Originally posted on Trawlers & Trawlering List. Posted here to stimulate discussion which I'll bring to the original poster's attention. Designers and builders are invited to jump in with their comments. --Georgs Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:40:52 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Siegel" <jeffrey.siegel@activecenter.com> Subject: T&T: Powercat stability... To: "'trawlers-and-trawlering'" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> I'm starting to think about a powercat for cruising around Maine and New England. The trawler is great but after doing the ICW a few times, I'm thinking that I'd rather spend the extra 30 days each way cruising the Bahamas or going even further. Anyway, we've come to love the incredible stability that we have in open water on our stabilized DeFever. She has almost a 6' draft with a heavy displacement hull. The powercats I'm looking at are light, much smaller, and have a draft of around 18". They have obviously more beam for their length than a trawler and this should help stability somewhat. The thing I'm curious about is, how stable are these things in rougher (4-5') seas? ================ Jeffrey Siegel M/V aCappella DeFever 53PH W1ACA/WDB4350 Castine, Maine