<snip> OK, this is the economical solution to the KK42's desire for stabilizers and insuring that my dogs enjoy comfortable passages. This will give new meaning to "buddy" cruises. We just get in your lee and go wherever you go. Works for me. Hope they don't mind the shipping channels. Between our draft at 6', the pots and our West Coast confusion of what is deep water we spent most of the summer traveling the Bay by way of the lanes. Besides we love animals. Lynn is a DVM. Byron Nelson M/V Voyager