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    68 Hatteras was sunk by Hurricane Milton

    Hi, my name is Chris and my 41’ foot Hatteras was taken out by hurricane Milton. This boat has very sentimental value to me so I’m thinking about re-doing the whole entire boat even though I know I will never get my money out of it. I may end up just buying another boat, but I figured I would at least explore the option of redoing it. O have the port Engine pickled and I couldn’t free up the starboard. I have 8v53 I need to rebuild it or find a replacement. I would consider a repower if I could find some Cummings or other engines that aren’t going to break the bank does anybody have any suggestions besides telling me to junk it? 😂
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    Re: 68 Hatteras was sunk by Hurricane Milton

    First, my sympathy on the damage to your boat. You are faced with a huge task to rebuilt your boat and restore her to functionality- lots of time and lots of money. You might consider trying to find a similar boat and bringing as many usable items as you can from your old boat to the 'new' one.
    As far as a repower goes, the B and C series Cummins diesels, available on the reman program, would be your best bet. At least one forum member, I believe, owns a similar boat to yours, with Cummins C diesels, IIRC.
    Good luck with all this, whatever you decide to do.

    8v53s are very old tech, although they were good engines in their day. I think I would use the opportunity to move to modern 4 stroke diesels, whatever boat you choose to put them in.

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