It was the first of many adventures in Hinckley yachts. Eventually they found a lobsterman with a skiff who agreed to lead them back to Southwest Harbor. But when the time came to go home, the fog had rolled in and the boat’s electronics failed. On their fourth date, the couple took a Hinckley Picnic Boat to nearby Islesford for dinner. “He said you cannot legislate love,” said Hinckley.
They liked each other, but were wary of a workplace romance and decided they needed permission to date because, as Spaulding explained, “It’s not always a good idea for someone who just bought into a company to be dating the daughter of a former owner.” The first partner they asked said no, but the new CEO, Bill Bain, gave them the green light. We had a great conversation.”īoth were divorced single parents with children (they have since had another child together). “I was ready to be grilled on the business, but he walked in and was super friendly. “I got a warning from a manager that one of the new owners was coming over to the ship store,” remembered Hinckley. Her mother had met him earlier, and quickly reported Spaulding to her single daughter as proof of the existence of nice, single guys. Hinckley was running the Hinckley Ship Store when Spaulding arrived to assess the company. “The truth is we just fell in love,” said Spaulding. The third version, both agree, is the real one. Hinckley’s line is that she told her father as he prepared to sell the 69-year-old family business, “Don’t worry Dad, I’ll get it back.” The first two are myths: “I like to say they (the Hinckley Company) threw her in to get the deal done,” said Spaulding. There are three versions of the story of how they ended up as a couple. Hinckley, 55, and Spaulding, 62, met when Spaulding was part of a consortium negotiating to buy her family’s eponymous boatbuilding company in Southwest Harbor. When you’re a Hinckley and you live in Maine, you can only own one brand of boat, but there is a story behind the name on the stern. Jill Hinckley and Sandy Spaulding cruise around Casco Bay on a zippy deep-blue Hinckley 29 runabout named Soul Mate. Soul Mate, which the pair acquired in 2016, is the third Hinckley boat they have owned. The couple met when Spaulding was part of a group negotiating to buy the Hinckley Company from Jill’s family. Sandy Spaulding and Jill Hinckley take a spin in their Hinckley 29 runabout named Soul Mate.
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