Ken, Try the Mainship 34 if you are a couple & need permanent berths for only 2 people. It's fast for an old trawler, (8-10 kts), economical (2 gph), and easy to buy (50-65k). The best Mainships come through the mainship website rather than brokers. Northern fresh water boats may be better than Florida boats because they are used less of the time due to winter storage layup time. When you find one, however, act quickly -- they tend to sell fast. I admit that I am biased in favor of them! Dilio Mariotti "CLOVER" Mainship I, 34' Charleston, SC -----Original Message----- From: trawler-world-great-loop-request@lists.samurai.com [mailto:trawler-world-great-loop-request@lists.samurai.com] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:00 AM To: trawler-world-great-loop@lists.samurai.com Subject: Trawler-world-great-loop digest, Vol 1 #267 - 2 msgs Great Loop #267 --__--__-- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:37:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken McFeeters <ken35216@yahoo.com> To: trawler-world-great-loop@lists.samurai.com Subject: TWGL: Boats that have done the loop???? I'm looking for a boat to do the loop and interested in what other types of boats that have done the trip. Make and footage??? Thanks, Ken http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-great-loop