Hatteras Yachts – Yachting https://www.yachtingmagazine.com Yachting Magazine’s experts discuss yacht reviews, yachts for sale, chartering destinations, photos, videos, and everything else you would want to know about yachts. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/favicon-ytg-1.png Hatteras Yachts – Yachting https://www.yachtingmagazine.com 32 32 For Sale: Hatteras Yachts M90 Panacera https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/hatteras-m90-panacera-jetstream-for-sale/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=61890 This four-stateroom Hatteras M90 Panacera is a 2019 build with a $10.3 million asking price.

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Hatteras M90 Panacera
Twin 1,900 hp Caterpillar C-32A diesels with just 500 hours on them give Jetstream a reported 24.7-knot top-end speed. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

The Hatteras Yachts M90 Panacera called Jetstream is listed with Atlantic Yacht & Ship for $10.3 million. The 2019 build has an options list that totals more than $2 million. The motor yacht has a four-stateroom, five-head layout that sleeps 10.

This motor yacht can go the distance or go quickly. Captain’s choice. Twin 1,900 hp Caterpillar C-32A diesels provide power on Jetstream, giving it a reported 24.7-knot top speed and a 22-knot cruise speed. The engines have just 500 hours on them. Jetstream also has a Bahamas-friendly 5-foot-7-inch draft.

Hatteras M90 Panacera
The salon’s white-oak sole adds a modern sensibility to the interior. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

This Hatteras M90 Panacera has the performance, but it also has luxury cruising comfort. The salon feels thoroughly modern, thanks in part to the white-oak sole and light-tone furnishings. Frameless house-spanning windows and indirect lighting adds a sense of elegance and enhances the salon’s open feeling.

There is an L-shaped sofa to starboard that faces sliding glass doors leading to a foldout balcony to port. A formal dining table with a Release Marine table accommodating eight people for dinner is forward of the salon. Internal stairs facing aft lead from the salon to the bridge.

Hatteras M90 Panacera
Formal dining is for eight guests. Note the flybridge access via the internal stairway. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

The country galley is forward of the formal dining area and has a dinette, an island countertop with waterfall effect on the port and starboard ends, upgraded Wolf appliances, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, a wine cooler to port forward in galley, stowage, a 20-inch TV in forward corner of the dinette with Crestron controls and appliance panels made to match the cabinetry.

All of this yacht’s sleeping accommodations are belowdecks, including the full-beam amidships master stateroom, which is reportedly 22 inches bigger than a typical M90 Panacera master stateroom. It has a king-size berth, a 65-inch flat-screen TV, stowage and an en suite head with heated soles. It’s worth noting the king berth in the master stateroom has stowage underneath and is set on electrically powered actuators for easy access.

Hatteras M90 Panacera
The flybridge helm has 24-inch Garmin displays and joystick control. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

The forepeak VIP stateroom has a centerline queen berth and an en suite head with heated soles. Both the port and starboard guest stateroom has three twin berths, though the two lower berths slide together to form a queen berth. Both staterooms also have en suite heads with heated soles.

When it comes to outside spaces, this M90 Panacera’s cockpit has a shaded alfresco dining space with a bench seat, two tables and loose chairs for dining for 10 guests. Side decks lead to the foredeck where everyone will find facing bench seats with a fixed table between them set abaft a three-person sun pad, creating a great lounge space to take in the sunset. During the day, drop in poles and a sunshade for a relaxing nap.

Hatteras M90 Panacera
Casual dining space with room to spare is found on the flybridge. See the fold-down TV? Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

This 90-footer’s flybridge has an open-air aft section that has a sun shade, fixed table and loose chairs–giving guests yet another option for alfresco dining. Forward is the enclosed area with an L-shaped settee and two fixed coffee tables to starboard. The two-seat helm is forward and to starboard. To port, guests have another alfresco dining spot with a bench seat, a fixed table and loose chairs with room for eight. A U-shaped sofa is to port of the upper helm station in case guests want to chat with the captain en route to the next waypoint.

Jetstream has a crew quarters that is accessible via the transom door.

Other notable features on board Jetstream include CAT360 joystick controls, a washer and dryer combination, HattCON ship management system with full control and dimmable smart glass, navigation, and AV upgrades, three 24-inch Garmin screens with one 22-inch flat mount, KVH HD11 large dish system, KVH V11-HTS – satcom and internet, GP link SAT tracking, KVH LTE cell data system, Cell booster – WeBoost, Video streaming controls on mobile app, USB ports in all cabins, IPAD Crestron controls in all staterooms, Lumishore underwater camera, 11 Hattcon PTZ cameras (engine room, salon, galley, mast, aft deck ceiling, Digital Chain counter and display, Flir Nightvison Camera, Dual Icom Radios, Zero-speed stabilizer system, and dual 40 kW Kohler Generators with 1,180 hours on the port generator and 980 hours on starboard the starboard generator and more.

Hatteras M90 Panacera
The four staterooms are all found belowdecks, including the full-beam owners’ stateroom. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

From the Yachting Archive: Hatteras Yachts Launches M90 Panacera

“Taking design cues from the M75, the M90 is built for at-sea entertaining with an unobstructed main-deck floor plan and wide-open flybridge. he salon’s sole stretches free and clear from the cockpit’s sliding glass doors through to the dining table for eight just abaft the day head and atrium galley. There is port- and starboard-side access to the galley.” – Yachting, October 2017

Hatteras M90 Panacera
A foldout balcony accessed via sliding doors from the salon provides unique vistas. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht and Ship

Where is Jetstream located? The yacht is currently lying in Key Largo, Florida.

Take the next step: contact the listing agent, Chris Carroll, 954-303-5604, atlanticyachtandship.com

Quick Specifications

  • Length Overall: 90′
  • Maximum Beam: 22’6″
  • Fuel Capacity: 3,285 Gal.
  • Draft: 6’2″

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For Sale: Hatteras Yachts 80 Motor Yacht Review https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/hatteras-80-done-deal-for-sale/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=61687 The 2014 Hatteras 80 Motor Yacht Done Deal has Caterpillar diesels, five staterooms and 21-knot speed.

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Hatteras 80 Done Deal
The 80-foot Hatteras Motor Yacht Done Deal has a four-stateroom layout and enclosed flybridge with a variety of entertainment spaces on board. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht & Ship

Atlantic Yacht and Ship Inc. currently has Done Deal, a 2014 Hatteras 80 MotorYacht, listed for sale with an asking price of $4.1 million. The 80-footer has a four-stateroom, five-head layout with accommodations for eight, and two crew cabins that sleep four.

The four staterooms include a full-beam master stateroom amidships with a centerline king berth and an en suite head. The forepeak VIP stateroom has a centerline queen berth and an en suite head. The portside VIP stateroom also has a queen berth and en suite head. The final guest stateroom is to starboard and has two single berths with an en suite head.

Hatteras 80 Done Deal
The salon’s sunken wet bar has a backlit onyx countertop. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht & Ship

Done Deal’s cockpit provides a shaded alfresco dining experience for up to eight guests thanks to a bench seat, fixed table and loose chairs.

Walking into Done Deal’s salon, there are three loose lounge chairs lining the bar to starboard for cocktail hour. There’s also a lounge chair, L-shaped sofa and ottoman to port creating a comfortable conversation space. Forward is a formal dining area with room for up to eight guests.

Forward is the island galley to port, which is equipped with Wolf appliances, including a microwave, an oven, an induction cooktop, a Sub-Zero full-size upright refrigerator with freezer and ice maker, a double stainless-steel sink, an L-shaped countertop with tile backsplash, a Miele Diamond dishwasher and ventilation Stove, a Sub-Zero 424 Wine Chiller, a garbage disposal.

Hatteras 80 Done Deal
The island galley is set up with Wolf appliances. Note the dining space forward. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht & Ship

An L-shaped dinette is forward of the galley and makes a great spot for a family breakfast before setting out for the day.

This 80 Hatteras Motor Yacht also has an enclosed flybridge for all-weather cruising. Forward, guests will find a wet bar for creating sundowners and a C-shaped dinette located abaft the two-seat upper helm to port. To starboard is additional seating with an L-shaped sofa. There’s also a wine refrigerator forward. Outside, the after section of the enclosed flybridge has an awning that extends out from the hardtop and can be secured with poles, creating a shaded alfresco dining space. The deck has multiple fixed tables, loose chairs and a U-shaped sofa to accommodate family, friends and more friends.

The final alfresco space is the foredeck with a three-person sun pad. Side-deck access is via the cockpit as well as doors from when it gets to hot guests don’t even have to relocate thanks to a sun shade providing shade on demand.

Hatteras 80 Done Deal
An awning extends out from the hardtop to create shade on the flybridge deck. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht & Ship

Twin 1,600 hp Caterpillar C32 diesels provide power for Done Deal, giving it a 21-knot top speed and cruising at 17 knots.

Other notable features include: two 27.5 kW electronic quiet diesel Onan generators, a Garmin electronics suite with 8215 15-inch Touch Screen with three screens, Vision G2 BlueChart Florida to the Bahamas, Marine Wi-Fi Adapter Kit, 12 kW radar with 6 -foot array, digital blackbox network sounder, marine autopilot System (2022) and wireless remote for autopilot.

From the Archive: Hatteras Yachts 80 Motor Yacht

“The 80 is an attractive offering for the discriminating cruising family looking for quality beyond the norm. Though she is large, a small crew can easily handle her. Her 5-foot, 4-inch draft is well suited to Bahamian locales, and her broad beam and ample displacement should prove worthy of more adventurous crossings.

Hatteras 80 Done Deal
Twin 1,600 hp Caterpillar C32 diesels give Done Deal a 21-knot top hop. Courtesy Atlantic Yacht & Ship

With the optional passerelle, the 80 will be a standout Med-moored beside the Italian entries in her category, both inside and out. Her exterior styling is a departure from Hatteras’ past designs, which relied mightily on Jack Hargrave’s still-popular concept of solidly performing, narrow-beam motoryachts. This new 80-footer is all about beam and the convex hull on which Hatteras Yachts is staking its future.”
Yachting, January 2004

Where is Done Deal located? The yacht is currently lying in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Take the next step: atlanticyachtandship.com

Quick Specifications:

  • Length Overall: 80’
  • Maximum Beam: 21’3”
  • Draft: 5’6”

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Boats For Sale: Hatteras Yachts GT60 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/hatteras-gt60-for-sale/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=60774 The 42-knot Hatteras GT60 is a big-fish tournament battlewagon with sweeping lines, four staterooms and a bluewater build.

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Hatteras GT60
The GT60’s sloping sheerline is a trademark design aesthetic for Hatteras Yachts. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

Powered by twin 1,800 hp Caterpillar C32 diesels, the Hatteras Yachts GT60 is an angler’s 42-knot dream. Fishing amenities include a freezer forward of the console, a dry box forward, rod stowage beneath settees and options such as a West Coast-style cockpit baitwell. The GT60’s cockpit can also support a fighting chair or a removable rocket launcher. 

This battlewagon can come with four staterooms and three heads, or three staterooms and two heads. As of June, there were two GT60s available, at $1,749,000 and $2,490,000.

From the Archive

“I have never been aboard a Hatteras with anywhere near as much customization as this boat. From the transom livewell to the hydraulically operated tuna tower, this boat has been changed and upgraded dramatically, making an already great ride a really great ride. This project should alert anyone considering the pros and cons of custom versus production that it may just be possible to have a little bit of both.”

Yachting, August 2010

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Hatteras 54Cs Hit the Market https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/brokerage/hatteras-54-convertible-on-the-market/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=58917 The Hatteras 54 Convertible has three staterooms and two heads for the tournament-circuit crew.

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Hatteras 54 Convertible
The Hatteras 54 Convertible debuted a new profile for the builder, illustrated by a sweeping sheerline. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

Across its 54 feet length overall, the Hatteras 54 Convertible has three staterooms and two heads for overnight runs as a capable fishing machine. The build for bluewater duty includes a solid fiberglass hull bottom with Divinycell coring in the hull sides, deck and superstructure.

Twin 1,550 hp Caterpillar C30 diesels provide a 32-knot cruise speed. The 149-square-foot cockpit has a Release fighting chair for big-fish battles. As of July 2022, eight Hatteras 54 Convertibles were available, ranging from $749,000 to $879,000.  

From the Archive

“Everyone in our five-member crew found a place on the fully outfitted flybridge. Small touches such as drip moldings above all compartment doors keep interior spaces dry. Rod stowage is plentiful under the two settees. An optional electronics console drops from sight with the touch of a button. The electronic Caterpillar engine displays are on the tournament helm.”

Yachting, October 2007

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Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina Review https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/story/yachts/hatteras-gt65-carolina-review/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=53250 The Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina is a certified fish chaser with a bluewater pedigree.

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Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina
Powered with twin 1,800 hp Caterpillar C32 Acert diesels and set up for long range, the GT65 made a 33.3-knot top hop. Thomas Spencer

The Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina has some design changes from its GT siblings. The flybridge is pushed back a little, in a design nod to earlier Hatteras sport-fish yachts. There are newly designed side windows, and the engine-room side vents are longer. But the GT65 retains the series’ trademarks, such as generous bow flare, seakeeping ability and fish-raising muscle.

The owner of our test boat, Rascal, is a seasoned yachtsman, angler and family man who considered all of these attributes in his purchase. He worked as a mate on fishing boats when he was younger and has always been around boats with his family. Having owned several Hatteras sport-fish yachts, he decided the GT65 Carolina was the next logical move.

Rascal’s captain, Nick Millsap, has worked with the owner for five years and says the GT65 Carolina exceeded expectations. On the initial cruise to meet the owner, Millsap says, the GT65 had “a great dry ride, even into the head seas. It was rough, but the ride was awesome.”

Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina
The Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina has some design changes from its GT siblings. The flybridge is pushed back a little, in a design nod to earlier Hatteras sport-fish yachts. Thomas Spencer

The GT65 has a 194-square-foot cockpit, and there is room to swivel the combination fighting chair/rocket launcher in any direction on a frenetic marlin. Mezzanine seating to port has air conditioning to keep guests and line watchers cool. A stainless-steel freezer box is under the seat. Beneath the footrests are chilled boxes for refreshments.

To starboard is a tackle center with a prep station and eight drawers. The drawers have stainless-steel bottoms with holes for drainage and ventilation. An electric grill can be installed on top of the unit.

An in-deck ice maker produces not cubes but cylindrical ice, so it lasts longer and can touch more surfaces, keeping the catch fresher. The in-transom livewell can be fitted out with tuna tubes. Teak coaming boards add panache, while the lack of teak in the cockpit eases cleanup and maintenance.

For all its angling focus in the cockpit, the GT65 has yacht-level elegance inside. High-gloss teak is used for the cabinets and furnishings. Complementing the wood are light fabric headliners with teak accents, as well as a vinyl-plank sole for durability. An L-shaped sofa to port is plush and has stowage below each section.

Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina
The galley cabinets are high-gloss teak, and the salon has a durable vinyl-plank sole. Thomas Spencer

Rascal’s layout has a galley island with two bar stools, a setup that creates multiple ways to move in and around the galley, and that makes more space for several folks to enjoy meals. The standard galley layout is a peninsula form, creating a U-shaped countertop with room for one more bar stool. Either way, the galley has fridge and freezer drawers; a microwave; a four-burner electric cooktop; stowage for pots, pans and dishes; and pantries and cabinets with matching grain. An elevated U-shaped dinette to port has underseat stowage and a teak table.

Belowdecks is a four-stateroom, three-head layout. All spaces have 6-foot-8-inch to 7-foot-1-inch headroom. The amidships en suite stateroom has a queen walk-around berth, nightstands, a full-size closet and drawers. The forward VIP can have a queen-size centerline berth or a 60/40 split berth. The two remaining staterooms have upper and lower berths.

Owners can convert one of the staterooms to a Hatteras Integrated Tackle Storage room, with gear cabinets and rig-prepping counter space. For the competing crew, the washer and dryer in the companionway should come in handy during tournament season.

Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina
A high freeboard and significant bow flare should help keep the GT65 dry on rough days. Thomas Spencer

To minimize maintenance, most all of the high-gloss teak finishes on the exterior can be painted in a faux-teak finish. It looks as close to real as you’ll get, without the need for varnishing.

Sporting a style that blends a little bit of yesterday with a lot of today, the Hatteras Yachts GT65 Carolina is built for running to blue water—and is designed to look good doing it.

Take the next step: hatterasyachts.com

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Updated 80-foot Hatteras Motoryacht https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/story/yachts/updated-80-foot-hatteras-motoryacht/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:15:07 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=50540 The 80-foot Hatteras Khaleesi, built in 2013, is for sale in Fort Lauderdale.

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2013 80-foot Hatteras Khaleesi
The 2013 80-foot Hatteras Khaleesi has an asking price of $3,690,000. Courtesy Denison Yachting

Broker David Johnson at Denison Yachting has listed the 80-foot Hatteras Khaleesi for sale, describing her as a yacht whose original owner “upgraded practically everything.”

Khaleesi has a cherry wood interior, a full-beam master stateroom with the optional his-and-her head layout, twin 1,600-horsepower Caterpillar engines, twin 27.5-kilowatt generators, zero-speed stabilizers and a hydraulic bow thruster. There’s also a custom dive ladder, an upgraded audiovisual system with party mode, and a new chiller system for the air conditioning.

The list of additional upgrades—which goes on for several pages—also includes ACR spotlights, Aqualuma underwater lights, a fold-down TV on the aft deck, lighted steps up to the bridge, motorized interior blinds, dual Sub-Zero refrigerators in the galley, and golf bag stowage in the engine room.

Khaleesi is showing 1,645 hours on her engines. According to Denison Yachting, the yacht has a cruising speed of 14 knots and a top hop of 20 knots.

What is the asking price for Khaleesi? It’s $3,690,000, with showings available in Fort Lauderdale.

For more information, visit: denisonyachting.com

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Hatteras Panacera: Choose Your Length Overall https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/story/brokerage/hatteras-panacera-choose-your-length/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:05:43 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=51446 The 90-foot Snowghost and the 75-foot Imagine are both listed for sale.

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M90 Panacera
Snowghost is a 2018 M90 Panacera with an asking price of $6,999,999. Courtesy Denison Yacht Sales

Denison Yachting broker Peter Quintal is promoting two versions of the Hatteras Panacera for sale: the 90-foot Snowghost and the 75-foot Imagine.

Showghost is a 2018 build with an asking price of $6,999,999. She’s an M90 Panacera that has a hard top with climate control, and a beach club.

The engines are upgraded 1,900-horsepower CAT C32As with an extended CAT Platinum warranty good through April 2023. At the helm is a CAT 360 joystick docking system whose features include GPS position hold.

In October 2019, yard work for Snowghost included a fresh coat of bottom paint.

M90 Panacera
The 2018, 70-foot Imagine has an asking price of $4.89 million. Courtesy Denison Yacht Sales

Imagine is also a 2018 build. She has an asking price of $4.89 million. Quintal is marketing her as “lightly used” with “a very modern interior that has a Hamptons beach house feel.”

The engines aboard Imagine are twin 1,600-horsepower Caterpillar C32As.

Are virtual tours of these yachts available? Yes. Quintal is offering walkthroughs via Facetime.

Take the next step: Contact Quintal at denisonyachtsales.com

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Hatteras GT65 Carolina Makes World Debut https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/story/yachts/hatteras-gt65-carolina-debut/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:40:34 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=52252 The sportfishing yacht can top 40 knots, according to Hatteras.

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Hatteras GT65 Carolina
The Hatteras GT65 Carolina has a mezzanine with optional seatback air-conditioning and built-in stainless-steel boxes. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

Hatteras Yachts used the 2020 Miami Yacht Show for the premiere of the GT65 Carolina, a sportfisher with reported top speeds of more than 40 knots.

“I picked an exciting time to join the Hatteras team with the launch of this groundbreaking new yacht,” Gary Smith, Hatteras CEO, stated in a press release. “My second day in the office, I met with Chris Jessen, soon-to-be owner of the first GT65 Carolina along with his wife, Laura. The Jessens, who have an elite tournament fishing team, were great partners with Hatteras in developing this new sportfish model.”

Hatteras used computational fluid dynamics for a new hull and tunnel design on the GT65 Carolina. The hull and stringer system are infused as a single part to reduce weight and increase strength. The boat also has a new engine-room layout.

Standard power is twin 1,622-bhp Caterpillar C32A diesels; options include twin 1,800-bhp and 1,900-bhp Cats. Twin Seakeeper 9 stabilizers add comfort on board.

Four staterooms and three heads are part of the layout. The galley can have an island or peninsula counter. Aft is the cockpit with mezzanine seating, optional air conditioning and fish-ready features.

What’s the name of the first Hatteras GT65 Carolina? She’s called Fish Tank.

Take the next step: go to hatterasyachts.com

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Tested: The Hatteras GT59 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/the-hatteras-gt59-tested/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:25:22 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=55385 The Hatteras Yachts GT59 is a serious sportfishing yacht for big-game anglers.

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Hatteras GT59
The Hatteras GT59 is built for blue water with a solid-fiberglass hull bottom and an 89,000-pound displacement. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

It’s been more than a decade since Hatteras Yachts launched its GT line, lending new style to the North Carolina builder’s long-respected ability to construct fishing battlewagons.

Today, the GT range includes open and flybridge models from 45 to 70 feet length overall, with the GT59 being the newest addition to the fleet.

Like her siblings, the GT59 is built to suit serious anglers, with 156 square feet of dance floor where owners can mount a leaning post/rocket launcher combination stand, or an offset fighting chair for chasing Hemingway-­worthy marlin. Adding to her fishy nature, there’s an in-transom livewell and a tackle center in the cockpit’s forward starboard corner, under the flybridge ladder and insulated in-deck fish boxes. Teak adds a rich look not only in the cockpit, but also in the coaming boards, and air conditioning vents in the back of the mezzanine seats make watching the trolling action feel, well, ultra cool.

Inside, the Hatteras GT59 has a single-level salon and galley. An L-shaped settee with a coffee table is to port and along the after bulkhead. To starboard is an entertainment unit with a built-in flat-screen TV. The layout allows room for an island galley with four fixed stools, a four-burner Miele electric cooktop, a Franke stainless-steel sink, an in-cabinet Sharp microwave, and four fridge/freezer drawers. High-gloss teak is used throughout the space, which also has a wood-grain vinyl sole and light-tone Silestone countertops—inviting and easy on maintenance.

Hatteras Yacht on open water
Top speed: 40.1 knots Courtesy Hatteras Yachts
Fisherman on a Hatteras GT59
The Hatteras GT59’s 156-square-foot cockpit provides room for anglers to move and fight their fish wherever it may run. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

Belowdecks, Hatteras offers three layouts. The standard one has an en suite master stateroom to port (with 6-foot-5-inch headroom), a forward VIP with a queen berth and a head that also serves as the day head, and a starboard guest stateroom with upper-lower berths. In one optional layout, the forward VIP changes to 60-40 split berths. The third layout adds a day head abaft the starboard guest stateroom, swapping out the space from the standard utility room.

In all the layouts, there is a stand-up rod locker in the companionway. Door frames to the staterooms have rounded headers, adding to the high-end ambience that runs throughout the guest spaces.

Truly hardcore anglers may consider what’s dubbed the optional Hatteras Integrated Tackle Storage space. It converts the standard utility space into a tackle center with custom cabinets and lockers for rods, reels and supplies. In this space on the GT59 that I was aboard, I counted 27 rods (sans reels) in one locker alone. In-counter stowage holds larger reels such as Penn Internationals.

The engine room is designed for owner-operators, and it has one feature in particular that surprised me. When entering via a hatch in the mezzanine seating, I needed to step over the lower bulwark—and at first, I thought this setup was awkward. Soon, I realized that having the bulwark there likely eliminates seawater from entering the engine room, especially when backing down. I have seen decks get absolutely flooded with the amount of water that can wash over the transom, so this is a good idea.

Hatteras GT59 tuna tower
The optional tuna tower creates the optimal vantage point for spotting inbound billfish. Black piping reduces sun glare. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts
Hatteras GT59 interior
The galley cabinetry is high-gloss teak, and the salon sole is wood-grain vinyl. Countertops are Silestone. Courtesy Hatteras Yachts

Headroom in the engine room is just over 5 feet, and I felt like I would have had plenty of room to move around and complete regular maintenance on the optional 1,900 hp Caterpillar C32A diesel engines (1,600 or 1,800 hp diesels are also available). A 1,200-gallon-per-day watermaker and a second 21.5-kW Onan generator can be added to the standard engine-room machinery. An optional Seakeeper 16 ­gyrostabilizer should keep the ride comfy.

But much of the GT59’s fun, of course, is to be had topsides. There are two helm setups: one on the flybridge and one in the tuna tower. The flybridge layout has a high-gloss teak pod with single-lever controls on centerline, twin helm seats and 360-degree ­visibility. The helm’s dash can house three Garmin multifunction displays, in varying sizes. Covered cabinets conceal the trim tabs controller, bow thruster joystick, Optimus rudder angle display and more. Overhead is a drop-down console with the Cat engine display monitor, autopilot, VHF radio and speed log.

Performance? Check. Fishability? Check. Luxury appointments? Check. In the GT59, Hatteras Yachts has built a sport-fisherman with solid speed, admirable range and myriad angling amenities. About the only thing left to do is to fill the fish boxes.

Time Well Spent

Hatteras Yachts says construction time for the GT59 is about eight months. The hull is built of solid fiberglass below the waterline, with a stringer system that is laid in during hull production. Divinycell sandwiched foam coring is used above the waterline. A sharp entry and variable-degree deadrise hull form allow for lift and fuel efficiency. Hull tunnels mean flatter shaft angles and allow for the yacht’s 4-foot-9-inch draft.

Peak Performance

A pair of optional 1,900 hp Caterpillar C32A diesels propelled my test GT59 to 40.1 knots at 2,300 rpm. The engines burned 204 gallons per hour at the yacht’s top hop. Dialed back to 1,800 rpm, she cruised at 29.8 knots while consuming 124 gph. At that speed, the GT59’s range is 379 nautical miles with a 10 percent fuel reserve. Dropping back to 21.8 knots and 1,500 rpm, range extended to 415 nautical miles with a fuel burn of 83 gph.

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Ward Setzer Joins Hatteras Yachts https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/ward-setzer-joins-hatteras-yachts/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 05:08:38 +0000 https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/?p=52320 Superyacht designer Ward Setzer joins Hatteras Yachts as chief product officer.

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Ward Setzer
Ward Setzer has designed yachts for Christensen, Outer Reef, Hinckley, Delta, Northern Marine, McMullen & Wing and more. Billy Black

Yacht designer Ward Setzer, who worked at ­Hatteras Yachts in the mid-1980s before launching his own firm in 1991, returned to the North Carolina builder as chief product officer in January. Setzer plans to revamp existing Hatteras models and create new ones.

Following are edited excerpts of Setzer’s conversation with Yachting.

Returning to Hatteras is a real homecoming for you. I started with Jack Hargrave right out of school and did big boats with him, and I was there less than two years when I went to Hatteras around 1985 or 1986. Jack was designing the 92 to 130 series for Hatteras, so I ran that program on the production line.

What made you want to give up your own business at age 58 and go back? I was semiretiring in April of this year. I was going to go off and be artsy and live in the North Carolina mountains — I was all ready to do it and continue as a consultant on my terms, which is a nice way to end a custom career — but then I got a call.

That must have been one heck of a call. There’s nothing better than a challenge, especially to help your alma mater. I was here in the glory days when ­Hatteras had 1,500 employees. It’s almost 500 now. They’re well known for their sportfish, but they don’t sell nearly as many boats as a company like Viking does, and there’s also all these companies like Jarrett Bay digging into the custom market. Hatteras needs a top-to-bottom, long-term vision. Because of my 800 ­vessels on the water built all over the world, I think it’s going to be fun to give a little bit of what I’ve learned back.

How will you create that vision? I’m on the shop floor problem-solving. I’m here to look at the product, improve the product line through the motoryachts and the sportfish, expand the product line at a much faster frequency than in the past, and rally the team.

Does this mean the end of your firm? Setzer Design is still open for a while, to finish obligations. My one-off and two-off projects, as unique and fun as they are, most of them for the past five or six years, I haven’t been able to show anybody what I’m doing. I have nondisclosure clauses.

What can we expect from Hatteras going forward? We have the motoryacht line and the sportfish line. We’re going to build out those lines, fill in the holes in the strategies to meet each market segment properly. I need to massage every product across the board in different ways so that they all become a family. And then there will be new development from the ground up.

You’ve designed some big yachts. Is there a 250-­foot Hatteras in the future? The key is to stay within your boundaries and work within your realm of influence. I’m also going to make sure we look at the history: where this company came from, how it started and where they had the most success with what types of products.

What do you think is most ­important for boaters to know about the history of Hatteras Yachts? It was on the backs of companies like Hatteras in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s that so many other companies got their start.

Since you can’t divulge upcoming changes in ­Hatteras models, can you say when we might see them? You’ll start to see things by the Fort Lauderdale show this year.

That’s in November — you mean new features by then, right? Not new models? Noooo — why would I want to do new ­features when I can do a whole new model? We’re going to be coming with surprises in motoryachts and ­sportfishers. Our sport-fishing line is going to get even stronger, and with the motoryachts, we are going back to our heritage.

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