Hi All,The dream of refitting the 46 became a reality yesterday when we finally put the old girl on a hard stand in western Sydney. My friend Mick D and I are joint owners of the boat and we intend on doing most of the work ourselves.Our plan is to repower and completely refit the boat including rewire and complete fitout. At this stage we are assuming a 3 year project but would hope to do it again in 2. We are now focused on planing the refit and deciding on engine options and all other aspects on the boat. We would appreciate any feedback from you guys in relation to any ideas or advice on this build.I’m not familiar with forums so bare with me as I will try and post some photos and videos for you guys to see.Looking forward to the journey and I would like to share it with some like minded people. Regards Mick C and twin Detroit’s ( Mick D )
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07-26-2019 07:33 PM #1
46 Convertible refit begins
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07-26-2019 07:45 PM #2
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Hi all,Some more photos
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07-26-2019 08:27 PM #3Senior Member
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Have loads of fun guys.
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As far as engine and generator choices, that's to some extent guided by what dealers you have in OZ and who will service them. All other things being equal, most people here would probably recommend Cummins M11s. Here in the USA, they are available on a factory 'reman' program which saves you some money. Cummins diesels are very reliable and they have been in the marine market for a very long time.
If the original Detroits are in good shape and run well, you might want to just clean up the engine room and keep them. Are they healthy?
Most important- have you guys done this kind of thing before? These are fairly complex boats and everything on them is old now...
Have fun with it all. Hatteras Yachts are very well made, and since you are down under, you won't see yourself coming and going all the time...
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If you guys are in Sydney Au. You should get in touch with Scott in Sydney on this site. He is in the process of rehabbing a Hatteras Motor Yacht and has a lot of contacts in the marine industry, and besides he a nice guy. John
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I have a 1974 46C that we redid. The Hatteras electrical wiring is very robust and I would investigate fully before ripping any of it out. We redid some wiring from the wiring blocks to the use for the wiring. We put digital voltage & amp gauges on the electric panel after we moved it from the floor of the salon to the top of the narrow closet going down the steps to below.20171024_142144.jpg20180911_091256.jpg20180911_113019.jpg20171024_142144.jpg20180911_091256.jpg20180911_113019.jpg
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07-29-2019 02:57 AM #7
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07-29-2019 02:54 AM #8
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Hi Jim,Thanks for your message. We do have all the major engine manufacturers here and from what I know now cats/Volvo’s / Cummins/ would cost us about 160 k au and the yanmars would be about 40 k cheaper. We don’t want to spend this amount of money. We intend purchasing older engines / 8v 92 Detroit’s or we think that 60 series Detroit’s may be good ?? Whatever we get we will 100 % recondition so we don’t have any problems in the future. We are open for suggestions though. The 8v 71 need rebuilding and as you know very thirsty. I own an engineering company and I’m a Deisel mechanic by trade and Mick D the other owner has experience in medical gas and equipment installation and has done quite a bit of spray painting etc, so we should have most of the skills required.Regards Mick C
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07-29-2019 02:42 AM #9
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08-18-2019 03:04 AM #10
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The boat is in place at our Workshop in Wesern Sydney where we are fortunate enough to have plenty of room and all the facility’s we need to carry out the project. It’s just about time and money now.We have started to strip out the boat and I must say it is a bigger job than I imagined but we have enjoyed every moment of it. Hopefully when we can both get a full weekend we will remove the engines and start refreshing the engine bay and the rest of the hull.Keep you posted as we go. Thanks for showing interest and helping out with your advice. Regards Mick C