Responding to Gary's comments about the Sydney Boat Show. I attended on the Saturday, and while the weather wasn't the best, it was better than friday. I like the little trick where the boat supervisors ask you to take your shoes off if you are coming aboard, then you have to walk across soaking wet carpet. Wet carpet in the wintertime is not fun. I am sure there are people sitting behind the tinted glass laughing at us. Still, for the first time in a long while I had a pair of socks on without holes in them, so there was one saving grace. The catamaran I thought you missed out for mention was the Catfoil, 60 ft long and 5.5 met beam (sorry to mix my measurements, I am doing this from memory), weighs 20 tonne worth, in configuration at show, AUD 2,500,000. Whilst slightly out of my price range the boat gave me the "Wow Factor" that I thought all the other cats were striving to achieve. It appealed greatly to me. The owner of the manufacturing company gave me a guided tour and he advised me about the foils under the hull. They are fixed in place with substantial struts, are very precisely place, together with a pair of foils at the stern, so that when the vessel gets to 14 knots, it lifts approx half a metre out of the water, almost wit.hout notice. Yes you do need big engines, it is a big boat. I do like the Voyager 1040, very nice looking boat. I liked your comments about the King Cat, it was a very nice boat with a good interior. As a power Cat I thought it was a much better layout than the Venturer 38 just up the walk. The comparison between the Voyager and King Cat is interesting though. The Voyager is nearly a metre shorter, and just over a metre narrower, and cost $100,000 less in base form. I guess the old saying is still relevant. "You pays your money and you takes your choice." Regards Bentley