Hi Georgs, I'm sure you've been using the same sig for awhile, but it just caught my eye this morning. Although some smaller boats make long passages, 29 feet sounds awfully small to me. Further, I believe that the lower limit for entry into the WM 1500 is 36 feet; that is considered the minimum for safety by Steve Black. Also, that's a lower limit for a sailboat, which would likely provide a higher comfort factor. Would you comment on this, please? John "Seahorse" Georgs wrote: Butch, a custom 29-foot passagemaker in design stage