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Anyone Know What Happened to This 56MY?

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tgotch said:
Price drop of $95k. Assume a survey came back poor.

Any inside knowledge?

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1981-hatteras-56-wide-body-6979589/
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The problem with that boat is that 30 years ago somebody with oil money had it trucked out to a landlocked lake on the Oklahoma/Texas border where it's a bunch of bow riders and pontoon boats, then that giant thing. That is where it is now. To get it out of there you would have to take half the boat apart and move it by road. I heard the lowest estimate was like $100k with no guarantee that it won't be more. I guess if you live in whatever part of Oklahoma or Texas that lake is in, it could be a good deal. For everybody else, that is obviously not much of a selling feature.
 
Interesting that you can even get diesel on that lake. Or maybe you can't and they have to truck it in. What would be the closest place you could launch it, assuming you could get it onto a lowboy boat moving trailer to get it out of there? Looks like Houston, unless there's an inland waterway that it could navigate.

Quite a project.
 
You would probably have to take the bridge off, radar arch, etc. And the beam is 18'2". You would occupy two lanes all the way to Houston.
 
I've been on that boat--it is a bit rough and very dirty despite being under cover in a slip for years. Mechanically I am not sure of her condition but her decks seemed solid and the hull is in decent shape. The interior is a time warp and could definitely use freshening.

In terms of the lake it is on--Lake Texoma is quite large and there are quite a few very large yachts on it including Hatteras, Chris Craft, Carver Voyagers so diesel fuel availability isn't an issue.
 
Those big boats got in there some how.
I see no locks and the dam was built in 1943.
 
Trucking a boat that size would be quite an undertaking even out West. I imagine they ran it to Houston on her own bottom and then loaded it there- maybe took the bridge off etc.
 
I think there is a route they use to truck big boats from the lake to a waterway north of there that has access to the Arkansas river. As I recall it's not that far and there aren't height restrictions.
 
tom5518 said:
I think there is a route they use to truck big boats from the lake to a waterway north of there that has access to the Arkansas river. As I recall it's not that far and there aren't height restrictions.
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THIS. But I’ve had truckers tell me that in recent years, urban sprawl has made it much more difficult than it used to be. There are now traffic lights on cables that used to not be there. With the price of RE skyrocketing, this might be the opportunity to get one’s toe into Texas on the cheap.
 
tom5518 said:
I think there is a route they use to truck big boats from the lake to a waterway north of there that has access to the Arkansas river. As I recall it's not that far and there aren't height restrictions.
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Width is the issue. Removing the bridge would take care of height issues, but it costs $$$$ to move anything over 16’ wide.
 
Judging by how vague the listing is, or how lazy the broker…, seems like nobody is going to travel there to look at that boat hence the price drop. One engine “rebuilt”, one original but no hours… no details or decent pictures of anythjng mechanical yet 20 pictures of the outside from 200 feet away. Trucking it is the least of a buyers worry.

I m always amazed at how extensive the river system is… it’s indeed a much shorter distance to the navigable part of the Arkansas river
 
Pascal said:
I'm always amazed at how extensive the river system is… it’s indeed a much shorter distance to the navigable part of the Arkansas river
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Wow. I never considered that but about 170 miles to the MKARNS (McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System).

DAN
 
This boat is on fresh water lake in Texas. It's going to cost $30,000 to move it gulf of Mexico .
Not including the cost to remove Fly bridge, props, shafts and rudders. also One motor need to be inspected to see if injectors are the only thing it needs. also has not been out of the water in 7 years. And talking to the broker it sounds like a project boat. But I'm going to look at it.

tgotch said:
Price drop of $95k. Assume a survey came back poor.

Any inside knowledge?

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1981-hatteras-56-wide-body-6979589/
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kaptain63 said:
This boat is on fresh water lake in Texas. It's going to cost $30,000 to move it gulf of Mexico .
Not including the cost to remove Fly bridge, props, shafts and rudders. also One motor need to be inspected to see if injectors are the only thing it needs. also has not been out of the water in 7 years. And talking to the broker it sounds like a project boat. But I'm going to look at it.
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Eh...I paid $14k to truck a comparatively small sea ray from Texas to Florida a couple years ago. If I were you I'd carry healthy skepticism that anybody will move that boat from north TX to the GOM for $30k. Make your offer contingent on finding a shipper who will do it for some specified amount so you have an out.
 
I researched this a few years ago (pre pandemic) when there was a boat on the lake I was interested in. (There are in fact quite a few larger boats on that lake)

I would have gone down there and prepped and removed the bridge myself (with use of the local travel lift) to be put on supports I would build on the front deck. Ballpark number for this was 3-5 grand including my drive down there.

After that I was quoted in the high 20's/low 30's to get to the river. Boat was 50' long with over 16' beam.
 
I've talked to the shipper that moved it to the lake 17 years ago. So I know what it will cost to move it to Clear lake in Houston. Just waiting getting a price to remove the fly bridge and other thing off the top of the boat. Also I'm going to see what wrong with the other engine, they say it only needs injectors. Trying to get prices to see if it worth it.
 
kaptain63 said:
they say it only needs injectors. Trying to get prices to see if it worth it.
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Needs injectors? That's funny.
Get a real tech in there quickly.
Labs on oil AND FUEL.
 
Sounds like typical broker speak. When it smokes, its always easy to say that it needs injectors and that its a cheap and simple fix. But what color is the smoke? Blue, Black White??

It could be just about anything. You won't know until you actually see what's going on and get someone on there to track it down.
 
There is so much that’s wrong on that boat … it maybe the first time the engines are the least of the worries!
 
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