Photograph · Riggs Yacht Sales / Tom Spencer, via Marlin

Builder · New Bern, North Carolina

Hatteras

Willis Slane, a North Carolina knitwear manufacturer and fisherman, founded Hatteras in 1959 to build his ideal sportfishing boat. The first, the 41-foot Knit Wits, was among the first fiberglass boats over 40 feet. The yard began in High Point, added New Bern in 1967, and builds there today under White River Marine Group, owner since May 2021.

Hulls on record
13
Built between
1979–2021
Names carried
28
Renamed at least once
9

Hulls on recordBy decade, then hull number

  1. 1970s2 hulls

    Bale Moneylaunched as Top Shelf · 2 names since 1979HIN HATAS49307791979
  2. Carolina Blondelaunched as Checkmate · 4 names since 1979O.N. 608294 · 461979

  3. 1980s1 hull

    Sweet DealO.N. 6480151980

  4. 1990s3 hulls

    Reel Haulerlaunched as Big H · 3 names since 1997HIN HATEV336F697 · 541997
  5. April Maelaunched as Miss Alex · 2 names since 1998HIN HATDA411F7981998
  6. Maggielaunched as Parhelion · 2 names since 1999HIN HATGD609F8991999

  7. 2000s6 hulls

    Brendas IIIlaunched as Gallant Lady · 2 names since 2001HIN HATGH709F0012001
  8. Paradise FoundHIN HATGE321J102 · 702002
  9. FishticuffsHIN HATGR603E2022002
  10. Sea Moorelaunched as Fifty Fifty · 3 names since 2004HIN HATFB600C4042004
  11. Triple Doslaunched as Doulos · 3 names since 2006HIN HATGT624C6062006
  12. Memorieslaunched as Southern Pride II · 3 names since 2009HIN HATGX415F809 · 60GT2009

  13. 2020s1 hull

    BurroHIN HATHK604C121 · GT65 Carolina2021

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