My wife & I went from power boat to sail boat and back to power boat. The first was a Chris Craft Twin Engine 31' The Sailboat Was Island Packet 40'. We looked at a lot of used and new production line boats and decided to have a trawler built. We settled on a Pat Bray design to be built in Canada. 53' length and 17' width , Full displacement glass hull, Single engine 330 hp John Deere. 20kw Northern lights gen set. All hydraulic bow thruster, stern thruster,active Key power stabilizers. Three staerooms, two heads, one with jacuzzi tub. Galley and saloon up with full size home style appliances. full size freezer, washer & dryer. Garbage compactor. dishwasher. We wanted all the comforts of home. We carry almost 1600 gals of fuel. Burn about 5.5 gals per. hr. at 1800 rpm. which pushes us at about 9 knots. We also have a hydraulic come home drive that runs from the gen set attached to main shaft. We spent a couple of years in the pnw, A couple years in S.F. Bay where we live and are now on our second year in Mexico. We love our boat and are very comfortable aboard. We won,t discuss the cost and the nightmares here of dealing with builders in Canada. In a message dated 11/7/2008 11:00:30 P.M. Mexico Standard Time, passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com writes:,, --- On Thu, 11/6/08, bob england <bob_england@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think a monohull, diesel only powered, full displacement > vessell is what we > should discuss. Now, lett'er rip, I can take it !!! **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11 /04/happy-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)