Yacht

Left: Jim Rosenthal’s 1971 36-foot (11m) Hatteras Convertible
Below: Kent Britting’s 1970 58-foot (17.7m) Hatteras Yachtfisherman
expertise was in Hatteras parts and
service. It was a real blow when I
found out that was all changing
because I wanted to work with the
boats I knew something about.”
After three years of growth, they
decided to expand the business. The
logical place to do that was in South
Florida and the logical person to head
up that location was Ed Tysenn with
his years of Hatteras parts experience.
“Sam’s business model has always
been to strive to provide the very best
in customer service”, said Tysenn.
“We may not sell a part every time we
take a call or spend the time to
answer questions, but eventually
people will remember us when they
need to purchase something for their
boat”. Doug’s son Jeremy joined the
business in 2003 and relocated to Fort
Lauderdale to learn from Tysenn at
the new location.
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