We finally took delivary of our Tom Cat 255 (the "official" length for documentation and insurance is 29 feet because of the Armstrong engine bracket etc). We trailered it 200 miles, in both heavy urbin traffic and freeway conditions (60 mph on I 10) behind our Diesel Ford Excursion--and it is a delight to tow. We had 8 foot long teflon runners put on the front of the bunks, so that we just have to barely float the stern, and the boat powers off (or on) the trailer very easily. (We do have safety chains foreward to prevent sliding when towing the boat) The "sea trial" at the dealer was aborted because there was only enough fuel in one tank to run the engine about 5 minutes--believe me, we did a U turn and got back to the dock! Today we drove the boat 35 miles on the water, to break in the engines (twin counter rotating Suziki 150 hp 4 stroke outboards). We had 150 gallons of fuel, no water and one person aboard--some cruising gear. At 2000 RPM the boat was going 9.6 mph. The boat snapped on a plane at 3000 RPM (23 mph) and held a plane down to about 2800 RPM at about 18 miles an hour. At 4000 RPM the boat speed was 33 mph, at 5000 RPM the boat speed was 43 mph and WOT was slightly over 5500 RPM and 47 mph. I don't have the flow meters in yet, so I cannot give the "mileage"--but the boat has plenty of power and a snappy feel to it as it accelerates--definately acts as a planing boat. Although it can be run at 10 to 18 mph, I suspect that fuel economy will not be good in this range. The boat is extremely sensitive to trim--both for speed and ride. We had 1.5 foot to 2 foot chop, with occasional wakes over 3 feet (the bill fish tourinment boats were comming in Pensacola Bay.) The boat handled these conditions at all speeds very well. In a hard over turn the boat remained flat--no outward lean described in some cats. I still think that there are better boats for heading into rough weather at these speeds (Like Glacier Bay)--however the Tom Cat has far more comfortable accomidations and the ride across waves and down waves seems to be as good as, or better than the semi displacement boats we tried out. This is a trailerable boat which one could run at 35 mph all day in moderate conditions, and still have decent fuel economy. Bob Austin