2003 Hatteras 72' _{(21.90 m)}

Overview

A proven tournament winner, SONORA is designed for the yacht owner who demands luxury, the comforts of a magnificent cruising yacht, and the features of a serious sportfisher. The 159-square-foot cockpit is a sportfisherman's dream complete with molded-in transom fish box, refrigerator/freezer, salt water and freshwater washdowns, and rod holders.

Her well-equipped cockpit also boasts an 80-inch fish box with macerator and portside storage cabinets. View the fishing action from the lower aft deck with optional molded-in seating with cushions. The Hatteras modified-V hull delivers a sharp entry and a stable ride - no pounding here. The captain can maneuver with ease from the pod console with single-lever electronic controls while guests enjoy the action from the L-shaped lounges. An additional aft control station is also located on the bridge for convenient fishing and dock maneuverability

SONORA boasts an 18-foot beam that provides for a luxurious four-stateroom, four-head standard interior arrangement. The elegant full beam master stateroom offers a king-size berth, entertainment center with Smart TV, and fabulous private head with large tub. Storage is plentiful and includes port and starboard built-in dressers, twin nightstands with drawers and a walk-in cedar-lined hanging locker. Relax at the end of the day in the elegant salon with custom L-shaped sofa, full entertainment center with Smart TV and dry bar.

The fluted valances with wood blinds and frameless windows add to the 70's interior elegance. Dimmable lights and air conditioning disbursed through the fluted wood valances - both port and starboard - allow to set the mood and comfort level.

Recent Updates

2025

• Major service on mains completed in May 2025.
• Heat exchangers removed and serviced, same as oil coolers
• Set valve lash
• Saltwater pumps serviced
• New main fuel tank transfer pump
• A/C units serviced

2024

• Bottom Job with tunas 
• New zincs all around 
• Propspeed 
• Rudders serviced, port seals and bearings
• New cutlass bearings and shaft seals
• Caulked rub rail 
• Refinished teak covering boards, mezzanine, and ladder steps
• Ice maker service, New motor and auger
• Installed starlink 
• Engine oil analysis lab results 
• Bow thruster repaired by Wesmar (new circuit board)
• New smart TV (Salon)
• New digital AV receiver (Salon)
• 4 new batteries 
• New bilge pump and float switches in Lazzarette, aft, and midship 
• Both Generators serviced (all sensors, impellers, solenoids and both exhaust manifolds replaced) 
• New cooktop in Galley 
• New navigation lights 
• Halon and all extinguishers certified 
• New macerator pump for fish box
• Replaced windshield wipers
• New saltwater wash down 

2023

• Water maker membranes replaced along with all associated filters 
• Serviced cockpit freezer
• New starter on starboard main engine 
• New cushions (outside)
• New water heater 

2022

• New anchor cat head and motor 
• New Davit and motor 

2021

• Install fuel polishing system 
• New injectors 
• New starter (port main)
• New washer and dryer

2020

• Rebuild water maker high pressure pump 
• Repainted boat from rub rail up including nonskid

2019

• Port motor, New heads, top end, one turbo, spare head.

2018

• Tuna Tubes + pump installed 
• Live well + pump installed 

Special Features

• The highly desirable and preferred Caterpillar main engines package
• Fresh Paint from the rub rail up in 2020
• Twin generators
• Built for the serious fisherman who like to travel in luxury
• Enclosed bridge
• Proven modified deep-v design giving soft ride
• Bow thruster for easy docking

Dimensions

• LOA: 72' (USCG Documentation)
• LOA: 70' 3" (Manufacturer)
• Beam: 18'
• Draft: 5.'4"
• Displacement: 115,000 lbs.
• Gross Tons: 137
• Net Tons: 110
• Propulsion System: Twin Caterpillar Diesels
• Fuel Capacity: 1,988 Gallons
• Water Capacity: 365 Gallons
• Holding Tank: 90 Gallons
• AC Power: 120/240 AC
• DC Power: 12/24 VDC

Accommodations

SONORA features a 4 cabin/4 head layout. The full beam, master stateroom, is amidship with ensuite head to port. The forward VIP stateroom features a centerline queen berth with ensuite head.

There are two additional guest cabins; a port cabin with single berth and a starboard cabin with side-by-side single berths. 

Master Stateroom

• Full beam stateroom
• King berth with drawer storage below
• Custom Cherry headboard
• Port and starboard end tables
• Port and starboard credenzas with drawer storage
• Hard wired lamps
• Make up/desk area
• Walk-in cedar lined hanging locker
• Reading lamps
• Smart TV
• Stereo system

Master Head

• Mirrored vanity above
• Credenza below with shelf storage
• Stall shower with tub, easy access
• Molded countertop
• Mirrored ceiling
• Under mount sink
• Port lights with shades
• Vacuflush freshwater head
• Wood sole

Forward VIP Stateroom

• Centerline queen berth with storage below
• Abundant drawer and shelf storage, port and starboard
• Overhead hatch with shade
• Stereo with volume control
• Cedar lined hanging locker
• 15" TV
• Private access to VIP Head

Forward VIP Head

• Mirrored vanity below
• Credenza below with shelf storage
• Mirrored ceiling
• Molded countertop
• Under mount sink
• Stall Shower
• Vacuflush freshwater head
• Wood sole

Starboard Side Guest Stateroom

• Single berth
• Nightstand with drawer storage
• Mirrored bulkhead
• Reading lights
• Upholstered headboards
• Cedar lined hanging locker
• Hatch with shade
• Stereo with volume control
• 21" TV
• Access to semi-private head

Starboard Guest Head

• Mirrored vanity above
• Credenza below with shelf storage
• Mirrored ceiling
• Circular stall shower
• Wood sole
• Vacuflush freshwater head

Port Guest Stateroom

• Side-by-side single berths
• Reading lights
• Cedar lined hanging locker
• Drawer storage
• Storage below lower berth
• Access to guest head

Port Guest Head

• Mirrored vanity above
• Credenza below with shelf storage
• Mirrored ceiling
• Stall shower
• Wood sole
• Vacuflush freshwater head

Salon

• Leather L-shaped sofa to port with storage inside
• Spiral staircase
• Coffee table with storage inside
• Ship's electrical panel
• Occasional chair
• Window blinds
• Bar area with Granite countertop
• Under mount sink
• Whirlpool ice machine
• 46" Smart TV, new 2024
• AV receiver, digital, new 2024
• Back up power supply

Galley

• Granite countertops
• Under mount stainless sink
• 4-burner cooktop, new 2024
• Exhaust vent
• Sharp carousel microwave oven
• Whirlpool dishwasher
• Sub-Zero full size refrigerator
• Cherry sole
• Window blinds

Dinette

• Comfortably seats 5
• Granite tabletop
• Window blinds
• Cherry sole
• Storage below dinette cushions

Utility Room, Forward of Galley, Port and Starboad

• Custom shelving
• Additional electrical panels
• Large volume of storage
• Additional freezer

Companionway

• Whirlpool laundry appliances
• Central vac system

Cockpit

• Mezzanine deck seating area
• Dunnage box upper mezzanine
• DC under gunnel outlets
• Indirect lighting
• Overhead lighting in overhang
• Port and starboard lazarette
• Aluminum bridge ladder 
• Bait freezers, front loading
• Refrigerated bin for ice chipper
• Tackle storage area
• Engine room access
• Floor mounted fish box
• Transom door
• Release fighting chair with offset pedestal
• Live bait well
• Stereo volume control

Enclosed Bridge

• Enclosed bridge with aft exterior control station
• Circular staircase to salon
• L-shaped sofa to port with storage inside
• Window shades
• Windshield wipers with washers
• CAT main engine displays mounted overhead
• Hydraulic steering
• CAT engine controls
• Fusion flybridge stereo system
• Port and starboard leather helm chairs
• Remote mounted VHF mics
• Rudder angle indicator
• CAT back up controls
• Bow thruster control
• Hatteras alarm panel
• Refrigerator
• Granite countertop over refrigerator
• Under mount stainless bar sink

Aft Bridge Controls

• CAT main engine displays
• Navnet 10.4 GPS/plotter/sounder
• VHF ram mic
• Bow thruster control
• Recessed electronics area
• Teaser reels
• Overhead handrail
• Manual outriggers
• Single lever controls
• Hydraulic steering
• Aft facing bench seat with storage
• Overhead hatch
• Rod holders on aft rail
• Access from cockpit via ladder with hatch

Electronics

• Garmin GPS 5215
• Northstar 952X 
• Furuno NavNet
• B&G HS 2000 Depth
• Simrad AP 20 Autopilot 
• ICOM IC-M127 VHF
• KVH Trac Vision Sat TV

Fishing Equipment

FIGHTING CHAIRS:

• Bluewater Chair with rocket launcher backrest. 

TUNA TUBE:

• 2 Pentair swimming pool pumps, one is outboard of the starboard motor and one under the port generator. Tubes are in the transom and connections under gunnels for on-deck tuna tubes. 

TEASER REELS:

• Pancake-style teaser reels, 

WASH DOWN SYSTEM:

• Fresh water and salt water wash-down hose bibs are available at the forward cockpit starboard side.

ROD HOLDERS:

• 4 Stainless Steel rod holders in gunnels, 10 aluminum on the mezzanine rail, 7 aluminum on the aft bridge rail, and 4 stainless in fighting chair backrest.

ELECTRIC REEL OUTLET:

• 20 amp Marinco outlets under port and stbd gunnels. 

FISH BOX(S):

• Fish box in the cockpit sole, Macerator pump is a Sealand pump located in the lazarette. 

OUTRIGGERS:

• Rupp triple spreader outriggers, serial#13404. Center rigger. Good condition.

REFRIGERATION:

• Seafrost model#BF3, serial#22371 cooler under stbd generator with a March cooling pump, unit controls box in cockpit.
• Dometic Icemakers Model#EI600SC, Serial#12698362, . Unit is located in port mezzanine hatch. Cooling pump is a Prime time pump aft of the port motor.

LIGHTING:

• 4 Underwater lights, 2 blue, 2 white lights.
• Under gunnels lights,  Bridge overhang lights, Lumitec overhead spreader lights

Air Conditioning

AC MANUFACTURER: Cruise air AC system

AC UNITS:

• Dometic, unit forward stateroom,
• Port fwd stateroom is a Cruise air Model#FN5-P, Serial#J0100002 
• Stbd fwd stateroom is a Cruise air Model#FN7-P, Serial#H010006 
• Master stateroom is a Cruise air Model#FN16C-P, Serial#01998415 Unit has 64 degrees temperature in and 51 degrees out.
• Galley unit is a Cruise air Model#FN16C-P, Serial#92598636.
• These compressors are outboard of starboard motor.
• Saloon unit is a Cruise air Model#FN30C=PM Serial#K010003.
• Pilothouse unit is a Cruise air Model#FN30C-P Serial#L010001
• These 2 compressors are located in the port attic.

COOLING PUMPS:

• 2 Scot Motor Company pumps with Strainers located outboard and forward of starboard and port motor.

Main Engines

• 2x Caterpillar 3412 Diesel Motors. Starboard Serial#9KS01443, Port Serial#9KS01425
• HORSE POWER: 1400 HP at 2300 RPM's
• NUMBER OF CYLINDERS: V 12
• INDICATED HOURS: Starboard-7,895, Port-7,872. 

THROTTLE CONTROLS:

• Sturdy electronic controls. Sturdy Binnacle controls at helm and Palm Beach style controls at aft station. Backup controls at helm. 

OIL CHANGE SYSTEM:

• Oil change pump is a Marathon pump secured outboard of stbd motor, quick connects at motors, gears and generators. 

EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN:

• Shut down with Fire boy system, shut downs on motors in engine room. Remote start at engine room, keys are in aft engine room port and stbd. 

ENGINE MOUNTS AND BED:

• Main engine beds are heavy wood longitudinal stringers inboard and outboard. In conjunction, adjustable motor mounts are bolted to the stringers and are used to adjust the prop shaft alignment as well as secure the engines to the hull stringer structure. 

DRIP PANS:

• FRP pans under each engine contain oil.

LUBRICATION:

• Level and Condition: Level indication is normal both port and starboard.

VENTILATION:

• Ventilation is thru hullsides with AC electrical fans, DC electric fans and thermostat. 

EXHAUST SYSTEM:

• Alvern Marine Exhaust Of Florida Stainless Steel risers to FRP surge tubes, thru muffler under cockpit sole and out hullsides. All connections are double clamped, flex hose in good condition. 

ENGINE ALARMS:

• Low oil pressure alarm and coolant over heat warning both visual and audible at helm station. 

ENGINE SYNCHRONIZER:

• Synchronization is provided by a Sturdy electrical unit with the port throttle as slave. 

Transmissions

MANUFACTURER:

• ZF Hurst Model#BW196 Port Serial#50008024 Stbd serial#50008025 

GEAR RATIO:

• 4.462 to 1

FLUID LEVEL AND CONDITION:

• Normal level indicated on dipsticks. 

CONTROLS:

• Sturdy electronic controls, overhead both motors have Sturdy servos for the mechanical cable trolling valves. 

PROP SHAFT:

• 4" Stainless Steel shafts

SHAFT COUPLER:

• Lock washers, no corrosion noted. 

PACKING GLAND:

• Tides dripless seals with spare seals on shafts. No leaks noted at rest or underway. 

COOLER:

• External engine mounted raw water heat exchanger. 

Electrical

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (D.C. SYSTEM)

• VOLTAGE: 12/24 VDC AGM system.

BATTERIES:

• Starboard batteries are 2 AC Delco 8D batteries dated 12/2023, secured and covered in FRP boxes outboard of starboard motor Port batteries are 2 Full Force AGM 8D batteries, no dates sighted. Secured and covered in FRP boxes outboard of the port motor.
• Thruster batteries are 4 Optima Blue Top Group 31 batteries secured in hatch under VIP stateroom. 

MAIN BATTERY SWITCHES: 

• 4 Guest switch's well labeled. Blue Seas battery switch for thruster batteries located in forward hatch in VIP stateroom.

ELECTRICAL PANELS:

• Panel in engine room, bridge helm, saloon. 

SWITCH PANEL AT HELM:

• Carling switch's well labeled at helm. 

BREAKERS/FUSES:

• Main house and other breakers in engine room, other breakers in panels labeled. 

TYPE CONNECTORS:

• Round Lugs: Captive type, where sighted. 

ROUTING/SUPPORT:

• Well supported and secured where sighted.

CHARGING SYSTEM (BATTERY CHARGER):

• Mastervolt MASS 24/75-C, Unit was in operation at time of survey. 
• NOTE: Newmar 32-12-50 DC converter outboard of port motor. Newmar 32-12-50 DC converter under helm.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (A.C. SYSTEM)

SHORE POWER INLET:

• Glendding retracting cords in port and stbd gunnels. 

AC SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH:

• Switch type: Manual rotary type. AC / Generator 

MAIN BREAKER:

• Main breakers outboard of motors port and starboard labeled. Generator have breakers on units.

ELECTRICAL PANELS:

• Panel in engine room, saloon, attics in saloon. 

BRANCH BREAKERS:

• Individually switched and labeled branch breakers.

CIRCUIT LOAD MONITORS:

• Digital amps, hertz and volts. 

CONNECTIONS (TYPE):

• Captive lug type. 

OUTLETS:

• Various A.C. outlets available throughout yacht

GENERATORS AND INVERTERS

MANUFACTURER: Onan 

• Port generator Hours (June, 2024) 8,153 / Model#21.5MDKAE41539C, Serial# G010259378
• Starboard generator Hours (June, 2024) 8,890 / Model#21.5MDKAE41539C, Serial# G010259377
• Both generators serviced 2024 (all sensors, impellers, solenoids, and both exhaust manifolds replaced)

KILOWATT RATING: 

• Both are rated at 21.5 KW.

VOLTAGE RATING: 

• Both are rated at 120/240 AC

NUMBER OF CYLINDERS:

• Both are 4 cylinders.

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