in cockpit and cabin
• New Arrigoni helm seats with custom pedestals
• New custom boarding ladder
• New cupholders aft of L settee
• Refurbished impeller
• New jet wear ring and insulator
• Resealed jet transom assembly
• New VHF radio
• New Fusion stereo MS RA-210

HULL AND DECK:

• Flag Blue Awlgrip Topsides
• Light Cream Deck with molded-in nonskid
• Single Cream Bootstripe
• Red Bottom

Construction:

• Hull is DualGuard™ Composite construction Kevlar® E-glass skin with balsa and Corecell® core carbon fiber inner skin, SCRIMP® with vinylester resin
• Deck and cockpit are E-glass with balsa and Corecell® core, SCRIMP® molded with vinylester resin
• Deck has a molded-in nonskid pattern
• Stainless steel half-round on fiberglass molded rub rail
• Marelon composite ball-valve seacocks

Hinckley designed heavy-duty fiberglass swim platform has a natural teak deck that matches the cockpit, stainless steel brackets, and half round rubrail. Telescoping, stainless steel, 3-step folding swim ladder stores under swim platform.

Deck Features:

• Varnished toe rail and cockpit coamings with cap, engine box top, starboard shelf flat, dash trim, cockpit table & logos
• Rounded, tapered, varnished teak toe rail with Hinckley profile
• Stainless steel chafe strips for docklines
• Self-draining forward anchor locker with flush hatch
• Custom Hinckley 316L stainless steel Hinckley bow chocks
• Stainless steel pop-up mooring cleats
• Custom tempered glass windshield with teak coaming cap

COCKPIT

This runabout has a forward cuddy cabin accessed from companionway between the helm and navigator dash area.  Next aft is a cushioned L-shaped seating lounge area that seats four.  A cushioned, aft-facing settee is molded into the stern side of the engine box next aft.  The teak covered engine box with built-in sink and insulated cooler is convenient to both the aft and forward seating areas.  A full-width, forward-facing cushioned settee is at the transom. 

• Varnished teak wrap-around curved windshield with tempered glass
• Port and starboard forward windshield wipers with washers
• Storage is available in stern seat locker, settee lockers, flush cockpit sole hatch
• Cushions upholstered in navy Sunbrella
• Remote stereo speakers
• Pressure water system with cockpit shower
• Varnished teak removable cockpit table with folding leaf
• Full Stamoid cockpit cover

CUDDY CABIN:

Through the forward sliding cuddy companionway door is a small cabin finished in satin-varnished cherry with white acoustic overhead with trim. 

• This area has 4' 1" headroom
• Opening overhead hatch with screen for plenty of ventilation and natural airflow
• Acoustic foam headliner with cherry trim
• V-berth upholstered in navy Sunbrella fabric. Has stowable V-insert to make larger bunk
• V-berth sides sheathed in varnished cherry wood
• Vacu-flush 12-volt toilet plumbed to 10-gallon holding tank with deck pump-out and overboard discharge
• Fusion stereo
•  (2) Frigast 12-volt stainless steel lights

FORWARD COCKPIT:

Forward is the Helm Area with cushioned helm and passenger swivel chairs.  The dash features varnished teak helm face panels:

• Flush watertight cockpit sole hatch between offers additional storage as well as access to systems below deck
• Cup holders outboard port and starboard
• (2) Stereo speakers port and starboard outboard below each shelf
• Port side has a large glove box/storage area with chart storage below
• Shore power inlet
• 12v accessory outlet

Helm Station features:

• Varnished teak instrument pod and dash
• Garmin touchscreen multi-function display
• 15” Nardi stainless steel steering wheel with varnished wood rim
• Varnished teak outboard shelf with cup holder
• Upgraded Hinckley JetStick® Gen 3 which integrates forward and aft motion, steering, and the bow thruster into a single joystick control
• Engine gauges and controls
• Trim tab controls
• System switches and controls
• Ritchie compass

Navigation/Electronics Equipment:

• Garmin GPSmap 942xs color touchscreen multi-function display
• Garmin VHF 210 radio
• Fusion MS RA-210 stereo

MID-COCKPIT:

The varnished teak covered engine box has electric-lift access to the engine area. Other amenities include:

• Top-opening access to a sink with pressurized freshwater
• Top-opening access to an insulated cooler
• Aft facing cushioned seating for two on the aft end of engine box
• Cockpit speakers
• Under gunnel storage for boat hook, rods, etc.
• Cupholders aft of L settee

AFT COCKPIT:

• Full-width, forward-facing aft settee cushioned seating

• Storage lockers under seats with access to jet drive
• Direct overboard drainage scuppers
• (2) Stainless steel drink holders at deck level
• (2) Stereo speakers mounted in kick wells port and starboard
• Cockpit shower
• Removable custom teak interior boarding ladder with attachments port and starboard side

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Low resistance, heavy copper and zinc anode electrical bonding system:

12-volt DC electrical system:

• (1) 12-volt AGM Group 31 – 880 CCA start battery
• (1) 12-volt AGM Group 4-D 210-amp/hr house battery
• Heavy-duty battery parallel switch – Emergency start capable
• 80-amp battery alternator
• 20-amp battery charger
• 12-volt distribution panel with breakers, volt and amp meter

110-volt AC shore power electrical system:

• Shore power inlet

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT & ENGINE DETAILS

2003 Yanmar 6LY2A-STP 6-cylinder diesel engine with Hamilton 292 Jet Drive, twin disc ZF IRM220 transmission and 5” bow thruster. Hinckley JetStick control system is integrated with the bow thruster.

• Updated Gen 3 JetStick®
• Racor fuel filter/water separator
• Tachometer with engine hours gauge
• Fuel, oil pressure, voltage, and water temperature gauges
• High engine temperature alarm
• Low oil pressure alarm
• Oil transfer pump for engine and transmission
• Electric 1500-GPH 12-volt bilge pumps with float switches
• Whale emergency bilge pump with handle
• Manual hydraulic steering pump
• Double-gasket engine box for sound attenuation
• Halon engine compartment fire suppression system with automatic engine shut-off
• 20-gallon fresh water tank

Engine sound insulation:

• Lead-lined foam sound insulated engine box with double gaskets on cover
• Baffled and insulated engine air intake
• Custom muffler

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:

Trailer:

• 2005 Boatmaster aluminum I-beam trailer
• Tandem axle style with spare tire
• Carpet covered bunks have cutout for lifting strap
• Serviced by Hinckley Yachts winter 2023/24

Ground Tackle System:

• Windlass- Delta anchor with 15’ stainless steel chain, 150’ anchor rode, custom folding anchor roller with Muir windlass with remote wired control in foredeck locker and remote switch at helm station

Equipment:

• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Hand-held flare kit
• USCG approved running lights
• Telescoping boat hook mounted under cockpit coaming
• Varnished teak bow burgee staff with flush socket
• Varnished teak 4 ft ensign staff with flag