Dave Pashley <spinfactor@direcway.com> >Hi Georgs, I live on Deer Isle which is in Penobscot Bay in Maine. In fact, >just pulled the float and ramp out for the winter. Started boating at 7 and >haven't stopped, mostly Mako center consoles and a Boston Whaler. Current >boat is a Skipjack 26 flybridge cruiser. With twin 225 HP Yamaha outboards. >It's trailerable and we've gone on several multi-week trips in it. > Here in Maine lobstah pots are thick enough to walk on and any thing like a >stabilizer fin will pick up a pot unless you are real careful. (Paravanes >would get people shooting at you). I'm a fan of twin engines and there are >few monohulls with dual skegs to protect twin props. A power cat doesn't >need stabilizer fins has good protection for twin props lots of room and >doesn't roll which is a requirement of the Admiral (wife) We're just >starting to look and research the choices but the pluses for a cat far >outweigh the minuses from what we've seen so far. Welcome aboard, Dave. You are not alone in being drawn to power catamarans. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com