Add Rick Cockburn (I think) on the fishing troller (40 footish) Hi Dad. Vancouver, Mexico, Hawaii, Japan, Aleutians, Vancouver ..... The story is in the Bet Oliver book on Ed Monk boats. FWIW The people who fish the "great circle loop" are in many cases a couple on a 50 -60 foot boat. By great circle I mean the periphery northern pacific ocean. >SNIP I have not been able to identify very many people who have made long power passages prior to 1990, other than Bob Beebe, the few boats mentioned in Voyaging Under Power, a Krogen 54 delivery skipper who crossed the Atlantic, a Willard 36 that crossed to Hawaii, and the List's own Leonard Stern who took his Marine Trader across the pond in 1984. >SNIP Jim Slocomb M/V Sea Otter 40' Skookum San juan Islands --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.830 / Virus Database: 565 - Release Date: 1/6/2005