i love the sound of a boat at anchor.  the background noise makes me sleep like a baby.   yes, some find this sound disturbing.  i do not!  this not to say some noises don't disturb: halyards against the mast, thump of a buoy against the hull, and a family allowing their children to run up-and-down a dock at midnight laughing and yelling.   now ... i was able to sleep in this 'rock and roll' situation -   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgkMzAzNWjg     maybe i'm a bit 'different' ;-)     dave scobie M17 #375 - sweet pea (http://www.m17-375.webs.com) M15 #288 - SCRED (FOR SALE, http://www.freewebs.com/15-named-scred --- On Thu, 5/14/09, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote: I agree totally on the "noisy" lapstrakes.  When I reached the trades on a Nor'Sea trip to Hawaii, the big following waves rushing under the hull were the most relaxing noise imaginable.  My wife heard them over my Sat phone and thought I was going over Niagara in a barrel. Tom Jenkins