There are others, but I'll quit with this one At 10:56 AM 5/16/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Capt. Al, > >Your recent posts have, as usual, said most eloquently, brought some well needed moderation to this Disp. vs SD discussion. I completely agree with you that diesel fuel is so cheap, it is foolish to put such a high priority on low fuel consumption. It is one thing to be fuel conscious if one is crossing oceans but for the way most of us use our trawlers, this is a specious argument. If only all these folks that are equipping their "Sea Bulldozers" and then only use them for coastal cruising would just enjoy their boats and forget about all the hype. I would guess that only about 5% of the typical trawlerites actually make ocean crossing on their own bottoms. You have a great liiking website. > >Regards, . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain