Dan's back down running the charter, not sure when he'll be back on line. They run out of Ninilchik early in the season, then move the boats to Seward sometime after 4th of July. I can get you Dan's # if you want to get in touch with him. My daughters friend's family has a 25' acb they run out of Whittier in Prince William Sound and they seem to be pretty happy with the boat, I think he's running twin honda 200's. I'm sure there are some aluminum cats up here, but honestly I've never seen one on the water or in the marinas. I've seen a few glass cats. That isn't to say cats are a bad design, but they just don't seem to have garnered much of the market. The boats that have the best resale are aluminum cabin cruisers in the 22-28' range. Fish hard, hose it off, put it away until the next adventure. When you have a 4 month boating season, and need to pick windows between small craft advisories, you just don't want a boat that you need to fiddle with, or wax, etc. I can't say our water conditions are much different than other areas, but if you can't readily handle a 2-4' steep chop and confused seas, the boat just isn't suitable for typical outings. In the sound the prevailing winds are out of the East, but then you'll have glacial fjords, and winds coming off the glacier with a decent fetch down the fjord, add in tidal rips and you want a boat that will handle predictable with waves coming from every direction. I was looking at the acb website, and if I could swing it, the Sport Cruiser 2900 w/ twin 300's would be perfection. But, I can't even afford to dream about such a boat