>Would you care to comment on the comfort of the vessel in waves; i.e., >roll and pitch? >My impression from the manufacturer's video (in what was reported to be >a fairly mild sea state) is that the ride might be rather >uncomfortable. The video was done on a day with 15 knot westerly winds, and a low underlying swell which doesn't show in the video, which was taken from shore with a telephoto lens. I was driving the boat at the time, so I can tell you about the ride. In the conditions we had for the filming, the ride was smooth and cushioned. The boat does move around, but the g-forces are low and in those conditions she never slams or pounds. On the day Georgs was out with us the waves were bigger, but the ride was still well controlled and comfortable. When stopped in a swell, the boat has a slightly snappy roll which I don't care for, and I think this is what showed in the video, where we were approaching the unprotected Dundarave pier at very low speed. Last month I started Northwards up the Sunshine Coast (an aside, tourism increased greatly when they changed the name from the Rain Coast sometime in the 60s). The Weather Radio was forecasting a Northwest Gale, a small craft warning was in effect, and the wind was 20 to 25 mph on the nose, with a strong tide against the wind. In these conditions the motion was very uncomfortable, and we were not able to find a comfortable speed. Too slow and we were tossed around by the waves, too fast and we became briefly airborne before crashing down. However, the only other boat we saw heading North was a large "Expedition" type trawler, about 80' and he was plunging heavily into the waves, throwing spray over the flying bridge. Nevertheless, he continued on at about 8 knots. We chickened out, turned around and surfed back into Howe Sound. The boat took the substantial following sea well, with no tendency to broach and very little steering required. As with sailing multihulls, she is more comfortable down wind than a monohull, which typically tends to roll a lot and tend to broach in those conditions. Upwind I can't say, as I have never tried a 29' monohull powerboat upwind in those conditions. My 37' sailboat could have powered upwind at 5 knots in those conditions, but would have thrown a lot of spray onto the windshield. The MC29 remained dry on deck despite the rough conditions. The Seattle trip was very easy, we never encountered any seas bigger than 1' except the mention Bayliner wakes, which didn't bother us when meeting then, but when passing them from astern, did take some steering as we crossed the wakes at a just slightly higher speed. By the way, all the way from Vancouver to Seattle, not a single power boat of any size passed us, although a C-Dory 25 kept pace with us for a while before slowing down for one of those Bayliner wakes (from ahead) then turning up another channel. The boats we passed were mostly trawlers traveling at 8-9 mph and Searay/Bayliner/Carver type running at about 15-18 MPH, just a bit slower than us. Kind Regards, Grahame Shannon <mailto:designer@aviadesign.com> Avia Design Group Inc. <http://www.aviadesign.com> 4884 Skyline Drive North Vancouver, BC V7R 3J3 Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/444 - Release Date: 11/09/2006