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Article: What the doctor ordered. (physician Tennant Teeter's custom-made boat for $200,000)
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- Business North Carolina
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- June 1, 1991
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Tennant Teeter was 30 when he first saw the ocean, 31 when he went fishing in the Gulf Stream and 33 when he bought his first boat.
The mountain-born, Morehead City obstetrician made up for lost time. After realizing the limitations of the 25-foot Robalo center console he'd bought, he moved up to a 34-foot, double-diesel Luhrs. But while Teeter was braving the blue Atlantic with ever bigger and better boats, his family was left high and dry in an aluminum-sided starter home.
Finally, Teeter made what many a fisherman would call the ultimate sacrifice: With payments on his sportsfisher running $1,150 a month, he sold it to build the house his wife had ...