Another appealing trailerable cat (though I think the weight of boat and trailer is about 8,500 pounds, so you'd need one of the newer pickups (eg. Nissan) with the 9,000 to 10,000 lb. tow capacity), is the MC-30, made in eastern Europe. (not that odd of a location these days: multihull designer Kurt Hughes now has a production tri being built in Tunisia, and I believe that Ted Hood's million-dollar-plus power cats are being built in Turkey). Alas, the fall of the US dollar vs. the Euro has raised the price of the MC-30 about $25K to $35K -- I think a fully equipped MC-30 is now about $150K, incl. delivery to the U.S. There's a power cat made out here in the Pacific Northwest that I've been impressed by, the Zeta 32. Good sleeping cabins and head-with-shower, great flybridge and cockpit, roomy salon -- the only weakness is its quasi-galley which is VERY small. (No, my company doesn't rep either the MC-30 or the Zeta 32/36.) If you're considering the price/size of something like the PDQ 34, then another intriguing model may (???) be Fountaine Pajot's latest, the Highland 35. I say "may" because the first one debuts shortly. (DISCLOSURE: Fountaine Pajot is one of the brands my company reps.) It's purported to be more of a bluewater cruiser than the PDQ34; sort of a 10%-smaller version of FP's well-proven Maryland 37 (also offered by Moorings powerboat charter division under the name "Nautec Blue 37.") I'll be in Europe in early July, both to test sail the new Lagoon 500 flybridge sail-cruising cat....and to test drive the new Highland 35 power cat. There are some REALLY impressive little power-cruising cats in the 23' to 30' range in New Zealand and Australia. Again though, the fallen US dollar has increased all their prices nearly 40% as compared to just 2 years ago. Good cat hunting to all of you. Rod Gibbons Cruising Cats USA

>Rod Gibbons wrote: >If you're considering the price/size of something like the PDQ 34, then >another intriguing model may (???) be Fountaine Pajot's latest, the >Highland 35. I say "may" because the first one debuts shortly. >(DISCLOSURE: Fountaine Pajot is one of the brands my company reps.) >It's purported to be more of a bluewater cruiser than the PDQ34; sort of >a 10%-smaller version of FP's well-proven Maryland 37 (also offered by >Moorings powerboat charter division under the name "Nautec Blue 37.") The new Highland 35 certainly looks very Euro: http://www.fountaine-pajot.com/rubrique174-en.html but with only 211 gallons of fuel, it won't be much of a long-range cruiser. It will be interesting to hear impressions of the Highland as Rod and others get a chance to inspect and/or sea-trial the boat. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com