Hatteras for big family

[Smart555]

Hello everyone!

We’re family of 6: 42, 38, 12, 9, 3,5 and baby boy looking for a suitable boat for us to try living aboard.
Because our older kids go to school and we’re not ready for homeschooling yet our plans are going to make weekend passages , but the main aim is to travel the Bahamas and Caribbean for 2-3 mounts in summer vacations. Actually we don’t like just stay at Marina. We prefer to move from place to place exploring new!

Our budget is araund 200-220k and we consider Hatterras 58 , 54, 53 1983-1986Y
The best for options for us to have 3 staterooms, open or semi open aft desk , and possibly offshore passages.

We have some questions for happy Hatteras owners:

Which of this boat more suitable for us?
What do we need to pay attention for choosing the boat?
How match is maintainins cost in Year?
Is it possible for this boats to cruise blue water for 10 hours a day in houl speed around 9knots?What about fuel consumption?
Is it possible to make comfortable long offshore passage from Fort Lauderdale to Caribbean?

We also considering Hatteras LRC. But in our budget we can afford only the boat 10 years older and most likely not bigger then 48”LRC. We understand that probably it would be better for us but we’re not sure if 40 years old downsized boat it worth the money we could spend for newer more comfortable boat.

Thank you in advance for your opinions!

[Stripes]

It sounds like a 5 Stateroom 70 Hatteras Motor Yacht would work best for you!

[SEVEN]

You’ve got a big family and these boats don’t have a lot of storage (even for clothes). What ever you get is going to be 5’ to small after just a short time. I do however agree if you can find one a 70’er it would be a good size for your family. I have a 53’er and have two teenagers living with us and it would be way to small to live aboard. Happy hunting.

[Smart555]

You’ve got a big family and these boats don’t have a lot of storage (even for clothes). What ever you get is going to be 5’ to small after just a short time. I do however agree if you can find one a 70’er it would be a good size for your family. I have a 53’er and have two teenagers living with us and it would be way to small to live aboard. Happy hunting.

Thank you! That’s just the idea of living aboard so far. May be we live aboard for half a year and then rent an apartment and keep using the boat only for traveling. Not decided yet. Only we’d like to try it. So we’re looking the boat not bigger then 60.

[SEVEN]

Thank you! That’s just the idea of living aboard so far. May be we live aboard for half a year and then rent an apartment and keep using the boat only for traveling. Not decided yet. Only we’d like to try it. So we’re looking the boat not bigger then 60.

Then go with the 58MY for the most room. Great yacht.

[Walter P]

Angela's 58 may be available......Great boat and she always kept it in perfect condition....

Walt