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While I have been a registered member since April 2013, I have been an avid follower for several years prior, love Hatteras boats and am in awe of the knowledge available on this forum. I have been in the search for the right boat while my timeline for making the move for a boat has unfolded over the last couple of years. I am now very close to making a move back to Florida, most likely the Treasure Coast (Vero Beach/Ft. Pierce Inlet) area and will be actively seeking my next boat. Usage will probably be 60 per cent cruising, coastal and Bahamas and 40 per cent fishing, coastal and offshore. My boating experience has been mostly 20 to 30 foot fishing boats which I took offshore out of the Ft. Pierce inlet. As I get older (64) I am looking forward to adding cruising to my lifestyle (that meant something entirely different back in the 70’s) and would like to have a boat that would be comfortable for a few weeks at a time. My favorite Hatteras for this purpose would probably be the 48LRC (great cruiser with cockpit for fishing. However, they are all, when available $200K and above my price range. My price range has lead me to 43 to 46 convertibles. The 48CPMY is also a great boat for my stated usage but there are very few of them on the market. Every time I find another brand of boat that might meet my needs (Viking, Tollycraft, Chis Craft etc., logging back onto this forum convinces me that having Hatteras, Sams Marine, and all of you on this forum are more than worth the extra money I may have to invest in the boat as no other brand has this level of support for boats of this age and pricing. I have also learned from the forum that it is not so much the purchase price but the ownership costs that dictate what you can and cannot afford. That being said, it would be interesting to see just how many followers of this forum who like me are looking to invest in a vintage Hatteras would be interested in joint ownership. Obviously, we would all prefer to be sole owner/operators of our vessels and believe me, I know that joint ownership can be a nightmare if you are not in the right partnership, legally and operationally. However, if set up correctly , an LLC with the proper guidelines agreed to up front can allow access for the right folks to get on the water in the boat of their dreams at half the costs. I am not naive to the pitfalls of joint ownership and I am sure there is plenty of historical examples to that end available from the veterans on the forum but I am sure there is also evidence of great examples of like minded families enjoying the ownership with similar goals and the responsibility to return the vessel to the dock in the condition they would want to find it.
So just to satisfy my curiosity, how many are now or have ever been in co-ownerships with your vessels and what has been your experience and advice? And how many of you out there follow this forum and have thought about finding a another, preferably HOF’er that either lives near you or has a second home nearby who could be a candidate for a partnership in owning one of this great boats?
So just to satisfy my curiosity, how many are now or have ever been in co-ownerships with your vessels and what has been your experience and advice? And how many of you out there follow this forum and have thought about finding a another, preferably HOF’er that either lives near you or has a second home nearby who could be a candidate for a partnership in owning one of this great boats?
