Living on 64 Manhattan

Nice boat, beautiful pic. Start by chartering or renting boats while awating yours. That's a lot of boat to start with. You need to learn how to operate and maintain it. Had a client once who thought a 60 Pred. was a great place to start until he did about $20,000 worth of damage to his dock neighors his
4th time out. 800K sounded a bit cheap (depending on age), but the motors answered that. But 70K sounds a bit low for 2 Manns. I wouldn't hold my breath on the lawsuit. Consider it your first lesson in boating as in Break Out Another Thousand. You have so incedibly much to learn, but you've come to the right place. SEARCH. Most of the questions you asked and more have been asked and answered here. Also go onto Sunseeker forums, cruising forums, caribean cruising forums, etc., etc. You jumped in with both feet. Now you need to learn to swim. The more you learn, the less expensive your lessons will become. You've embarked on a great adventure. Good luck.

You are going to want a watermaker. Also, a y for 2-30amps to a single 50amp.

I think they'll need a bit more than that switching to 110V.

Welcome to the Forum, you are in the right place for learning just about everything you will need (it has been a great assist to me), however, nothing makes up for hands on experience!
Carrying spares is a good idea, importantly, make sure you learn how to use them!
As for the engines, I would expect they are MAN that will need expert engineers to repair and service. I have had MAN before. Good when they run well, but any problems cannot be repaired by an amateur.
Fuel: Take care to have the best filter systems for the engines, I have recently learnt just how important the Racors are to keep fuel clean. Consider separate tanks for each engine, although this is probably going to be difficult.
I know little about the Bahamas, however, most the vessels that cruise there, carry spare propellers and sometimes a shaft due to shallow water damage.
Good luck!

Watermaker indeed, nice to have so you can spend more to
On the hook. In some places and in the Bahamas water is expensive, it adds up

Winter is typically when the trades are the strongest, NE to E which can make island hoping in the Carib a little challenging if you try to stick to a schedule

Spring Offers the best weather, with lighter winds and no rain. By late June tropical waves can start moving thru with some rain and then by July they get stronger with developing into tropical systems. Peak of the hurricane season is september, with activity tapering off into late october.

That is a 64 Manhattan Mk.I from 1999 to 2002 with the small MAN 800hp engine options.
800k is expensive for current market conditions. Such a price could be considered if location was idle...
You can get a Mk.II 2003 onwards with 1000hp MAN or Cats for less to that right now.

Oops saw the post after that 500k is good price for that. That is definitly an 02 construction and year model. You recognize the 03 and after Mk.2 versions of the 64 Manhattan for large three per side vertical view windows in the owners mid ship stateroom, for the passarelle which is telescopic and hides, and for the hydraulic up and down bathing platform aft.

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If you have only run 20 hrs since an engine MOH and your fuel filters are full of dirt and crud I would look seriously at getting the tanks cleaned. What was the problem with your engines anyway? Was it related to crap and crud in your fuel supply? They wouldn't be the first engines to fail due to a fuel contamination problem.

How far can you travel on that boat without the need to refuel? This is going to play a big part in where and when you can cruise with that in the Caribbean.

I agree with KW, you have fuel problem if your filters need replacing that quickly, odd on a recent boat but if it sat for long tine it s not surprising

You may want to check your fuel numbers, there is no way a boat that size will burn only 50 liters an hour total at 14 kts. At 10 kts yes, that s about right but as soon as as you get close to and over hull speed your fuel flow goes up exponentially. Hull speed is typically calculated as the square root of the waterline length times 1.3. So on your boat it's probably 9.5 to 9,7 kts

14 kts is just about the worst speed as you are not on plane and pushing a big wake. You are burning close to what you d burn at 18 to 19kts...

To give you an idea of how this works, the 70 footer that i run (1400hp cats 3412E) burns about 18gph (about 60 L) at 9.8 kts. At 11 kts, it burns about 35 to 40 GPH

Big difference... So either run at 10kts or on plane at 18kts, but not in between

The only issue with slow running is that the engines may he running a little cool. After a few hours of slow running, spool them up on plane for 20 to 30 minutes.

Unusual Liveaboard

As a massive Sunseeker fan (and previous owner of 3), I salute your adventurous action. I am now on the trawler trail as I would like to spend a lot of time aboard a boat. It seems to me that this is a very strange choice for a liveaboard, and I would like to understand how that's going to work.

Economy of living: This is not going to be a cheap boat to run.

Seagoing capability: As seaworthy as this boat surely is, providing you're a short distance from a safe haven, the range will severely limit much travel.

Why exactly did you choose a boat of this type rather than the more solid, stable, economical, reliable, etc etc.

Regards Tim

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

Wakeseeker asked......

I guess there's a million answers to the "what would be normal" question. Many of those that choose to become a liveaboard, look at things like cruising areas, type of use, costs, spacial requirements, acceptable quality standard; it's endless. Me? I am also looking at the M64 as it's a beautiful looking boat, though I would consider it as a boating option to take as a stalling measure to my longer term plans. The boat requirement at that point would then probably be a trawler type boat such as Outer Reef, Selene, Nordhavn, etc. Loads of people are in such boats as older Hatteras, or Grand Banks. None of these would get you the wakeboarding of course, but you pay a pretty penny to be on a board behind your own boat.

The killer point here is that YOU HAVE DONE IT, and I'm talking about it!! Hope it works out well for you.

Regards Tim

Judging from your vocabulary and use of terms I sense you are very new to boating. Since you already got burned by not having a proper engine survey I would like to suggest that you hire a competent Captain. Such an individual could easily save you their salary and make your future boating much more enjoyable.