"The only reason no manufacturer builds long and narrow hulls today is that no one would buy them." Georgs I think the small crewed boats that actually do travel (that .01%) would love to have a 70 ft boat with 10 ft beam wl that cruises easily at 12 to 18 K on half the fuel , and 50 %to 100% faster than the usual 50 loa X 22 beam floating condo . Its just the market is quite small, although such a design would cost half or less the condos price. FAST FRED ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!