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below: The aft deck affords
plenty of room for a 12-
foot tender and a lounging
area with a view. bottom:
A wraparound windshield
acts as a skylight that floods
the country kitchen-style
galley and dining area with
natural light.
looked all around the marina for the Hatteras 70
Motor Yacht Enclosed Bridge, but I couldn’t spot it.
I saw a Hatteras 100 with a raised pilothouse, but
it wasn’t until I stood next to what I thought was
another 100 that I realized it was the 70. The notch
in her sheerline, the twin lozenge-shaped windows in
the topsides, the upswept chines forward: all were
identical, just in a package 30 feet shorter.
What really threw me was the wraparound wind-
shield that Hatteras included, in addition to the 70’s
main-deck windows and flybridge windows. That
wraparound had to be a raised pilothouse, I thought—
but I was wrong. The clever design feature, seen from
the inside, acts as a skylight that floods the country
kitchen-style galley and dining area with light.
Hatteras built this particular 70 for a couple who
have owned a long line of Hatteras models. They’ve had
enough sun and wind on open bridges for a lifetime. The
enclosed bridge gives them a mini-sky lounge in addition
to all the other features of the standard 70 Motor Yacht.
To my eye, the enclosed bridge’s most striking fea-
ture is the windshield: a single piece of curved glass that
stretches unbroken the full width of the house. It is so
panoramic that the enclosed bridge feels open. Also in
this space are Pompanette pedestal seats for the skipper
and a companion, a raised platform with settee and table,
and a console with pop-up TV, fridge and ice maker.
Just outside, the upper deck can handle a nearly
12-foot (3.6-meter) Walker Bay Generation 360 ten-
der, with more space for twin grills. Compact helm
stations are on each side of the deck, with full con-
trols and visibility for docking.
Heading down from the upper deck, I saw the second
big difference between the enclosed and open bridge ver-
sions of the Hatteras 70 Motor Yacht: an interior staircase
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