Knit Wits

[rsmith]

https://youtu.be/c1JrJwkBH8w?si=4oTJC_ZWx3-LUMQM

 

[SEVEN]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[bigbill]

when i was aboard her in 1999 she looked original except they changed the gas engines out for 6 53's i believe. not much on her looks the same now. looks like they took an old boat and used all modern stuff . they removed the lower helm, solid surface counter tops, frameless windows, . not a restore, it was a remodel this time

 

[Boatsb]

Maybe a new version of the old classics is on the horizon. A 40 or so foot convertible could be a new take on an old idea.

I bet she's pretty efficient too as the old hulls were designed for less power.

Just no electric power please. Real fisherman don't have time to waste on recharging.

 

[rsmith]

when i was aboard her in 1999 she looked original except they changed the gas engines out for 6 53's i believe. not much on her looks the same now. looks like they took an old boat and used all modern stuff . they removed the lower helm, solid surface counter tops, frameless windows, . not a restore, it was a remodel this time

I saw it at the show when they first restored it and had the little leaflet on the history of the boat. I guess it was 99. Hatt still had the big fancy tent and Terry Stansel was still running Hatterascal. I saw her years later and they really neglected her somewhere between 2012 and 16 nice to see her looking squared away again

 

[bostonhatteras]

Surprising that Charlie levine is unsure of the Knit wits name? I thought it was exhaustively documented that it was a blend of the Slane hosiery biz and the idea that a fiberglass boat wouldn't go over.

 

[34Hatt]

Surprising that Charlie levine is unsure of the Knit wits name? I thought it was exhaustively documented that it was a blend of the Slane hosiery biz and the idea that a fiberglass boat wouldn't go over.

That and he was building them out in a field far from the water. That dude didn't know to much of the history and they did the Hatt logo on the chair wrong