>Big boats aren't that much harder to handle with two than a small boat For sure! As Bud Lemieux at Northern Marine, a builder of bigs boats, loves to say, big boats are, in many respects, easier to drive. They're just a lot tougher to maintain. http://www.northernmarine.com/ I know a whole bunch of couples out there cruising in trawler yachts up to 76 feet LOA. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997