Comfort, Performance, and Seaworthiness

Frank Gehry, the noted American architect, once said that, “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” He could just as easily have been talking about yacht design or more specifically, about the new Hatteras 70 Motor Yacht.

Following the 100 Raised Pilothouse launched by the company in 2014, the 70 blurs the differences between the tenets of home and yacht design. One need only take a seat on the aft deck lounge and look forward, through the wide open sliding glass door, past the spacious saloon filled with plush furniture, and through the galley to the informal seating and dining area forward, to grasp how an open-plan main deck can satisfy an owner’s need for space afloat.

Read our full test from 2017 here >>