On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:58:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

OK, so-- what makes a Hatteras so special?

Good design, good engineering, good construction, nicely finished.
Other than that, nothing special. :-)

Hatteras and Bertram both fell victim to the ill advised 10% boat
luxury tax of 1990. It drove construction overseas for a while and
mass produced, high quality boat building in this country never fully
recovered.

The Ted Kennedy Tax - killed most of RI's builders too.