A Sistership Of Substance

Substance he Hatteras 70 Motor Yacht Enclosed Bridge is surprisingly like the builder’s 100.

- Chris Caswell

I looked all around the marina for the Hatteras 70 Motor Yacht Enclosed Bridge, but I couldn’t spot it. I saw a Hatteras 100 with a raised pilothouse, but it wasn’t until I stood next to what I thought was another 100 that I realized it was the 70. The notch in her sheerline, the twin lozenge-shaped windows in the topsides, the upswept chines forward: all were identical, just in a package 30 feet shorter.

What really threw me was the wraparound windshield that Hatteras included, in addition to the 70’s main-deck windows and flybridge windows. That wraparound had to be a raised pilothouse, I thought— but I was wrong. The clever design feature, seen from the inside, acts as a skylight that floods the country kitchen-style galley and dining area with light.

Hatteras built this particular 70 for a couple who have owned a long line of Hatteras models. They’ve had enough sun and wind on open bridges for a lifetime. The enclosed bridge gives them a mini-sky lounge in addition to all the other features of the standard 70 Motor Yacht.