Hello, a friend (and Hatteras owner) recommended that I join this forum to ask about a Hatteras that I have some interest in. Hopefully this is the best section to post this. Some background: We're new to boating and our primary wants/needs are a boat that will serve as a "summer condo" for long weekends (likely slipped in Mystic, CT), initially for short trips to Long Island, Block Island, etc., and then I have longer-term aspirations of cruising it farther distances. I've never fished, but want to try that out and see if I love it, but a broker I've been working with advised that I shouldn't worry about whether my boat is capable of fishing off of, because I'll make plenty of new friends at the marina who fish and have boats optimized for that.

We had a contract on a long-distance (VA) 2001 Silverton 35/351 back in late March which has proven to be one delay after another (they still haven't gotten it ready for survey), and we're at the end of our rope on that and are likely going to cut bait and investigate some other options closer to home. One such boat is the following 1987 Hatteras 41:

** I'm too new to post links - do a search on YachtWorld for a 1987 Hatteras 41 in CT **

The boat is currently going by the name "Probable Paws". According to a search I did, the prior owner had it named "Designoar" and then the following words for prior names also come up, but the boatdb website strings the names all on a single line, so I don't know where one name ends and another begins, so here's the string of words:
AJA LEE SWEET SPOT SEABIRD

This boat appeals to us for a few reasons:
1) It only has one stateroom, giving it a larger room and salon, and since our only daughter is in college, it will mostly be my wife and I sleeping on the boat most of the time.
2) I believe the prior owner (not the current one) spent a ton of money redoing the interior, with fancy woodwork, granite or marble, and even coffered wood ceilings. It looks like a luxury apartment inside.
3) It's a Hatteras, so it's solid.

Downsides from my perspective:
1) Much older boat (1987) compared to being able to get something much newer if we went with a Silverton, for example.
2) Externally, it seems like it's optimized for serious fishermen, which I'm not and may never become. In particular, I really do like the built-in steps that the Silvertons (and some other boats) offer, compared to the ladder, as my wife has some issues with her legs (though she scaled the latter on our friends Hatteras and told me not to worry about that). I should note that our friend who recommended I join this forum has a 52' Hatteras convertible and they use theirs much the same way we intend to use ours (in fact, we probably plan to take ours out for traveling more than they do theirs).

Even if none of you have any first-hand knowledge of this particular boat, anything you can glean from the listing/photos would be appreciated, as will as any honest opinions you care to offer.