55 Hatteras cosmetic update/refurb.

[yottyboy]

You're going to need a bigger vacuum cleaner

[team oldschool]

It's coming!!!!

[M.E.K.]

It's coming!!!!

Let me know when it gets there!

What's really disgusting is the kind of garbage that accumulates in places you can't clean over 27 years. People wonder why old boats smell!

[saltshaker]

cool, love this boat. the 55 is a tank. i've done a few trips (boston - lauderdale) on an '83 and '87, same owner. one trip a boat behind us in a following sea called us the 'steam roller'. the '83 got a lot of exterior upgrades, it sure was pretty. i'll see if i can find some pics if youre interested. i think he ripped the tower off (didnt replace it), and did a nice new hardtop, polished aluminum bow rails and bridge ladder. and a really nice custom low profile windshield. wasnt really functional but it sure looked good. eisenglass ran from the hardtop to the windshield anyway. that involved removing the big old hatteras windshield which looks like your's already had removed. that is a comfortable bridge too! it had the grill in the galley next to the sink, that nice. cool little fountain bar in the bridge sink too...

[tprice]

Love rebuild pictures, this should be a good one

[M.E.K.]

So we got the interior gutted but before we put anything back together we've decided to change the windows on the side of the house to something a little different. I personally hate when people try to put newer hat windows on older hat's, so we decided to do something that was in keeping with the rest of the boats styling but slightly more current. Here are the templates that represent the window profile that we picked...

[PowerYacht]

hi MEK nice job

Hatteras own refurb program replaces this with crystaized glass glued windows. Are you doing something similar?

[cataholic]

Looks like a fun project MEK, thanks for sharing.

I spent a summer back in about '91 redoing a 43' boat---I actually enjoyed it tremendously. The final result was very saitsfying. Hope yours goes well and keep us posted.

[rickf]

So we got the interior gutted but before we put anything back together we've decided to change the windows on the side of the house to something a little different. I personally hate when people try to put newer hat windows on older hat's, so we decided to do something that was in keeping with the rest of the boats styling but slightly more current. Here are the templates that represent the window profile that we picked...

Did you put it back in the water while working on it?

[M.E.K.]

So we got the interior gutted but before we put anything back together we've decided to change the windows on the side of the house to something a little different. I personally hate when people try to put newer hat windows on older hat's, so we decided to do something that was in keeping with the rest of the boats styling but slightly more current. Here are the templates that represent the window profile that we picked...

Did you put it back in the water while working on it?

Yep. I only had it out of the water for the bottom job. Project finances have changed a little bit as I've purchased a bigger hat to replace this one.