+lapamful same feeling here

Buying and retrofitting two 2600hp marine diesels into this boat can easily cost that. What i think he meant was if you wanted to upgrade from the pre existing engines to the more powerful ones. The hours in labor cutting the engines out of the side of the hulls then replacing them with new engines. Then the hull needs to be repaired with either carbon fiber or fiberglass work depending on what it was originally made with. Fees fees fess everywhere, storage, supplies etc etc. Hatteras yachts are built to last generations and owning and operating a boat this size is not cheap.