You should also look at the Maryland 37 .Good boat from Fountaine Pajot Best Regards PHILIPPE J GUILLEMIN GLOBAL MARITIME YACHT & SHIP BROKERS.WINDWARD-ISLANDS TOLL FREE:+1 866 854 2107 CELL USA: +1 954 609 9345 CELL FRA: +33 648 589460 Fax: 1 954 252 4304 SKYPE:pguillemin On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM, <power-catamaran-request@lists.samurai.com > wrote: > Send Power-Catamaran mailing list submissions to > power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/power-catamaran > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > power-catamaran-request@lists.samurai.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > power-catamaran-owner@lists.samurai.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Power-Catamaran digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Malcolm Tennant Article (Larry G.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:30:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Larry G." <texflot@yahoo.com> > To: Power Catamaran List <power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com> > Subject: Re: [PCW] Malcolm Tennant Article > Message-ID: <634740.30948.qm@web55507.mail.re4.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thank you Noelle for the link to the article on Cat Comparisons. I found > it > interesting that, in the end, the comments only demonstrated how much more > I > need to learn about catamaran design. I think I'm tired of hearing that > "all > boats are a compromise" even though I know darn from an engineering > standpoint > or otherwise, it is quite true. Knowing exactly what you want to do with a > boat, as he points out, is certainly a help, but no matter how specific the > application, one eventually finds that wall of compromise. > What initially triggered my interests in a power-cat future was the > opulent > Pacific Expedition PE45 design. For my Admiral and I, this boat would have > covered most any desire we had about cruising and/or living aboard with the > fewest number of compromises. I would have my generous engineering spaces > while my Admiral would have her condo on water, and outside of needing a > few > drawbridges raised and having to anchor out when no t-heads were available > at > a marina, one could say "who cares" with a boat like that. When the > economic > turn-down hit, that initial excitement passed down through some of the > larger > production cats like Endeavour 48, Fontaine Pajot 46, Africat 42, Prowler, > Manta, Venture, PDQ 41, Endeavour 40 and a few custom build designs from > R&C, > Shionning, etc, and most recently the Leopard 47 and 37 which are both > being > delivered from So. Africa to Tortolla on their own bottoms (very > impressive). > Now that we're going back to Miami, I've been thinking that a 34 PDQ may > be > a very good Miami- Keys- Bahamas boat while giving us a taste of the > cruising > life. Retirement is still about 4 years away, and by that time, maybe I'd > be > able to learn enough about power-cat design that I'd be even be more > undecided > about it than I am right now. > One item I'd rather not compromise on is that ability to cruise > economically > at trawler speeds while having a 15 knot or more capability if we ever > needed > it. When I add the stabilizer free stability, system redundancy and > shallow > draft advantages, I just can't turn my head away from this design, even > with a > plethora of real bargains out there in mono-hulls. With the baby-boomers > in > retirement mode, I think we could see a few of these designs reaching "cult > boat" status. With all the associated costs of boat ownership these days, > such a designation could go a long way toward making your water craft of > choice a more palatable investment. > > Oh, and Henry (Sno Dog). Sorry about the error on my comment about not > understanding the higher speed from your new 4 blade props. I meant to say > that I was wrong about the Russian "BEAR" bomber, not the Backfire (for > God's > sake). It counter-rotating props push the Bear 80 to 100 mph. more than I > ever thought possible. Thanks to "John" for pointing out that ridiculous > mistake through a personal e-mail. What must I have been thinking? > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List > > End of Power-Catamaran Digest, Vol 60, Issue 12 > ***********************************************

Thank you Philippe. Of course you're right about checking out the Fontaine Pajot 37 Marland, one of the few I haven't been aboard. I see that there are two in southern Florida where my Admiral and I will be relocated soon. Here in Berlin, we will have a sea trial of a new FP 40 early next month. Those French really know how to design a sexy cat, and the FP's are no exception. We both like the layout of the new 40.