While on the plane headed home from my most recent visit of the Hatteras factory in New Bern, North Carolina, I took time to reflect on what truly goes into building a yacht from the ground up. Only after several factory visits was I fully able to appreciate the level of engineering, the thousands of labor hours, and the unwavering commitment that is poured into every Hatteras build. From buckets of resin and rolls of fiberglass, motor and sportfishing yachts from 40’ to over 100’ take form as each vessel moves through different stages transforming an empty hull into a pedigree yacht capable of traversing the five oceans at 40+ knots in utmost luxury.