Looking for Coastal Cruiser

That is great to hear, congratulations. Poland is producing Elan sailing yachts as well. You must be thrilled.
If you don't mind, what is your previous boat and what else did your consider? This seems to be a great vessel for SoCal Catalina cruises.

Thanks! We both had very high expectations and it still exceeded ours. They flew in a team of 4 top guys from MarineMax Dallas since last Thursday to handhold me with commissioning and working through issues...none yet shockingly after 150 mile run from San Diego to Avalon Friday night, to MDR Saturday with rough seas and yesterday towards Malibu. Be glad to show you ours sometime. My other boat was/is Regal 32. I also considered an Aquila 44 Cat 2yrs ago but this has been my main pick for past 4yrs. Galeon only in U.S. via Marine max 5yrs and already #2 seller in 40-65' range and soon to be #1 this year according to them. Only problem is we were looking to buy a used 1-3 yr old Sept 2020 and everyone listed had sold so we bought a 2021 that was 1 of 5 slated for FLIBS and had it redirected straight to San Diego. These range $1.3M to $$1.6M after negotiations.

Thanks, that will be valuable information for many readers here. I am always curious to know more about the boating journey as it is so varied and ,in your case, wonderful.
Again congratulations to you and MarineMax and Galeon.

The general rule is to wind it up for about a half hour every 8 hours. You should have no problem if you follow that.

Actually the 3412e's are economical at low 550 rpm or high idle 650 rpm , a lot of sportfish boats are powered with 3412e's that troll all day then are cleared out running back to the dock. They start getting hungry cruising beyond 900 rpm. A bit more engine to maintain in the long run than 6 cylinders, 44 gal per oil change + more of everything. They are dependable engines. I would think twice about going to a single engine. We looked at the Hat 63 rhp, great boat but I did not want another pair of 12 cylinder engines for our use of cruising, knowing we would be doing 8 to 10 kts most of the time. If you can get 15/18knt at plane you can still cover some miles if needed.

Not off hand. The build quality of the Hatteras is second to none in that size. Perhaps take a look at the 63' Sunseeker Manhattan. If you really like the layout of the 63' Hatteras, I would just go for it. While you spend the money on maintaining the bigger engines. The boat should be painted with Awlgrip which requires no waxing, just wash with the Awlwash soap, so that should save you on annual costs. The problem with the fast trawlers is most of them have huge exterior maintenance keeping up with all of the varnish, teak decks, waxing gelcoat......etc...... Which the Hatteras has very little exterior maintenance costs in comparison.

Be hard to find the same quality in that size. Still there are other brands that are good. Hatteras had the 63 with c18's as a power option, but have never saw one advertised. I would have been all over that had one been available. When we were looking at Hat 63's Capt J mentioned to find one with c18's, there just aren't any. The Ocean Alexander 64 PH is a nice boat, not a Hatteras but nice layout and decent er. The older models had Cat 3406e's which would be a good setup for your use.

I managed/maintained and ran one back when it was nearly new. It ran very well with C 18's.......23.5 knot cruise.....easy on fuel...... the 64' with C32's will run 20 knots at 100 gph at around 1650 rpms.

Actually the Neptunus 63' is a good running boat, those had C18s and would be in your price range.

Yes. They're a straight forward boat, built with easily sourced mostly U.S. parts, excellent owners manual detailing where everything is with pictures, everything is accessible for maintenance, good sea boat, perform well, thick teak (when new), etc. etc....... They're not a Hatteras, but a pretty well built boat. Gelcoat doesn't have a super shine to it, and I've had to replace the chiller insulation in the engine room on some of them, but the insulation is easy to change for someone to DIY.

Yeah, 63' was older model I believe.......62' was their best selling yacht. I had one in a 5-7' beam sea, towing a 25' Robalo and it handled it very well.

Suggest take a look at the Galeon 640 Fly, that also has beach mode and Love the Walk through bow access from main salon.

The versatility is really impressive, it’s a transformer and the fit and finish is really on a completely different level than Aquila. Just in the seven days of having it and took it to Catalina, Malibu and at the marina you wouldn’t believe how many comments and visits I get from others. I love the full beam massive master on the Aquila and flybridge access to bow and it’s still one of my favorites but it’s a whole different build with materials etc. also consideration is catamaran only can use end tie so cost and availability might be important considerations.