I am revising Beebes book, Voyaging Under Power, for McGraw-Hill to be published in 2012. In 1975 Beebe wrote: It is unfortunate that so much of this book must be made of my experiences and my ideas. My best efforts to find men with experience in seagoing motorboats and to record their thoughts has met with only modest success: The background is just not there. (p. xvi) 35 years have passed and there is now much more experience with seagoing motorboats. One of my aims in revising the book is to gather some of this experience where it can be used by all power voyagers. Thus, I need your help. One of the approaches is to place boxes throughout the book on experiences from people who have been doing power voyaging. Tentatively, I plan to call them Insights from Voyagers. These insights would be relatively short (perhaps 200-400 words) practical information you have learned from your voyages, possibly with a photo to illustrate if it seems appropriate. It can be on any topic relating to voyaging under power. EXAMPLE: Install at least one manually reading gauge for each key engine parameter, such as engine coolant and oil temperature, oil pressure, hydraulic temperature, transmission pressure, etc. Thus, if there is a potential problem with something like engine temperature, you can go to the engine room and check the manual gauge to see if the problem is real or an electrical anomaly. For example, one of the only gauges on our boat, Teka III, that did not have a manual backup was transmission pressureand it was reading about 25% high. Twin disc thought I might have a problem. When I brought an expert on board in Istanbul, the first thing he did was hook up a manual pressure gauge. Needless to say the pressure was normal. I was relieved, but embarrassed that I had spent so much time and worry on a non-existent problem. I replaced the faulty gauge and added a manual gauge on the transmission. A second way of incorporating your experience is for you to submit any incidents, experiences, or insights into any topic relating to power voyaging for possible inclusion in the book. Such topics would include, but not be limited to: design, mechanical systems, engines, electronics, stabilization, interior design, ocean crossing, world cruising, maintenance, safety and anchoring, the cruising community, and examples of boats to be included. The idea will be to gather as much relevant information as is feasible in one book. Feel free to pass this message on to anyone you think would want to contribute. I would prefer that you respond directly to me at umstot@hotmail.com so that I will not have to go through the formal copyright release paperwork associated with the PUP list.