80 Hatteras Motoryacht 2010

Source: Power & Motoryacht Magazine

If the world of finance has been good to you, you’re probably thinking about a bigger boat, maybe even a megayacht. And if you are, you should be thinking “Hatteras,” too. The North Carolina builder is one of the world’s best, and their 80 Motor Yacht is a good starting point for folks entering the world of Serious Yachts. With four staterooms plus crew’s quarters, the 80 MY is perfect for entertaining family, friends or business associates. With an expansive full-beam master stateroom, it would also make a nice retirement home.

There, and Back Again

The 80 Motor Yacht isn’t the top of the Hatteras line – that honor goes to the 100 Motor Yacht – but it’s still as much boat as most of us will ever need. Unlike many Mediterranean-style yachts this size, which stress sunbathing and dayboating as much as cruising, the Hatteras reflects American yachting lifestyles. It has lots of accommodations, a spacious galley, a large saloon and a cozy aft deck, but not many sunpads.

Built almost icebreaker-tough in the Hatteras Yachts style, it will be an ideal platform for venturing into areas less-traveled – maybe the Inside Passage to Alaska, or Canada’s northeastern provinces, or Orkney or the Shetlands. We’d cruise the 80 Motor Yacht as far as the 2,858 gallons (10,819 liters) of diesel would take us, and count on Hatteras’s high standards of construction and engineering to take us there and back again.

If you are thinking about long range cruising, the Hatteras 80 Motor Yacht can do it in more comfort than many trawler types, you’ll just have to go slower. On the other hand, you’ll have a large entertainment platform if more sedate yachting is what you have in mind. The Hatteras 80 can do both equally well.

The standard open-bridge layout has lots of seating, including an L-settee aft to port, a dinette and a fully equipped wet bar. There are double electric grills, too. The radar arch is polyurethane-coated aluminum.

Choice of Flybridges

The flybridge is where folks spend most of their time underway, and Hatteras offers three layout options. The two open arrangements are virtually the same, differing only in the presence of a hot tub in one. Some people like the flybridge so much, they prefer to live there. For them, Hatteras offers the Sky Lounge, an enclosed bridge that in essence is a second saloon. The joinery and décor are a little classier, and the amenities more numerous, including a 32” TV, stereo entertainment system and, of course, air conditioning.

Design and Construction

Rather than a deep-V (not necessary when the boat doesn’t jump over the waves), Hatteras designers drew a variable-deadrise bottom with a sharp entry forward and a convex bow for a comfortable ride. Moving aft, the deadrise flattens to almost zero at the transom; a flatter bottom offers less resistance for extra speed vs. horsepower, and adds stability, especially at rest or running at displacement speed. Carefully designed and positioned strakes enhance handling and tracking.

A hot tub on the flying bridge is optional. It does take up some room, though.

The first Hatteras yachts, built in the early days of fiberglass, were engineered by rule-of-thumb: if the crew couldn’t break them by smashing in and out of Hatteras Inlet in all kinds of weather, they were OK. Today, the company is more high-tech, but the boats are still as tough as any you’ll find. The 80 Motor Yacht rides on a solid fiberglass bottom with plenty of structural support in key areas. Divinycell coring is used in hull sides, decks and superstructure to maintain stiffness without adding weight. Hatteras uses no balsa coring.

Seating on the main deck includes a cozy area aft for alfresco dining or maybe enjoying a nightcap while watching the lights go out in the city.

Room for Everyone

Hatteras pulled out all stops when designing and styling the 80 Motor Yacht’s accommodations. The focal point of the main deck is a large saloon/dining area with easy access to and from the galley and an optional lower helm station. There are two basic layouts, not much different but for the addition of a bar in one.

To Helm, Or Not to Helm?

We’re happy to see that Hatteras considers the lower helm station an option. We think the room and utility picked up on the main deck without a helm there is well worth the compromise. Virtually all boats in this class will have either a flying bridge buttoned up with isinglass or an enclosed sky lounge with helm. This creates a great country kitchen area on the main deck. However, some yachtsmen will want the helm below as well so they can stay part of the action. It also makes boat handling easier if you are short-handed.

The Lower Deck

The Hatteras 80 MY buyer has more choices to make on the lower deck, where, once again, there are two possible arrangements. Each includes four staterooms, and centers on a full-beam master located amidships where it’s most comfortable. In a nod to Med style, Hatteras added three hullside windows on each side to provide the owner with natural light.

The alternative arrangement replaces the twin cabin with another double, and the closet with a second head in the owner’s suite. Crew’s quarters are reduced to just a double berth. Of course, you can mix and match the options to get just what you want, or have something completely different

Boat Specifications: 80 Hatteras Motoryacht 2010

Length Overall                        79′ 10”

Dry Weight                             181,000 lbs.

Beam                                       21′ 3”

Fuel Cap                                  2,858 gal.

Draft                                       5′ 4”

Water Cap                               388 gal.

Deadrise/Transom                   N/A

Bridge Clearance                    21′ 1”

Max Headroom                       6′ 6”