Georgs: I followed the Dashews' FPB construction saga closely. Being influenced by Malcolm Tennant's designs, I asked the Dashews why they had not chosen a catamaran design, rather than go to the lengths they did with stabilizers, fins, flopper-stoppers, etc. They wrote me that the considered a catamaran, but discarded the idea due to "stability questions". Seems to me an 83' catamaran with 5'-6' wide hulls and a beam of 20'-30' would have been exceedingly stable, without the need for stabilizing arrangements. Am I wrong? Paul