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- Cruising Speed: 6 Knots
- Maximum Speed: 7 Knots
- Beam: 11' 0''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Max Draft: 9' 0''
- Cabins: 1
- Heads: 1
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MOONLIGHT, a perfectly beautiful 1980 Hinckley Bermuda 40 MKIII Sloop — for sale in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
MOONLIGHT is a 1980 Hinckley Bermuda 40 MKIII Sloop, a fiberglass sailing yacht designed by Bill Tripp Jr. and built by the Hinckley Company. She is listed for sale at US $170,000 and is located in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Widely regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of the Bermuda 40 — of which more than 200 were built between 1960 and 1991 — MOONLIGHT has received over $200,000 in upgrades since 2017, including a new engine, renovated galley and head, and all-new electronics!
Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. A yacht buyer should instruct his yacht broker, or his boat surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. This boat may be listed with another yacht broker.
The Bill Tripp Jr.–designed Hinckley Bermuda 40 is an American sailing classic. Its lines, mirror-finish varnish, polished stainless steel fittings, and timeless design have drawn admiration from boaters since hull #1 launched in 1960. More than 200 Bermuda 40s were built between 1960 and 1991, and MOONLIGHT is considered one of the best-preserved examples on the market today. MOONLIGHT was originally built to the exacting standards of a Swiss jeweler, who enlisted a Geneva-based architect to oversee her construction in Maine on a monthly basis. After completion, she was shipped to Switzerland and spent twenty years on Lake Geneva's fresh water before returning to The Hinckley Company in Maine in 2001, where her second owner used her for seasonal cruising in New England. Her third owners purchased MOONLIGHT in 2017 and invested more than $200,000 in maintenance and upgrades, including a new engine, new electronics, a renovated galley and head, and refinished exterior varnish.
MOONLIGHT's interior includes a full-width salon, a dedicated navigation station, a galley, a head, and a forward cabin. Interior joinery is gloss-varnished Honduras mahogany, and the cabin sole is mahogany and holly. The main and forward hatches are Hinckley-built of teak and translucent plexiglass and are double hinged to allow them to open forward or aft. There are LED lights and new Hella fans throughout the interior.
Main Salon The salon seats six around a drop-leaf dining table with two pull-out drawers. It has a U-shaped seating area to port and a transom berth with a pilot berth above to starboard, plus a book/bottle shelf and hanging locker. Interior cushions were re-upholstered in 2026.
Galley (renovated 2018) MOONLIGHT's galley was completely renovated in 2018 with an L-shaped counter, an undermount stainless steel sink, a pressurized water faucet, a new manual freshwater pump, a Grunert heavy-duty refrigerator/freezer, a new three-burner stove, and a new convection oven/microwave.
Navigation Station The dedicated nav station is on the starboard side, with an upholstered seat, a pull-out drawer, a large nav desk with storage, two open shelves, and the boat's electric panel and electronics.
Head (renovated 2018) MOONLIGHT's head was renovated in 2018 with a new counter, undermount stainless steel sink, pressurized hot/cold water faucet, shower head, mirror, storage cabinets, and a manual marine head.
Forward Cabin The private forward cabin has a V-berth with pull-out drawers on both sides, a starboard hanging locker opposite a five-drawer dresser, an open cubby, and shelves on either side of the berth. A bulkhead door separates the forward cabin from the forepeak.
Garmin GPSMap 7608 chart plotter at the nav station, 8-inch multi-touch display (2018) Garmin GPSMap 7612 chart plotter at the helm, 12-inch multi-touch display (2018) Garmin VHF 300 Series radio with GHS 20 wireless remote (2018)
Hull: solid hand-laid fiberglass with added laminate in high-stress areas; Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides with double white boot stripes and a gold leaf cove.
Keel/Centerboard: 6,500 lb external molded lead ballast keel secured with 1-inch stainless steel bolts; solid bronze centerboard operated by a manual worm gear.
Draft is 4' 9" with the board up and 9' 3" with the board down.
Deck: balsa-cored deck, thru-bolted to form a permanent hull/deck joint; oiled teak decks with white gelcoat non-skid in the cockpit and on the cabin top.
The cockpit has a bridge deck, two large seat lockers, and a teak coaming with scuttles for gear stowage. A 28-inch stainless steel wheel is mounted on a steering pedestal with a compass, wheel brake, throttle, clutch controls, and a 12-inch Garmin chart plotter (2018).
MOONLIGHT has a painted aluminum tapered mast and a boom with in-mast furling (Hood Stow'ay 2 with electric drive). The spars and standing rigging were inspected in 2018 when the mast was un-stepped for transport to Charleston, South Carolina. All standing rigging is 1x19 stainless steel wire with swaged terminals.
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