ktbos, believe it or not but your boot.plist did the job ! The hibernate works like a charm. I just replaced my file by yours, nothing more, no rm of sleepimage, no new install. (oh I just removed the AddressBook app but with no effect)
I'll make more tests with virtual machines and others applications to see if one of them interfere with the hibernate mode.
I've put both files for comparaison here, with mine at the left and your boot.plist at the right :
As you can see, the difference that may matter is probably located at the first key (?)
Anyway, ktbos, you made my day !