Bluestar Yacht for Sale | 49 Hinckley Yachts Annapolis, MD

Beam: 13' 5''
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Max Draft: 10' 0''
Heads: 2

Builder: Hinckley Yachts of Southwest Harbor Maine

Model: Hinckley 49 Center Cockpit Ketch

Design No. 49007

Hull No. 1362

Hinckley Yacht's well deserved reputation for building yachts of sound seaworthy design and hand crafted quality has and will continue to serve Bluestar's owners well for many years to come.

The H49 Center Cockpit Ketch with a shoal 5'10" draft with the center board up and 10' draft with the board down provides a great deal of versatility for cruising the Great Lakes, Eastern Seaboard, Chesapeake Bay, South Florida and the Keys, the Bahamas, and beyond. The ketch design makes for an easy to manage sail plan while also keeping the mast height low enough for easy transit on the ICW. The H49's beam and full volume has the capacity for plenty of fuel, water, and stores to extend your cruising range and live aboard comfort. The fully enclosed center cockpit helm is a comfortable all weather space to operate from with good visibility and seating room for crew and guests. The aft cockpit also offers pleasant seating with ease of access from the master stateroom.

Homeported in Morehead CIty, NC, Bluestar has spent most summer cruising in New England. Owned by an experienced yachtsman who actually crewed aboard the boat in his twenties. No expense has be spared maintaining Bluestar in bristol condition including the following major upgrades and service items over the past ten years:

2023

Upgrades to Victron Lithimum Batteries with Inverter/Charger
New EPIRB installed

2020

New Doyle Genoa

2019

New Doyle Mainsail
New Northern Lights 6kw Generator (350 hours)
All exhaust hoses for main engine and generator changed
New wash down pump for anchor installed in the chain locker
Inspection ports for diesel tank installed

2017

New cushions and mattresses throughout
New cockpit cushions and canvas
Windlass motor overhauled
New 150' anchor chain with 150 rode installed
All interior lights converted to LED

2016

Stripped and painted entire deck and cabin top
Mast removed, inspected, painted and re-installed with new self-tailing winches
New standing and running rigging
New Schaefer roller furler drum for genoa
New B&G electronics includes two Zeus 2 displays
New autopilot controllers
New PSI dripless coupling
New Icom VHF with remote RAM mike at the binnacle

Descending the companionway you will find a welcoming main salon finished with richly hand crafted joiner work in mahogany and highly finished teak and holly cabin sole all complimented by luxurious upholstery. There's an L-shaped settee to port with a large salon table and settee to starboard to accommodate all for dining and socializing both settees have pull-outs to form additional twin berths. Aft and to port is the well organized and appointed galley running in-line the full length of the passageway aft. To starboard is a dedicated and neatly organized navigation station equipped with fully updated Raymarine instrumentation and numerous drawers for charts and ship's papers. Just aft of the navigation station is a separate and well organized electrical and mechanical room for vessel maintenance and servicing. Moving forward is a spacious head to port. The forward stateroom has a double v-berth with numerous drawers and a large hanging locker. The forward bulkhead provides easy access to the anchor chain locker. The aft master stateroom is easily accessed from the main salon via the port galley/passageway. You will find a comfortable stateroom with port and starboard double berths that will be secure sea berths when underway. The aft stateroom includes a private head with a fully enclosed shower. From the stateroom is easy access to the aft cockpit. Bluestar has a huge amount of storage in numerous, cabinets, drawers and hanging lockers for organized live aboard comfort. Last but certainly not least is the comfortable headroom you will find in all the cabin spaces.