A few comments.
I have been to the Hinckleys build facility many times. They really are very well built with extreme attention to detail and a very proud workforce. So yeah it will be built well.
The
boat was designed by Bill Tripp. His father was well known and designed some of the older Hinckley's. Bill works mostly with mega sailing yachts this is one of his smaller designs.
TRIPP DESIGN - Naval Architecture / Design / 12m - 20m I assume the boat will sail quite well.
On the
draft I have to imagine they will end up offering a lifting
keel or shoal draft version.
On the
shower I noticed that too but I think I may have found it just aft the hanging locker in the fwd stateroom.
On styling. First it's a personal thing. But besides that looking at the US market sales data it seems builders of cruising sailboats of traditional design have been losing out market share to modern European competition for some time. Hinckley offered more traditional models until a few years ago but orders tapered off so I think they are right in seeking a new design path.