New 55 Hatteras SF, 1271TI's

Congratulations, should be a good combo with 12v71's TI's. I ran one and it handled better than the 52' and 53's and was more stable in a beam sea and a good all around boat. I think the one I ran cruised 22-23 knots at 1950 rpms with a fiberglass Hardtop.

This particular 55' Hatteras SF that I picked up in Biscayne Bay in Miami and had to run to Lighthouse Point, must have been sitting and not run for AT LEAST a year. After checking all of the fluids, I started them up and they rolled over a long time before kicking, when they did the mate and I had to RUN to the street in front of the house about 120' away because the blue smoke was so bad you couldn't see 40'. Anyways after about 10 mins it cleared up and they were idling fairly ok at that point, so we let them warm up another 10 mins, left the dock, go to the bay, I brought them up to 800rpms and they blue smoked a bit, then 1000 rpms for a few mins and they blue smoked about 5 mins.....so I brought them up to 1350 rpms where the turbo's started building a touch of boost and huge smoke screen behind the boat for 5 mins and cleared up......I brought them up to 1950 rpms and they smoked a bit for 2 mins and cleared up, ran her cruise all of the way to Hillsboro Inlet and they ran clean ever since. Boat ended up going to Jacksonville without issues eventually.

Boat had 24 brand new (not reliabilt) AC DELCO injectors in the boxes on it and many other spares.....believe it or not......

you bought it and now you are having a survey???

Good for you!
Enjoy and share some photos.

What made you switch from a 54' Bertram to a 55' Hatteras?

I don't know of any prop shops in the Panama City area. Might be worth sending them down to Frank and Jimmy's in lauderdale, although the props on your boat are not high tech so someone local with a good reputation should be able to handle it.

Wiring chase on the Hatteras shouldn't be an issue, usually on the side of the boat under the gunnel height and accessable. The Hatteras is a lot more stable on the beam.

I can't stand the 54' Bertram engine room or the pool area in the bow. The pool area is too short height wise for me to bend over through the hatch and easily get around, then Bertram routed wiring or something across that deck that you have to scoot over. Same with the engine room, that bulkhead in the aisle will kill you to get to the gens, then they're sandwiched 10" from the fuel tanks and to get to the outbound side will kill you after stepping on wiring harnesses and everything else they ran in the way.

Enjoy your new toy.

Waterway Guide also has some fuel pricing.

Don't forget to call because many fuel docks will offer discounts off of their prices for volumes of 500,1000 gallons etc. as well.

try intercoastal propeller in gulf shores alabama, he is a prop scan shop. best thing i did for my 1972 58 hatteras yachtfish. smoother and a little more speed traditional prop repair