Just told by a friend Viking now has enough new orders for two months, bigger stuff mostly. He's works for the fiberglass company. They're laying up hulls and they're sold. Hope Hatteras is right behind them. Bill

I have purchased an ICOM MXA-5000 AIS receiver to integrate into my present navigation system. The current system is PC based, using a Thinkpad T42 running Maptech Chart Navigator Pro, Northstar 941D GPS, and a Simrad/Robertson AP20 autopilot. The setup allows for Chart Navigator Pro to steer the...

By IBI Magazine Genmar Holdings, the second-largest boatbuilder in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. A petition filed in the US Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota listed the assets of the company as US$237.5m, with liabilities of US$216.5m. Genmar chairman Irwin Jacobs...

This may seem like a crazy question for this forum , but I know that both Chris-Craft and Harley-Davidson went through ownership periods where the quality of their products really suffered . Was there a corresponding period for Hatteras ? I am thinking of moving up to a 48'/52' sportfish and the...

I have two original 45 Hatt ads that were probably in one of the boating magazines in the early 70s. I got these undoubtedly on ebay some over-rummed night. I already have one framed at my house and they're pretty cool. I'll drop in an envelope with some cardboard and ship, would like them to get...

I guess the money is real tight. About a month ago I was sitting at the computer let out a click that a new e mail came in. I opened it and it was a Hatteras survey. I took the survey and was told " congratulations you are one of the first 150 people to respond, we would like to buy you a T...

Here is a couple posts of a Cheboygan, MI utility boat breaking ice across from where I moor in the Cheboygan River. The 6-71 smokes a mite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxqHbuhqEbA&feature=related Breakin' ice in the private slips of the old Lund factory, now slips only....

I don't know if I am posting this in jest or from a reality perspective. This is from the English language Pravda, as linked by the Drudge Report. To paraphrase Mel Brooks, "dem more Marxist than we are...woof"... http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/ Anyway, an interesting...

Happy Birthday to Passages and Surfdancer! Hope you guys have a great day! ws

I know that may sound like an odd question but it's come up for me. I arrived here at the boat 3 weeks ago today. Virtually every day I have been up at 5:30, had two cups of coffee and started "work." I usually knock off around 5PM. Several of the marina liveaboards have asked, "do you ever...