Steve, Thanks for your speedy reply. Frankly on a rating of 1-100 your vessels appearance "IMHO" would rate a solid 100, bad to the bone, etc., etc. I am becoming more interested in catboats, which was sparked with a visit to Mystic Seaport and the awesome indoor display that they had on catboats. What does AC stand for? What are the stats on your vessel? Besides the obvious headsail elimination are their other less noticable posative or negative tradeoffs? Kind Regards!