M.T. MacPhee wrote: I'm located in Calgary. You can imagine that I am more proficient at ski boats on prairie lakes than power catamarans. I do have some time clocked under sail around Vancouver Island, however. Just looking. Retiring in a few years, and dreaming of living aboard. Trying to decide between power and sail (have you seen those fuel prices lately? Think they're going down? Neither do I). It is clear to me that the catamaran is the best configuration for a boat. As Buddy Ebsen said, "A monohull is half-a-cat. A trimaran is a cat-and-a-half." So, as I narrow down my search, what better resource than Power-Catamaran? --- That's a great quote by Buddy Ebsen! For those who don't know, Ebsen was an accomplished sailor who raced Polynesian Concept, his 35-foot sailing catamaran, to many victories off the California coast three decades or so ago. http://tinyurl.com/hurrc Keep us posted, Mike, on the search for your dream ship. --Georgs Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com