Assuming it was a well-designed sailing cat to begin with, just dropping the stick and adding more power will NOT make a good powercat - unless you're content to putter along at a max of 8-10 knots. As far as I know, all successful transitions from sailing cat to powercat involved major re-working of the underwater hull shape. In order to avoid tail-dragging, powercats need extra buoyancy aft. You can see this clearly on the PDQ, Manta and Tennant designs with their CS hull designs. Henry Clews PDQ 34 Sno' Dog www.geocities.com/snodoglog In a message dated 9/29/2006 2:43:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrchuckjohnson@aol.com writes: Does this mean that a sailboat hull is just fine (and gives that great beam) for a power cat? I did talk with one Voyager 500 sailcat owner who admitted that for all intents and purposes he used his boat as a power cat.