T&T: trawler vs motoryacht

[Pascal Gademer]

the early 53MY have two portholes on each side and three on the transom, 
along with an escape hatch aft in the deck.  the later ones dont have the 
escape hatch and instead of the three small  portholes on the transom they 
have two larger porholes which also serve has escape hatches.

If I ever spend more time on the hook than i do, i would relocate the escape 
hatch just behind the wing doors, one on each side or at least one on port, 
over the bed.  that woudl make a tremendous difference by catchign the 
breeze coming in thru the wing doors

although right now, with a large inverter powered fan, we don't have to run 
the AC on the hook at night, except from june to sept.

Speaking of quality, your 72 probably has the original heavy bronze 
portholes... unlike the later models (late 70s and up) which have light 
plastic portholes that dont' feel right on a Hatt!

pascal
Miami, fl
70 hatteras 53MY
live helm cam @ www.sandbarhopper.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Brueckner" <rebrueckner405 at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: T&T: trawler vs motoryacht


> Pascal, you make an interesting point regarding wing doors. My 48 Hatt YF 
> has
> the wing doors and as you posted, a wonderful breeze comes through when
> available. I love 'em. Of course the tradeoff is a narrow salon because of
> catwalks. Since my Yorkie spends many leisure hours sunny and gawking at
> neighbors on them, it's a good trade off for us.
>
> I was initially concerned about buying an aft cabin boat because I feared
> inadequate ventilation in back...and heat. A forward cabin with an opening
> hatch is sooo nice. Well it turns out that without big windows, just
> portholes, and cooler water than air, the aft cabin, down low,  is one of 
> the
> cooler places on the boat.
>
> And on occasional uncomfortable warm/humid nights in the NE, a 12 volt fan 
> at
> one amp draw is very low power way to temper unwanted heat.
> Rob Brueckner
> 1972 Hatteras YF
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