T&T: trawler versus motor yacht

[Robert Phillips]

< Frank Timpano wrote:


> The 53 Hatt (sportfish/yachtfish/MY) is a fine example of boats of  
> this ilk.
> The Hatt LRCs are wonderful if you can find one.
>

Dave would do well to consider these. BTW, there are 21 LRCs and 14
yachtfishes currently listed in Yachtworld...all but the larger LRCs  
are in
Dave's budget. Hatteras quality in the 70s, when it was owned by AMF, I
think, was spectacular...even by today's standards. And, if you ignore
inflation, they hold their value. For instance, a well-equipped 58  
LRC sold
new for around $350K to $400K...all 5 of those currently listed are  
asking
at least $100K more than that. Disclaimer: I am not impartial, just  
happy.

My advice to Dave: take a look at the 48 LRC, selling around $250K.
http://www.hatteraslrc.com/Fleet/fleet1.htm >

My next boat will be a Hatt 53 sportfish, mid 70's built.  You can  
run this brick outhouse at trawler speeds economically or open her up  
when needed.  Most cruisable layout.  Great value.  Incredible space  
for the price.  Enclose the flybridge and you have the ultimate  
bridge with unlimited visibility.  Low center of gravity and quite  
stable when at anchor or underway at trawler speeds.

MY own sixty footer is a wide body, full width saloon.  My parents at  
76 years old had a like boat with full width saloon, lived in  
Vancouver, cruised by themselves all over the Pacific Northwest with  
no issues.  Neither I nor they ever have had an issue docking and  
would never give up the interior space, which we use 100% of the  
time, for the few minutes a side deck would be handy.  My saloon is  
15.5 x 15 with the twin 7' couches and easy chairs from our last  
house; you don't get that with side decks!

Bob Phillips,
Another Asylum, Tortola, BVI