Not a Hatteras, but this guy definitely figured out how to do it with low capital requirements and engine maintenance can be done by dragging it to a service station. Nice sundeck too.
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Thread: Living on the Water - Cheap!
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Living on the Water - Cheap!
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I hope his floatation doesn't spring a leak.
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He's probably beating eligible young women off with a stick..... looks very Travis McGee...
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Wow, where'd you find that pic? I think that's the long-lost prototype submitted to Willis Slane by a budding naval architect from Thibodaux, LA. Slane didn't care for the single engine configuration so he opted to go with Jack Hargrave and, as it turned out, a totally different design.
or maybe not.Mike P
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Kent Island MD; San Antonio TX
1980 53MY "Brigadoon"
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Yachtsmanbill posted that same picture here several years ago.
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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04-14-2012 10:04 PM #6
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I like it. An amphib.
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04-15-2012 05:46 AM #7Senior Member
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As diesel passes $5/g on it's way to 10, this may be the future of powerboating.
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Yep - maybe the sailboaters had it right all along...
Mike P
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Kent Island MD; San Antonio TX
1980 53MY "Brigadoon"
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I especially like the little fenders. Like he's worried about something hitting him and chipping the paint? ?