Hello All! Well I just got my first newsletter in the mail yesterday and I was happy to read about everybodies summer, even though it was a tad wet. My father and I are thinking about getting a fisher. Its not a boat built by Northshore, but a privately built boat, by a friend of mine. He bought the hull took it from there. It is a wood/epoxy resin hull. It is modelled after the fisher 37 and is a lovely boat. I had have had alot of questions about fishers these past weeks and have been trying to read as much as I can. Originally we were thinking about a strictly sailing yacht, but after thinking about it, we are from Northern Ireland, and it can get cold and miserable here, the sun not always present. We thought maybe a Fisher could be the ticket for us. With the comfort of the wheelhouse and the engine to take us home if we get in trouble, or just want to get somewhere, it just seemed a more comfortable way to enjoy the Irish Sea and beyond. What do you all think? How do they sail? Do you always need the engine? Or will she sail nicely without it? She is a 37 with about 13.5 tonn weight. A lovely heavy boat and very nicely built. She has no bow sprit, but is rigged with 1 head sail, 1 stay sail, the main, and mizzen. The wheel house has side doors instead of a back door. Do you have any advice for me and Derek, my papa? We have been looking for a boat now for a year mostly as a hobbie, but now we are thinking more seriously about this one, she is a sweet machine. Any help you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Brendan