Shaft Coupling Hatt 58?

[tellico]

Ok, I'll ask - Is a shaft coupling so disastrous as to result in a total loss insurance claim? Wondering what would be involved?

If not, wonder why this Hatt is now in purgatory?

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/198...80567/Annapolis/MD/United-States#.V3fA3bgrKM8

 

[SeaEric]

Specs say she's a bank repo.

 

[saltshaker]

All depends on how it happened and what was the resulting damage. Listing only notes a coupling failure and the need for it to be repaired. No mention of boat being totaled. That's a lot of boat for the money but given she's at National, you need to move cautiously.

 

[captddis]

Anyone notice it has 720 HP 8v92TAB in it? Probably still using 2"shafts.

 

[Glory]

There always more to a repo story. If a owner is losing a vessel it's never a surprise, so good maintenance is likely not happening.

It's sad to hear someone lost their boat.

 

[tellico]

There always more to a repo story. If a owner is losing a vessel it's never a surprise, so good maintenance is likely not happening.

It's sad to hear someone lost their boat.

Guess that was really my question - is a shaft alone so much $$ that somoene would throw in the towel? That's how I was thinking it might have gone down. Yes, repo land is a deep dark forest. I'm sure this one has many aspects we may never know.

 

[oscarvan]

The flip side of the "no maintenance" coin is that there possibly also was little use/abuse leading up to the repo. My last boat was a repo, Catalina42, which I got for $.60 on the dollar. Although dirty she was not abused and cleaned up nicely. I put 30K in, (and a lot of hours) to bring here in top shape, sailed her 6000NM in 4 years, sold her and got my money back. I would do it again. But, if you get a bad boat the numbers will roll differently. And, as a last thought on that, with a sailboat there's a lot more to see, the only unknown being the auxiliary engine which, worst case, would have cost me 10K to rebuild. A pair of DD's is of course a different story, which is why I am MUCH more hesitant to get into a project with a Hatt.

 

[jim rosenthal]

We've seen far worse looking boats on here. Evidently it is local. I would be willing to drive and look at it if someone is seriously discussing it with the sellers.

 

[Angela]

I wish they were parting it out. I'd like to have some stuff off of it - spray rails and radar arch.

 

[Glory]

Parting it out?

That's going to make a great cruising boat some resourceful, hard working, crazy, boat loving, I need a bigger boat skipper! (Sound like someone you know?)

 

[hoop1013]

A friend just bought a 55' Hatt convertible out of the same yard. If the listing is 95k she could probably be yours for 80k+/-