Hatteras Atlantic crossing

[MikeP]

Heck, I'm as much a searay basher as anyone but our Hatts and searays are both planing hulls. Though our Hatt hulls are far superior design and strengthwise, they are not designed as passagemakers. Nordhavn's are. It's horses for courses and our Hatts are the wrong horse for that course. I suspect that if he was still around, Jack H would be the first to say that.

 

[garyd]

I don't know about that. I see your point, but when you go one hundred to three hundred miles out into the ocean your going to face some rough seas sooner or later.

I'm sure he designed them to handle it. I hope he designed it so they could handle it for a very long time.

Whether or not they could handle a tranatlantic crossing I don't know I'd like to give it a shot but I couldn't afford to do it alone.

So lets live on the edge and try it.

Have fun using your yacht garyd

 

[Boatsb]

Get the 65 LRC. It can make it without stopping for fuel

 

[egaito]

Heck, I'm as much a searay basher as anyone but our Hatts and searays are both planing hulls. Though our Hatt hulls are far superior design and strengthwise, they are not designed as passagemakers. Nordhavn's are. It's horses for courses and our Hatts are the wrong horse for that course. I suspect that if he was still around, Jack H would be the first to say that.

My apologies....it's hard for me to speak clearly when my tounge is in my cheek. I was referring to the mindset of the operator, not the hull configuration of the vessels.

 

[Maynard Rupp]

Just the thought of crossing the Atlantic in a Hatteras makes me seasick. As a pilot that spent countless hours crossing the Atlantic and looking down at the poor guys in boats, I can tell you that things like an Atlantic crossing are why they make airplanes.

 

[MarioG]

who says Hatteras can't cross the Atlantic?

 

[garyd]

Yep that's the other way to cross. May do that one day. See the "P" in transport go one boat in and look there is a boat there. My 41 will look about like that on the crossing. When I checked I believe you can go with your boat. Two Options stay on your boat with power or stay in a cabin on the transport boat. Either way sounds like fun.

Maybe we could get several of these full of hatts for a transport!!!

Let's do Europe garyd

 

[Angela]

Dockwise Yacht Transport....funny....I priced this just for grins. From Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas for a 58MY was $18,875.

 

[jim rosenthal]

I have wanted to do this for years. Actually, you can stay on your boat- they have hookups and everything. Although I have heard the food is so good that most people have their meals in the mess with the crew....

I think this is pretty expensive. Last I looked, it was 20 or 30K to go across; am I close or way off? the little boat you mentioned looks like a toy on there, I almost missed it.

 

[(Nobody You Know)]

Ok, ok! I've had all I can take of this. You want to cross the Atlantic? Well let me give you a little ENCOURAGMENT. I took the following photos last September while visiting relatives in Cardiff, Wales (UK). I'm not going to make an argument that the vessels envolved were cruised there, But they are, nontheless, THERE

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Is that a Jack Hargrave designed 36' Carver Aft Cabin?

 

[(Nobody You Know)]

Actually, this explains what I think has been going on:

A couple of years ago a guy with a 28' 2001 Bayliner rented a slip from me. Sometime around 2005 he sold the boat to a guy in Miami who wanted to ship it overseas while he was to be on temporary assignment (why in hell he couldn't find a cheap BAyliner in Miami I'll never knkow).

This IMHO explains - or makes sense - as to why the only Americn pleasure boats I spotted in the UK were cheapies! Americns have been buying low end vessels in the US and shipping them abroad to cruise on and then dump 'em for whatever they can get when they are done.

The only problem with this is the Britts are going to think we only make low quality boats as that's what they see when Americn boaters come over and cruise on a Bayliner or a Carver!

As for dumping 'em I wish Americans would be more considerate and dispose of them in France as to continue to do so in the UK only serves to disgrace an otherwise beautiful country

 

[Buccaneer]

Let's think... $18k for Dockwise vs. Fuel, maintenance, wear & tear (remember this is a 'Lantic crossing yr talking about !), hired crew (You think the Admiral is going on this trip? You're nuts. And you'll want one "volunteer" - if you got any, besides The Bird [[ Hmmm: Grey Goose? / Fuel? Grey Goose? / Fuel? ]]] - to be a really good wrench.)

So, having a fleet of, say, one DYT-boatload of Hatts (15? max) in Spain for The Cup... now THAT's a Plan !

 

[CARL GUZMAN]

Bill I'm not sure but it could be millitary families shiping recreational smaller boats over there , maybe comped by the gov.? I was in the service in the 80's and i belive if your transfered your alowed cars etc ?? I belive there is limits.. also the guy that purchased my 36' Tiara was from Holland so that got sent over there...

 

[(Nobody You Know)]

Bill I'm not sure but it could be millitary families shiping recreational smaller boats over there , maybe comped by the gov.? I was in the service in the 80's and i belive if your transfered your alowed cars etc ?? I belive there is limits.. also the guy that purchased my 36' Tiara was from Holland so that got sent over there...

Don't think so.

Guys in the military know better than to waste money on Bayliners and Carvers. Tiaras? A better investment indeed.

You know who is now making boats at the old Tiara (and former Chris Craft) plant in eastern N.C.??