Ron wrote: ...excerpt... My ideal boat is a Hand motorsailer 55 to 62 feet overall. My Uncle's Matthews 38 was drafted into the ASW war off the NY/NJ coast. He tells me that when it was too rough for his and other boats, they would say, "Send out the Hand!" I think that there is a 60 foot Hand at Bock's Yard on Adam's Creek and I am going over to take pictures. _______________________________________________________ Brian replied: I've been rather partial to motorsailers myself. We don't hear much of motorsailers these days....not a popular subject....sort of a forgotten word even in boating parlance. If anyone cares to read more, I offer these discussions: MotorSailer Design, Expedition Yacht <http://www.runningtideyachts.com/motorsailing/> Motorsailers <http://boatdesign.net/forums/showpost.php?p=32941&postcount=3> Monohull verses Multihull powersailers / motorsailers <http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4499> Ron, I'd like to see those Hand pictures when you get them.