From The Manufacturer
What makes the 48 Convertible remarkable is not how different it is but how much it feels and looks like every Hatteras. That's part of the company genius: the man who buys the 32 gets a yacht designed under the same rigid guidelines and executed with the same obsessive care as the one who buys a 65. There is no such thing as a stripped Hatteras; the differences between models are not of substance but of scale.
Hatteras seems t have a few basic design goals that guide all its yachts. The running bottoms are conservative: fine forward sections for a smooth ride in a rough sea, some convexity to keep things dry and a shape that is generally monohedron tapering down to moderate deadrise after sections that combine good efficiency with a smooth ride.
The company has never expressed an interest in, nor dabbled with, the competition for the greatest pure speed in convertibles, instead aiming for a reasonable top end of around 30 knots combined with excellent rough-water capability and good range.
To eschew the goggle-eyed quest for bragging rights at the tournaments today requires the ultimate confidence that one's yacht can compete and excel in a number of other, more practical, areas. Some consider such confidence to be smugness, but Hatteras's sales success proves the confidence is well founded.
The 48 is particularly interesting in that it is the product of two distinctly different design teams. Jack Hargrave gets credit for the 48, as well as the rest of the convertible line from the 41 up. The 48 has a soft, quiet ride.
Deck Plans
Layout, Deck by Deck
Specs
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Length14.83m
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MaterialsGRP Hull
& Superstructure
