And Hatteras has been one of the worst offenders. At 3000 RPM she seems to be doing a hard 20 mph. She needs to go to 3400 until you get the sense that she's moving efficiently, at which point fuel economy is not. Efficient, that is. With the radiation from the window above, working in the galley is a heated affair.
Storage space is limited.
We also got the distinct impression that this boat was designed for diesel power as she is notably tender with gas engines, though we've found only a rare few with 3116's or Yanmars, the later of which is mostly aluminum and therefore would do little in the way of adding ballast. And at 300 hp, that kind of power won't give you the speeds most would like, despite the higher torque. A little bit of trim tab input throws her wildly over to one side, making her hard to control. We immediately noticed that the hull floats very high in the water with the chines nearly exposed. These points give us the idea that this boat probably performs a lot better with higher torque diesels, except that no larger diesels such as the 3208 will fit.