This is generally how you do it because of the number of trips that would be required. In my earlier post, my mistake was to not do a more thorough inspection myself, before ordering any survey. Of course, that is easy to say now that I have had one of these for a couple years. Previously, I didn't know anything about big boats. Freebird has the right idea. Most of the owners here know these boats better than any general surveyor. Even I (now) would only hire a general surveyor because insurance requires it.
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01-20-2021 09:00 PM #31Senior Member
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Prometheus
1978 53' MY Hull #529
Viera, FL
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The boat is La Belle Epoque in Chicago Ill.
1981 Hatteras 56 wide body motor yacht.
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01-27-2021 09:16 AM #33
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Trina and I looked at that boat last year. It was in fair shape on the exterior from what we remember. The inside of the boat was well lived in. Lots of mold on the salon window tracks, she also remembers mold around the aft deck. Carpets in poor shape. Lots of clutter, the owners definitely didn't take the time to stage the boat for sale. The broker said the boat was used as a family condo, party barge. It appeared to be used but maybe not taken care of meticulously as of late. The 56' for sale in Sturgeon Bay (Take Five) was in better shape but has been on the hard for a few years. We negotiated on that one but ended up $10,000 apart so we passed. We also looked at the 1980 53' (Encore) and it was nice. The owner had paper work on the rebuilds which was down down south and thats what pissed me off. It was advertised then as an all fresh water boat but it wasn't . Knowing what we know now we might have looked harder at the 53' but so happy we found Benedetto. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions.
Dave
815-342-3754Last edited by Sadey; 01-27-2021 at 09:25 AM.
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale
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01-27-2021 11:58 PM #34
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Plasma,
Have you heard any more info regarding the 600 hr engines?
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Oil samples pulled last Thursday. I paid the bill. I should know the results of the oil analysis Tomorrow or wednesday.
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02-01-2021 11:20 PM #37
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Is that the one with the galley up? If it is reach out to Sky he's very familiar with that boat.
Sorry, I got confused by the name. There is a 60’ named Adjustment in Montague Michigan that Sky is familiar with.Last edited by Sadey; 02-02-2021 at 07:26 AM.
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale
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I looked at the 60 Hatteras in Montague last spring. Since then I have found several others that are far superior in layout and condition. This has been a slow process. Hopefully the oil analysis and surveys will cone back clean
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02-03-2021 12:10 PM #39
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Interesting views on this. I sold a 62' custom carolina boat prior to buying my current 60' Hatteras. I had C32's in the custom boat, ran great, properly serviced, etc. Had a contract put on the boat, and during engine survey, their mechanic mentioned wanting to borescope, etc. My CAT mechanic, who worked for CAT for years, said that shouldn't be necessary if all the other checks short of borescoping were good. They were all good, but the buyer pushed borescoping. My broker called me and said to let them do it. I said no based on my mechanics opinion. So, let them do a few cylinders and their mechanic said he saw rust/odd color on the cylinder liners, so now all cylinders need to be checked and may need to quote new cylinder packs, etc. My mechanic was furious and said that's all BS, that the color they were seeing was very normal for liners and showed my on the CAT site similar photos.
Long story short, became a huge issues, my fighting with my broker who didn't seem he was on my side, and lots of back and forth with the potential buyer. I had run that boat 2 years straight, never had any issues, etc. So, imo, I would not allow a borescope on my boat unless there is a reason to do so.
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02-05-2021 08:06 AM #40
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We didn’t look at the 60’ in Michigan but we did spend a lot of time trying to decide if we should. It was the lack of a place to sit in the pilot house while running the boat that was a deal breaker. I prefer to run from the bridge but Mother Nature doesn’t always allow that in the Great Lakes. Good luck on the oil samples and the successful purchase!
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale