In a message dated 5/12/2005 8:38:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, georgs@powercatamaranworld.com writes: Bob Austin wrote: As you get into the larger boats, the trailering and launching becomes a bit more difficult: The Tom Cat 24 weighs almost twice as much for the hull and engine--trailer about the same. So probably count on 7000 lbs for the boat all rigged and with gear. We had Canadian-built Rosborough 246 cruiser which we towed behind a 1-ton Suburban (with 7.4L gas engine) -- we loved it! We towed that sucker from Florida to Nova Scotia and cruised from Key West to the Bras d'Or lakes on Cape Breton I. The all-up tow weight was 6720 lbs (I weighed it), trailer weighed 1540#, leaving 5180# for the boat (with about 1/4 fuel, 1/4 water). The boat towed excellently at 70 mph on the highway, was 8'-6" wide so we never needed permits, we launched and retrieved easily at all sorts of ramps -- no problem. So, it can be done with the right equipment. Incidentally, the boat had twin 45-hp Honda's (on brackets) and lots of custom features inside. It even had on-demand propane hot water, something that's almost impossible to find nowadays -- probably because of liability insurance. The only thing we missed was a real shower (we did have a shower head in the aft cockpit). Not a cat, but a great little pocket cruiser! Cruise speed was 15 kts (at 4750 rpm) burning 5 gal/hr. Interesting to note the performance similarity to the PDQ powercat with twin 75's. Rosborough homepage: http://www.rosboroughboats.com/ Owner website: http://syweiss.home.att.net/ Henry Clews