She's not a 1972 Hatteras. She is a 1979 58' Series I MY. She was stretched to 72 feet.
I was on the boat when she was a charteryacht in St. Thomas. Her name was Bad Boy and was owned by a Harley biker named Bruce. He was the captain, too. Fun guy. It had a juke box and a popcorn machine in the salon. It was an awesome boat with a "garage" for all your boat working and a hot tub on the flybridge. Two galleys - loved the outdoor galley! I have some photos of her somewhere on a laptop.
This is the boat where I got my galley remodel ideas that I have yet to implement on Sanctuary. Bruce put over $700,000 into the "stretch" and modification. I get the idea from talking with him some time ago that he felt he had been taken by the yard. I can't remember then name of the yard, for sure, but there is only one in Fort Lauderdale that I can think of who is capable of doing that kind of work. The boat went to/from the BVIs on her own bottom.
She's had a "sale pending" status in the past, and that went away, so I think there must be something seriously wrong, and my guess would be in the engine room. That's a lot of boat to push with 92s and they were probably pushed to their limits of high horsepower and resulting shortened life. I'm just guessing on that - I have no actual knowledge of what the HP was on Bad Boy.
I would really love the opportunity to see her again and study her a bit. When I was on her back in May of 2005, I did not know then that I would have a 58' MY of my own. I was still looking at a 66' Cheoy Lee LRC at that time. I think I came around to being a Hatteras junkie by the end of that summer.
