Mike, Are you looking for a real Junk i.e. the original sailing version or a typical motorised version now common in HK. The latter there are plenty around both wood and grp ranging from U$4,000 to U$300,000, single or twin engine. The originals to my knowledge there are only three left here, one is used for all the ads that you see of Hong Kong. There are some really nice 45-55ft live aboards but I wouldn't like to take them too far in an ocean. One estimate is that aprox 200 boats have been sold to Australia / NZ in the last year as the second hand prices here at the moment are cheap. I keep seeing boats being cradled to go out of the country every week. Mainly USA Taiwan or European built. As a builder of Junks and live aboards try Bondway www.bondway.com or soltau@netvigator.com . Brokers, there are quite a few, Simpson's being the most up market www.simpsonmarine.com also Seanergy Ltd www.seanergy.com. I know of one "Shipyard" with a 3/4 built Grp Junk +- 50ft just sitting waiting for a buyer and it's been there for about two years. The Asian crisis has been hurting. The usual disclaimers apply, I don't work for any of the above. > What's happening now are GRP Junks< Rob: Among other possibilities, I am looking for a very shallow motorsailer with a geriatric rig and lots of fuel to use as a mobile retirement home in the Western Pacific. I have been planning to have a multihull built in the Philippines (labor rate US$3.75/dy). But in August I visited some builders there and it appears that it will take 2-3 years to complete a boat because the cheap labor is inexperienced and doesn't use power tools. I was hoping for less than 2 years. Might I find a used GRP junk of perhaps 40-45' that could be used as-is or easiliy adapted as a home afloat that is also capable of long ocean passages? If so, do you know a broker familiar with the market in Hong Kong? An alternative, of course, is to build a multihull in China with a faster crew. I had considered that idea in 1997 when visiting friends in Fuzhou, but rejected it because of the language difficulties. Any thoughts on that? Aloha, Michael Rowe