In a message dated 6/8/2001 8:38:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Eric@ColonialCraft.com writes: > Most N40 owners say that the ultimate solution is both but few if any > private boats have been built that way. Majority of recent boats (including > ours) have gone with Naiads. Eric, If you haven't spoken with Jim Leischman recently about Naiads on the N40, you may wish to do so. I spoke with him last month at the Seattle Super Yacht (or whatever) Show where he was showing the N40 he'd just brought up from California. This boat is currently on display at the Poulsbo TrawlerFest. At any rate, one of the Naiad actuator pistons bent and broke on his trip up from California. He mentioned that the pistons were considerably smaller on the Naiads than he had seen on Wesmars or Tracs. He said he would planned to investigate further based on that experience. Terry Allen M/V Jacaranda (KK48NS)