[lwrandall]

I'm back from the Hatteras Yacht Expo weekend and it was great. Hatteras really knows how to do it right. As promised, here are some of the promised pics of the New Hatteras 56 Motor Yacht.

Carl I hope I resized these right. Please forgive if not

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56 MY at dock and stern shot.

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Side Deck. She has ankle high bulwarks all the up to the bow. Something very rare these days in boats this size.

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Flybridge helm with twin Garmin 5215's and L-lounge

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Aft Deck lounge. Seat backs are too low and uncomfortable. I did pass this comment on to one of the designers on board. He liked my suggestion of adding a rail three inches above and wrapping higher cushions around the rail.

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Prototype COLOR CAT MFDs. Only ones outside of lab. VERY COOL. Hull one is owned by North Carolina CAT Dealer.

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Stairs to flybridge and saloon lounge to the rear. Saloon TV and starboard lounge. In order for Hatteras to meet their price point of less than $2 million - $1,950,000 to be exact, they use minimal wood in the interior. Result being "whisper wall" everywhere. This hull was an ocean of tan.

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Galley Shots and dinette.

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Master Cabin and head. Nice size cabin with king size bed. Head was great as well.

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Side deck hatch and stairway down to staterooms.

[brunick]

Originally Posted by lwrandall

I'm back from the Hatteras Yacht Expo weekend and it was great. Hatteras really knows how to do it right. As promised, here are some of the promised pics of the New Hatteras 56 Motor Yacht.

Carl I hope I resized these right. Please forgive if not

this is more like a review, isn't it ? - maybe you should mail this to Carl, so he does a complete review with frontpage of it

[NYCAP123]

Just one man's opinion, but do not like at all. Too stark, too stubby and the entire aft end looks terrible. Don't like that rounded seat. It reminds me of the 39 that Sea Ray came out with a few years ago. It looks like they wasted space at the corners, and the placement of the aft cleats look real inconvenient unless that's just how it showed in the shots.
On a positive note I like the bulwarks, rails and the Garmin electronics. I like that they're getting away from the white seating, but they could have done a little better than brown or just brown. Again, just one man's opinion.
How's the fit and finish and what's the engine room like?

[lwrandall]

One shot of the engine room. Oh my god. This engine room was massive. I'm talking 7 ft head room, complete walk around with CAT C18? 1000hp (top speed about 23kts) and 21.5k genset. Beautiful wiring.

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The fit and finish was typical Hatteras - very good. But it is hard to tell with so little wood used. Also, this is the first Hatteras with an Aluminum fuel and water tank. The engineer said this is an "experiment" but so far they like the idea of a single center mount tank.

[lwrandall]

Over all nice "entry level" Hatteras yacht. Good space management below decks and solid engineering. This model is still hand layed. Hatteras is starting to convert most hulls to SCRIMP. I have a few select shots of other models saloons I will post in another thread.