53vs58my thoughts?

[clipper4730]

My wife and I have made the decision to purchase a liveaboard and ditch the house. I have been looking at various Hatteri for years and while I love the venerable 53my, the 58 widebody seems to have considerably more space. We love the large full width saloon and the large master, as well as the pilot house being somewhat separated from the saloon. My main question is will there be a significant increase in costs,other than the givens i.e. purchase cost dockage etc, given the larger boat. We have looked at both and feel we would be more comfortable on the 58. Thanks in advance for any responses.

Will

[SKYCHENEY]

The "widebody" is generally thought to refer to the 18'2" beam of the series II 58MY. It sounds like you are talking about the 15'10" beam of a series I 58MY. This boat has the full width salon and no walk-around.

In general, the only costs that will be more is anything that is priced based on length such as dockage, bottom painting, etc. Other than that, the systems are almost identical and your costs of operation should be similar in both the 53MY and the 58MYs1.

[MikeP]

Bigger is always better! If we could have afforded a 58 in equal condition to our 53 at the time, we would have purchased a 58. If we could have afforded a 61, we would have purchased a 61. If we could have afforded a...well, you get the idea.