As some of you may know, Sanctuary was damaged during Hurricane Imra. The damage is mostly to her port side, as well as the loss of the swim platform and the port spray rail. Salt spray inundated the engine rooms, though her engines were not submerged. She took on some water from an unknown source, but the pumps did their job and the floors on the lower level were not compromised. Water did come in contact with the bottom of the port transmission, the water line is about 1/2 way up the shaft/coupler, and possibly the bottom of the port engine oil pan while she was heeled over in the wind. She did not sink and was not holed. Water got into some of the bilge areas through a hose that was pushed off of a sea chest in the port engine room when the hull at that spot flexed when it came in contact with a piling. The hull side at that point of contact is abraded down to fiberglass, but not holed....she beat the finger pier before it beat her. Hatteras vs marina, again the Hatt wins.

We took the boat to the yard for repair. After our insurance company assessed the repair bill in conjunction with our policy limits, they decided to consider her a “constructive total loss”. Yes, the yard’s repair bill was quite high. That yard is high end and does some of the most awesome work I’ve ever seen. They are proud of their work and "the" yard I would want to bring her back.

This Hatteras can be repaired for a lot less, especially by someone who can do some fiberglass and paint work, but I do not have the time nor the facility to do that. This is not a weekend job, and I would only have weekends to work on it. GEICO (BoatUS) has offered me first refusal for the salvage and placed a $40,000 salvage value on her which I’m sure is negotiable as there is a line in the paperwork that is labeled "your offer". There is a lot of salvage value in the boat for someone who has the time to make the repairs or supervise the repairs by subcontractors. We looked at her HARD after the storm, and even hired an independent surveyor to have a look at her. We found NO broken tabbing and no damage below the waterline, nothing that leaves us in doubt of her structural integrity. For those that don't know the history of updates we've put into this boat, all heads have been replaced with Vacu-Flush systems. The AC system has been updated to self-contained units for all but the salon area, the galley has been completely remodeled with modern appliances (although the fridge died an early death before the storm).

I wanted to put this out here in case there is any HOF’er who would be interested in taking on this project. I do have extensive photos and can go into more detail about what we've found, but frankly don't have time to post pictures and answer a lot of questions just for entertainment value. If you truly have genuine interest in saving this boat (or know someone that does), I will share everything I have and make myself available to answer further questions. If I had the free time, I would buy her back, take care of the high margin stuff myself and have an incredible boat for a damn good deal.



If interested, let me know and I can put you in touch with the adjuster. I understand GEICO will be moving the boat by the end of January, but I do not know where they will take her to put her on consignment.