70 Hatteras Sinks

[Bob Quinn]

There are posters on here who seem to know more about boating as a business as opposed to a hobby or retirement goal. When you see this boat, you wonder if you have corrosive wire issues and the interior is shot and can have the mold issues, what happens? It gets parted and crushed? It sits in the yard a little bit and a storage bill gets whacked up? They bring it to a salvage auction. I've seen far more smaller boats at these. The fiberglass a pound for a crusher amounts to anything substantial. The expression "saving the old girl" if its not so old has much competition to parting out on a boat like this.One thing a novice like me can see, is the skill level to have a finished product of yacht quality and mechanically perfect would not likely be an undertaking that you would get correct the first time, there will be gremlins with fit and finish as well as it all working. Any comments welcomed because it's always been something in the background in a boat yard when after a storm a boat is severely damaged and 2 weeks later it's gone.

I just assumed they go to boat heaven??
I know one thing you do see a lot of "most of the hard stuff has been redone" boats for sale that were some kind of project that never get finished. Those are the ones in boat purgatory!

 

[jjtoma]

If you find it, let us know what the price is after you buy it (Just assuming that's why you would be looking)
I bet that would be a deal with an easy (well maybe....) fix!

I found it earlier this week. It's at the Gradel dock in Sandusky. Insurance company has the boat.

IMHO: after finding additional information, it's not a feasible project.

My original thinking was if the aft engine room bulkhead was water tight, maybe the mechincals

could be saved. But after seeing the latest pictures & reading about the fuel spill, forget it.

I guess a marine salvage company will come in with a chain saw and cut it apart.

 

[GCSI]

I have a 2002 75 and would love to get some parts if this boat is eventually salvaged. Does anyone have contact information that might put me on the right track?
Brett

 

[jjtoma]

Brett,

I sent you a email. Hope it went though OK.

Jim

 

[Captain Ralph]

Heck, I could use all of the stabilizer parts.
Maybe some parts off of the engines.

 

[GCSI]

Ralph: Jim sent me a bit of contact information via pm. I plan on following up shortly and will keep you posted relative to any progress I make.
Brett

 

[Captain Ralph]

Ralph: Jim sent me a bit of contact information via pm. I plan on following up shortly and will keep you posted relative to any progress I make.
Brett

Thank you for your time and thoughts,
rc

 

[Chasemmc]

I'm in the hunt for the fly bridge arch Mark

 

[Scott Mather]

I live 1 mile from this boat, see it every day.
If something needs looked at let me know.

 

[dottieshusband]

My guess is it eventually will show up on cooperss.com or yachtsalvage.com Go look at the 72 Marlow on cooperss.com now. If your wallet is big enough, go for it!

 

[Captain Ralph]

My guess is it eventually will show up on cooperss.com or yachtsalvage.com Go look at the 72 Marlow on cooperss.com now. If your wallet is big enough, go for it!

A Marlow??? Why do you think it was (sunk, caught fire, vandalized, wrecked, anything else) to begin with??

I do not want the whole Hatt wreck, just some stuff.

 

[spartonboat1]

My guess is it eventually will show up on cooperss.com or yachtsalvage.com Go look at the 72 Marlow on cooperss.com now. If your wallet is big enough, go for it!

FWIW, speaking of Hatts on yachtsalvage, there is a 1989 74' Hatt there. It is a "donation" they are accepting bids. No good info about it, other that the engines were not running when hauled.

 

[jjtoma]

FYI:

Received a email from Brett. He's been researching the status of this boat.

Chubb Insurance has denied the owners claim, he feels that it's headed for litigation.

Have no additional information.

 

[dottieshusband]

FWIW, speaking of Hatts on yachtsalvage, there is a 1989 74' Hatt there. It is a "donation" they are accepting bids. No good info about it, other that the engines were not running when hauled.

The 74' is also on Yachtworld with a 135k ask, and open to offers. It says the bottom has been peeled, but it looks like a soda blast to me. The few pictures of the interior look likes somebody went paint crazy. But looks like it might be a very appealing project if you've got a broad skill set, and a big wallet.

 

[dottieshusband]

FYI:

Received a email from Brett. He's been researching the status of this boat.

Chubb Insurance has denied the owners claim, he feels that it's headed for litigation.

Have no additional information.

After that boat sits through the hard Michigan winter, unheated or winterized, with the passage of time, it will only be good for parts.

 

[jjtoma]

After that boat sits through the hard Michigan winter, unheated or winterized, with the passage of time, it will only be good for parts.

My thoughts also, wondering how much water was left inside.

What a way to totally ruin a boat, it's a shame.

 

[howhomes]

It's the boat owners responsibility to preserve the asset or once an insurance claim is put in, the insurance company bears responsibility. To me the latter doesn't make sense.
Was there a salvage claim in the mix/someone claiming it as their property. Always scary when you're in distress. Maritime law provides for that claim. I thought the insurance company mentioned, Chubb, had a reputation for paying claims more than denying them. The yard that has it, gets paid by who when there is a "no pay"?

 

[Captain Ralph]

After that boat sits through the hard Michigan winter, unheated or winterized, with the passage of time, it will only be good for parts.

Heck, I could use all of the stabilizer parts.
Maybe some parts off of the engines.

Keep me up.


Oh that 74 Hatt on Y Salvage; $135k can take it per Y world.

 

[cww]

I have never understood the guys who buy a salvage boat for $100k and put 5 years of their life and $500k into it just to have a $500k boat when they’re done. Not only do you not save any money, you will never get back the years of your time you put into the project that you could have been out boating if you’d just bought one in good shape off YachtWorld. That low price on the salvage listings is like kryptonite to some people, they just can’t overcome it.

 

[rsmith]

I have never understood the guys who buy a salvage boat for $100k and put 5 years of their life and $500k into it just to have a $500k boat when they’re done. Not only do you not save any money, you will never get back the years of your time you put into the project that you could have been out boating if you’d just bought one in good shape off YachtWorld. That low price on the salvage listings is like kryptonite to some people, they just can’t overcome it.

Dreamers visit a DYI yard and it’s full of them. Usually after a couple years they get discouraged and the project languishes for years.