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Haylands



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Fatty's REAL replacement... meet Barefoot Lady...

This is sort of Range Rover related so I'll put it here... (Stan, move it if I've put it in the wrong place...)

Some will know the saga, some asked for updates... It all started back in 2013 when we spent some time in Grenada and met a couple who had been snowbirds for 18 years, spending our winters in the Caribbean on a boat... we had always talked of buying a property abroad when the kids moved out.. but now a boat seemed a better idea as you can move your home easily...

So, with careful planning, downsizing and getting rid of Fatty (that's the RR link..!!) we have been able to retire at 55 and pursue our dream, 4 years of reading, planning, reading more and learning all about boat systems and we were ready to pull the trigger

We knew nothing about boats, a pedalo and a cross channel ferry were about our only experiance so we set a low budget for a boat, something we were willing to gamble and won't cry too much if it's a folly...

So last month we went to Florida, we saw a lot of old tyred boats, some bodged up heaps and some nice, well looked after boats, one stood out head and shoulders above the rest...

Meet "Barefoot Lady" a fully refitted 1976 Hatteras 42ft Long Range Cruiser (LRC) A full displacement solid fiberglass hull tank of a boat, these were seriously over engineered back in the day and fitted out inside in solid teak and mahogany, the hull and non moving parts are 41 years old, just about everything else has been rebuilt or replaced in the last three years including full rebuilds of the two 4-53 Detroit Diesel two stroke engines and the velvet drive hydraulic transmissions.













The stars and stripes will be replaced with the red ensign as she is currently being registered in the UK.

The engines are 120hp each, they are 4 cylinder 3.5ltr two stroke diesels and cruise at 1,500rpm pushing her along at 7.5 Kn (just under 9 mph) you will notice from the engine room shot that they are a mirror image, one rotates clockwise, the other anticlockwise this means the props turn in different directions to keep the boat sailing straight.... At this breakneck speed she will do an amasing 3.5mpg (UK gallon) which is actually very good for a boat...!!!

Came in under budget at less than six figures (USD) although they do say a boat is a hole in the water you throw money in so lets see...!!!

We have a few commitments which has meant we have had to leave her there for now, she is in a boatyard in Panama City Fl, up on the panhandle, all shrink wrapped waiting for us to return later in the year when we will head south for a few months of winter sun....

I will probably do a blog of our experiences and I dare say a few mods if I can stop sitting on deck in the sun sipping cocktails...!!! Who would want to follow it...????

Specifications for the anoraks like me who understand all this....lol

Detroit Diesel 4-53s completely rebuilt, along with her transmissions, in 2016 less than 800 hours.
Rocna Fortress 33 kg anchor with 240 feet of chain, 300 feet of rode—new 2014.
Bruce standby anchor with 300 feet of rode.
Fortress emergency anchor with a lot of rode.
Sea anchor
Garmin radar 2014
Garmin 7212 12" touch screen chart plotters at both helms, new 2014
Raymarine autopilot with remote, new 2014, integrated to Garmin.
Raymarine depth sounder, new 2015
Active AIS, transmit and receive, that plays on the Garmin.
Pipewelder deck crane
Trinka hand built 10’ rowing, sailing, power dinghy with 2 1/4 horsepower Honda outboard, new 2014.
KTI fuel polisher, new 2014
Full steering system overhauled 2016
Cruise RO 20 gph water maker, new 2015. All parts are off the shelf and available world wide.
Three Standard horizon VHFs with DSC, MMSI, etc. New 2014 and 2016.
Icom Single Sideband radio, new 2015.
Long range VHS and SSB antennas.
PSS dripless shaft seals, new 2016
Racor dual manifold primary filters (4 filters total) with vacuum gauges, new 2014
Bilge pump cycle counters, bilge high water alarms, new 2015
Custom Glastop settee, new 2014
Teak and holly sole, new 2014
Two new custom built solid teak side doors.
Deck nonskid paint new 2018.
Freshwater & Saltwater washdown pumps new 2015
Clipper anenometer and wind direction, new 2016
Bottom soda blasted, epoxy barrier coated and painted with Petit Trinidad in 2016.
Hull has no blisters.
Two main props and two spare props in lazarette reconditioned and balanced in 2017. One is new.
All canvas and isenglass new 2015
Shaft Shark line cutters ahead of props. 2016
Shaft Savers to dampen shaft vibrations (and to make space for the Shaft Sharks). 2016
6 group 31s plus three cranking batteries. They are Exide 31XPDs New 2018
Two Solbian 200W flexible solar panels on the bimini 2015
Three Cruisaire HVAC units, one for each community compartment. Two are relatively new. One is older. New sea water pump and most hoses new 2017
Wedge desk with monitor on arm to make forward V birth an office.
Mast trimmed to allow 17 foot clearance in fresh water (with folding anchor light down and anemometer removed). You can get under all the bridges on the Great Loop.
10 Taylor fenders, plus two large ball fenders 2014
Heavy duty twin 30 foot snubbers, plus one light duty 18 foot snubber.
Lifesling rescue throwable with line.
Emergency boarding ladder
Swim platform and folding swim latter
Stainless railing. No teak on deck, except for bow pulpit.
New carpet fore and aft in 2014.
Washer/Dryer
Princess propane stovetop and oven, new 2014
Corian counter top, new 2014
Raritan PuraSan Type 1 MSD, new 2016
All sanitary hoses and PVC new 2016
Vacu-Flush toilets use 1/2 pint of fresh water a flush. 2017
Freshwater and deckwash pumps new 2017
Four person auto inflate life raft, new 2015,
Westerbeke 7.6KW Gen Set new 2014 450hrs
Brownies 120V surface air supply (a hookah) with 60 feet of hose and a secondary regulator and mouthpiece 2014

We downsized our house last year, I said I wanted somewhere that needed nothing doing as I have rebuilt the last few we have bought... so what did we end up with... a 1950's house with structural problems that needs a full refit... but it was cheap and it is in a lovely little village on the Yorkshire Wolds.... so, all winter fixing a boat and all summer fixing a house.... why do I keep doing it.....!!??? Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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mjdronfield



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Bloody hell Pete, that’s one hell of a floater 🙂

Adventures await mate.

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1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
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GAC23



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Wow. Just wow.

Good luck to you, Sir.

Enjoy a lot - I’m sure you will.

Look forward to reading your adventures on the high seas. What do I put here then?

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Alistair



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Bow down I thought I was brave / slightly insane selling our house and buying a ski apartment - you're taking it to a whole new level Thumbs Up

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longmanh



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This is awesome. Well done for grabbing life by the balls and just going for it.

Please keep this thread updated as I'd love to read about your adventures.

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Clabs



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What a great story Pete! It sounds like you have worked really hard to plan your early retirement and pursue your dreams so hats off to you mate.

I am sure you are going to have some excellent adventures on Barefoot Lady so please keep us updated Smile

Cheers, Mark

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Contraband



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Scotland 

Excellent.
How do you plan to split your time between UK and USA? Are there rules on time spent there? Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
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Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

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babagee



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Wow - way to go 2009 Stornoway Grey Vogue TDV8

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Pawl



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Looks like start of a great adventure!
According to a (now poor) boat owning ex-work colleague, boat = Bring Over Another Thousand - lol. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
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paulbrown22



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Very nice - a lovely vessel! I hope you enjoy the new life with her.

We don't see many Hatteras in the UK, but I keep admiring similar trawler type yachts from Nordhavn, Fleming, etc., and thinking how wonderful they must be to live on. But I do love sailing though, so I would be sad to give up the sails completely.

Maybe one day in the future though - proper coastal and ocean going power vessels are becoming more appealing to me.

I look forward to hearing more about your adventures.

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Cam-Tech-Craig



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Congratts Pete... Keep a berth next to her for me pal Thumbs Up

Plan on doing something quite similar in another 8-10yrs Thumbs Up

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Haylands



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Thanks chaps, I'll start a blog when we find out if it is the only Barefoot Lady on the ships registry in the UK, it as to be registered with a unique name... I'll post a link on here but it's not really suitable for fullfatrr.com...

Contraband, When we go back to the USA we will get a cruising permit which allows the boat to remain in US waters for 12 months, we could do it on an ESTA as you get 90 days in the US but we plan to obtain a B2 visitors visa which lets you in the US for 10 years... we do plan on heading down the Caribbean so you then just comply with local rules, most places are happy to have cruisers as long as you pay the fees...!!!

Pawl, yes mostly hear it as Break Out Another Thousand, a thousand dollars is also called "one boat unit" most things cost several, like most things though, the largest proportion is labour, I will do all the repairs and maintenance so hopefully the cost will be bearable...

paulbrown22 There are a few Hatteras in the Med but not many, the Hatteras 42LRC Mk1 which is Barefoot Lady is the original "trawler" type full displacement boat that is now very popular and made by lots of manufacturers, she is hull number 5 of 23 Mk1's made, her hull is 13 layers of hand laid GRp and is about one and a half inches thick, most are made cheaply with a thin GRP covering over a core material, usually balsa to keep weight down, the Hatteras LRC is very heavy for her size and as such has excellent sea keeping ability, it's why they get refitted instead of scrapped... We did look at a sail boat but with a damaged spine, two new hips and a new knee I'm not fit enough to sail a boat large enough to live on..

Craig You'll have to sell that "toy" you have to fund one...!!! Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

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GAC23



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9mph to the Caribbean... how long will the trip take?

That’s an adventure on its own Smile What do I put here then?

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Haylands



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It's a few weeks to pootle down Florida, across to the Bahamas and then head south... no rush though, the journey is the adventure, whenever you get somewhere you only have to think of somewhere else to go...!!!

We fancy doing The Great Loop after a few years down south..

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/great-loop.html Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

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Ooh, boaty things Smile Lovely.

You might like to join the YBW forum, its extremely active and loads of advice and support (and banter)
http://www.ybw.com/forums/index.php

I'm on there as Scala. Graham

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Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
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