The other issue with a good motor sailor is that the boat has a long range under power. Beebe's passagemaker, although badly under rigged, had this long range. Unfortunately there are few pilothouse, motorsailors--either in the cats or monohulls which truely have the long range under power. I have a friend who once had to power across almost the entire Indian Ocean. I once powered all of the way from Panama to San Diego--no wind. All so often we see the power cats with limited fuel and thus limited range. Bob Austin