Sanford, It would be worth speaking with Crowther's office if you are interested in a Trawlercat Marine project. Steve Coates or Brett Crowther had a bit to do with him at the initial start up, that's where the concept drawings started. Quite a few builders in Canada and Northern US states as well as one in Sth China since then. steve@incatcrowther.com or brett@incatcrowther.com. You may have to call them as they are quite busy and concentrate on the commercial market so emails about TCM may not get a response. Ph. +61 2 9450 0447 I researched extensively the Trawler style Powercat options when we started our design. Even corresponded several of TCM's original builders, the one in China still had moulds of a TCM boat and had one boat on the factory floor tied up in litigation with them. According to Crowther the design they did for TCM was too preliminary to be used for construction and don't like their name associated with it so we started from scratch instead of trying to buy old moulds with litigation attached and major adjustments required. One of our 55ft long range displacement versions is a trawler style-the Nth Sea model, I would be interested any feedback once you have done the homework. Everything in the final result has been purposely done for specific reasons, balancing up one option vs. another based on feedback from Power Catamaran owners and from our own experience passage making on Cats. Feedback on the compromises in balancing the design requirements is always good. My favourite acronyms for BOAT: for designers its "Balance Of All Things", for owners/builders its "Break Out Another Thousand", Because it's "Broken Or About To" Why do we love this business! http://www.adventurebay.co.nz/powercats.htm Kind Regards, John Winter Ph +64 21 454 107