In case you didn't know, Royal Canadian Mounted Police run a 66-foot power catamaran through the Northwest Passage in record time in 2000. The St. Roch II went on to circumnavigate North America in 169 days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Northwest_passage.jpg http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/VE0NWP/MainPage.htm http://www.hazegray.org/features/stroch/nadon.htm http://www.athropolis.com/news/st-roch.htm http://www.vancourier.com/issues00/12300/top2.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage http://www.challengeroceanic.com/newsarticles.htm http://collections.ic.gc.ca/NorthernHeritage/home.php --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com