On Aug 17, 11:48 am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:04:16 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 16, 9:46 pm, hk wrote:
The parent company of Hatteras Yachts cut 325 jobs Thursday at its New
Bern and Edenton boat-building plants.

That's a shame to lose that many people, but Then again, I don't think
that Hat. caters to "common folks", or that's the way I see it. Do
they actually make craft for less than $100,000.00?

When America had plenty of production jobs the job losses wouldn't be
a big deal. Now that most of what we use is made elsewhere, every job
loss hurts.

I know I couldn't afford to buy a new one.

Once you get past the initial purchase nut, keeping it in the barn,
and the semi to tow it to lake Carlyle, it may be economical.
Some of those big Hatteras' may get better mileage than the Marquis.
Hatteras made some fuel sippers according to the Boattest article
below.
"A 6300 Hatteras Motoryacht (115,000 lbs. Powered by 2x1400-hp Cats):
550 rpm, 8.1 mph, 4.05 mpg.)"http://www.boattest.com/Resources/view_news.aspx?NewsID=989

Of course I'm not vouching for the accuracy of any of this, but I did
find the mpg differences interesting.

--Vic

Vic, here's what i was thinking of.
http://www.chriscraft.com/lancer_20_oview.aspx

Chris Craft makes some pretty big tubs too! But... that's not all they
make. They've done a pretty good job of catering to just about anyone
that wants something more than a jon boat for years. Seems like Hat.
hasn't and that might be part of their problem. OH, there's lots of
people that would pay premium for a luxury Cuddie of a runabout, and
I think that they probably could have used that niche market about
now. I think they should have diversified their product line years
ago, instead of relying on their cult-like following for their
Hatteras (as Chuck would say) "Bluewater Battlewagons"