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I think certainly find the boat you like! As for the slip.....remember you have to live there. There must be other slips there or in other marinas. I know its not what you want but you are the one buying a bigger boat not your neighbor. I guess it depends how long that guy has been in that slip...

Good idea! I just text him

Just in case I thought I was nearing the end….. the mechanic called today and said everything is back together but…… he accidentally cut the transducer cable. Our water levels are really low right now. I’m thinking the cable should NOT be spliced. Any thoughts?

Marinas typically require 500k. An umbrella policy is cheap though

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As was pointed out before, it was $42k for props. The rest was engine rebuild

They only asked for confirmation from the marina, mechanic and the prop company. They also asked for photos. Handled completely by phone and email. I never saw any adjuster. They transferred the money directly to my checking within days. They did say that the claim needed to be under $100,000 to...

We ran aground on an unmarked shoal. Tore up the props and blew an engine. Very bad day. The admiral remembers it as the day I didn’t lose my cool, yet somehow a good portion of a bottle of bourbon disappeared later that night.

I’m just finishing a $75,000+ claim with them. They paid off perfectly

“He was forever hauling that boat out because he'd touch bottom and need to have one of them fixed, and none of the divers around here wanted to change them in the water.” Why would you even put that out there in the universe CWW? Cripe if I had to go through all of this again I’d have Towboat...

I’m not sure “absurd” is accurate. The engineers did the math. These props are 4” larger than my previous. While that might be fairly significant, the engineering stated 42” was the maximum. These are 40s

Now all I have to hope for is that the water level in the marina plus the dredging is enough to NOT run aground AGAIN! The Lake Michigan water level last month was 7” lower than last year at this time. We had a lot of rain last week but…. Staying positive………….bartender!

I do believe we have Hatts that are from the golden age of Hatteras. Is a step down of 1:4.35 considered deep? Lol

Its odd that you would say that. The insurance adjuster made the comment early on that it could exceed $100k. I didn't hit that amount but after going through what I went through I can see it going that high with a hard grounding. Adding in hull repair would easily take it over $100k

I think we are ready for spring! The smile is painted, props replaced, engines rebuilt and a new smart TV mounted in the cabinet on the aft deck. We even took a quick trip to get our minds right. Check out my winter time putzing with video editing Moving back into the Hatt is always a boat load...

I’ve ridden Harley Davidson bikes for many years. I love the bikes and I love the history of HD. I own several of them. I bought my !994 Hatteras 5 years ago and equally fell in love with Hatteras. Hearing the history of the Hatteras company makes me respect the brand and the quality. Thanks for...

Thanks! I went with Interlux fiberglass bottom coat and then second coated with VC17. The “blisters” the Marina referred to were nothing more than 1” circular spots in the gel coat. No bump or blister. There were about 8-10 of them on the bow hull

In two weeks we splash! Sanity returns to our northern world. Hopefully all will be well with the rebuild. We took a brief trip to Curacao to get out of the cold for a minute. I continue to putz around with video editing. Unfortunately I didn’t get my drone registered with the island government...

That’s what I was looking for! Thank you. Do you know of any of those years that Hatteras hulls did not live up to their reputation of being floating tanks?

I think a lower price of $200 a set might be in order. Any takers?