'71 45c

[jim rosenthal]

In my email inbox is a group of listings from Bluewater in Hampton, VA. It includes a 45C that may be of interest here- repowered with Cummins 450Cs, some updates. Asking around 57K. Appears to be a decent and tidy boat although (obviously) dated. But the engine room appears clean and for someone looking to get into a mid-size Hatteras convertible, this might be worth checking out. I don't know what the performance is like- this is about the same power and torque as the original 8-71s, but with a considerable savings in overall weight, so it may be somewhat quicker.

I don't know the owner, I don't know the broker, and I've never seen the boat itself. Nor do I have a dog in this hunt. But I thought it was an interesting listing, hence the posting here.

[Artzco]

If pictures are current, it looks pretty good and low hours on the Cummins. Big drop from $123k to $57k.

[saltshaker]

That does seem to be a lot of boat for the money.
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1971...s#.UwalTYWuqSo

[hatteras45]

It looks like it had some changes by Dave Hurley,the bridge for sure.
They used to be refered to as " A Hurley Hatteras ".

[krush]

That does seem to be a lot of boat for the money.
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1971...s#.UwalTYWuqSo

Damn you all...haha. Jim, where's the 46hp you speak of in another thread?

[jim rosenthal]

Which thread, Krush, I can't find it.... see if you can refresh my memory a bit. Esp since I worked nights last night

[krush]

Looks like this boat is for sale again: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1971.../United-States

I almost bought her back in 2014, but somebody beat me by a week. Slap some paint on, do a little cleaning, and ask 3x!

Cruise of 20knot and 25 WOT for 8.3 cummins seems a bit optimistic.

[fissioneng]

I get the same Bluewater email and this boat caught my eye too.

BTW, for all you 45c Series II (?) hunters, there's an interesting CAT C9 repowered 1986 listed as a 43, so it might not come up in searches.

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1986...s#.UwdE3p0o6Uk

Seems like lot of boat for the money and a benchmark for trying to fix one of these up although it doesn't appear to be completely redone. Looks like a fish boat.

[jim rosenthal]

About all the engine room photos tell you is that the boat HAS an engine room. If I had that boat listed, I'd suggest the broker go back and reshoot some of those pictures. Oh, and delete the one cribbed from the Hatteras brochure. Tacky.

I don't know how this boat performs with C9s- no hp rating or performance figures. A bit suspect, I'd say.

[Mike36c]

Engine hours, 447 and 646. Hmmmmm Almost sounds like one motor was replaced/rebuilt.