FYI: Two unique passagemakers that made history are for sale. One is Idlewild, a 57-foot aluminum George Buehler custom design: --The first yacht, power or sail, to circumnavigate by starting far inland and by using portages to reach the sea. --The first power yacht to circumnavigate via the Northwest Passage in less than one year. --The first Canadian yacht, power or sail, to circumnavigate via the Northwest Passage. --Third power yacht to transit the Northwest Passage, the first to do so West to East. In the course of her voyage around the planet, Idlewild made the longest nonstop passage ever attempted by a recreational powerboat, 4,495 nautical miles from South Africa to Australia arriving with only 25 gallons of fuel remaining in the main tanks. Reserve fuel was carried but not needed. http://tinyurl.com/2n3fb3 http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/news/idlewildcomplete.html The other is Passagemaker, the Robert Beebe design with which he proved that motorboats can make long ocean passages in comfort, safety and with dispatch. Beebe's 50,000 sea miles in the wooden 50-footer launched the modern-day trawler yacht era after he wrote Voyaging Under Power. http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/news/passagemakerforsale.html I have no commercial or financial interest in either yacht. I'm posting the information only because they are two yachts that hold on extraordinary place in our trawler world and deserve to find owners who appreciate them. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997