Malcom-- It seems to me that with Domino, powered by two 300-horsepower engines, you were forced away from some of the key attractions of the Globetrotter concept: slim hulls, small engines and excellent fuel economy. Builders of ocean-going catamarans will have a tough time drawing people away for monohull trawler yachts until they can deliver fuel economy at multihull speeds. But, as you say, commercial pressures for more space and more accommodation . . . --Georgs >>We have already designed the boat as described by Bill and construction is >>well underway in Paraguay at www.dreamperformance.com This is the Domino 20 >>design . The description of the Domino reads as if Bill had written it. I >>have raised the issue of anchoring, mooring etc with some of the extreme wave >>piercer hulls, in several articles. I also pointed out that a lot of clients >>consider the longer hulls, be they wave piercer or "normal', to be wasted >>space. Most clients want to fill up all the spaces. There was an >>old adage in >>boat design which went:- "keep one third of the length for the boat". This >>meant that if you made it longer and kept the ends empty then you >>would have a >>much better boat. This is just as true today but commercial pressures of one >>sort or another mean that this advice is seldom heeded. >> >>Regards, >> >>Malcolm Tennant. ARINA MA