Overview
The Hinckley Sou’wester 50 is a keel-centerboard yawl from Henry R. Hinckley & Co. in Maine, built from 1976 to 1986, with 25 built according to sailboatdata.com. Its place in this catalog rests on its ocean racing record: 2 different boats of the design have finished the Pacific Cup from San Francisco to Hawaii or the Newport Bermuda Race in the official results.
Design and Construction
sailboatdata.com lists the underbody as keel/cbrd., 50.67 ft overall on a 36.42 ft waterline, with 13 ft of beam and 10 ft of draft. Displacement is about 36,600 lb with 10,500 lb of ballast, and the masthead yawl carries about 1,060 sq ft.
Ocean Racing Record
Godspeed (Douglas Kinney) finished the Newport Bermuda Race (2006). Braveheart (Gordon Shearer) finished the Newport Bermuda Race (2006). Honu finished the Marion-Bermuda Race in 2019.
