A Classic 53 Foot Hatteras Tempts Me

For over ten  years, Wendy and I have admired a beautiful, older 53 foot Hatteras parked at the River Street Marina over in Port Huron.  This week we noticed if was For Sale.

As luck would have it we arrived just in time to see the owner moving the craft from the fuel dock to it's normal mooring along the Seawall. Helping on board was our condo neighbor and good friend Dave McPhail, who owns an on-line boat listing company named Boatcan.com. 

Dave McPhail of Boatcan got us a tour of the Hatt.

Dave obligingly got us a tour of this magnificent ship.  We were thrilled when Tom Jones,  the owner,  waved  us over and asked if we'd like  to board. Tom spent over an hour with us.  He  proudly detailed every part of the  vessel  and showed us how he meticulously restored the boat after a fire on board while in lay up a few years ago.

Here's the listing for this classic treasure:
http://boatcan.com/boats/hatteras-53-motor-yacht-cruiser

Tempting eh!

The powerboats arrived in Port Huron for the race tomorrow.

The racing boats are really works of art. Living sculptures with thousands of horsepower, waiting patiently for tomorrow, the big day.

We had a waterfront lunch at "the Athletic Club" http://www.trioporthuron.com/Menu.html on the Black River before driving down to Marine City where we caught the car ferry back to Canada.

All the way down the river there were cars haphazardly parked on the roadside and dozens of garage sales.  This weekend is the huge 125 mile long Michigan garage sale.

A busy day. Lots to see.
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