NIBS #2, mostly big boat bits

Ben Ellison

Ben Ellison

Panbo editor, publisher & chief bottlewasher from 4/2005 until 8/2018, and now pleased to have Ben Stein as a very able publisher, webmaster, and editing colleague. Please don't regard him as an "expert"; he's getting quite old and thinks that "fadiddling fumble-putz" is a more accurate description.

4 Responses

  1. Quitsa says:

    I think what you do is call Hinckley and have them come pick up your boat so the factory can modify the helm and preserve the look of the joinery. That’s one of the services the owners can get along with the annual varnish for the exterior brightwork. You can’t seriously think someone would want a removable starboard panel on there?

  2. Bill Bishop says:

    Ben, it is just my imagination, or does Hyperion not seem to have a mast in the picture? Here is another shot of the boat.
    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1319/1334621928_a9c5ba3da8_z.jpg
    Got NMEA stuff, and read it to death, many thanks.

  3. Ethan Maass says:

    What expedition-type yacht is to the right of Hyperion?

  4. Ben Ellison Ben Ellison says:

    Quitsa, I think Starboard is quite poor for electronics panels and certainly the stuff I use, Azek, isn’t quite up to yacht standards like this. But I was just on a nice boat this morning that had almost the electronics mounted on edge trimmed cherry veneer panels that wouldn’t be too hard to replace. Flat black laminate over plywood can look good too, I think.
    Admittedly, none of these options would be as clean as what Hinckley has done here, so there is a trade off, but I believe you could get a pretty nice look that was better designed for the inevitable changes. And of course it’s not just Hinckley. I see lots of boat helms that weren’t built for change; it’s just that the Hinckley’s are so extra fine you’d hate see a power saw looming over one.
    Bill, you’re right that Hyperion is mastless. I found the huge stick in the back corner of the yard completely stripped. There must be 20 cables dangling from the masthead.
    Ethan, I think that’s an Inace Explorer (built in Brazil) next to Hyperion but don’t know her name. Some of the Billy Black header slides at the Shipyard site must have been taken very recently and show all these boats: http://www.newportshipyard.com/
    They often show on MarineTraffic.com too, but today most seem to have their AIS transponders turned off.

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