[fred cook]

My wife had an uncle (now deceased) that lived in Florida with water access to the gulf. One thing he always stressed was the importance of having at least two engines, preferably three. Back when he and his family were boating, there was a lot of drug running and piracy going on so he looked around and found about a 35 foot cabin cruiser with a kevlar hull. Very strong and virtually bullet proof! Plus, with the engines it was equipped with it would run 40 mph or better! After one trip, he and his wife were pulling the boat back home and a traffic accident caused the boat and tow vehicle (Suburban) to flip over. The Suburban was totaled and a lot of the upper structure on the boat got wiped off but the hull received almost no damage and was rebuilt. I always thought it was a pretty cool setup!