One of the best things about finding the right boat to start with is
you can customize it to fit your every need.
Perhaps when Thomas finishes Collage you can get back into sailing,
maybe even get offshore and stick with a boat long enough to
understand what I'm talking about.


I can't imagine what the right boat to start with would be, unless
there were no changes in my life. Beautiful wife, beautiful son...and
now a new home, a lot more money to play with and more. Each boat
worked great as things changed. We're actually looking at following
thorugh on plans to adopt a child (Adoption saves a life) and if we do
that I may seek out a larger boat and skip the C&C 99, but we'll see.
Last summer while most of the people in the so-called "sailing group"
trolled and fixed their boats, we were out sailing 3 days a week.
Sometimes it was an overnighter, sometimes it was just a few hours. It
never mattered because we love sailing for the sailing itself. I hope
I never tire of that and find myself fixing up some huge boat project.
We're not Scotty Potty trailer trash. We own a sweet boat that is a
blast to sail. We have our second house, worth 100K more than we paid
in a great school area and it's 2000 Sq feet is in near mint shape. We
even have a couple of famous people living a few houses down. If I had
Scotty's life I'd shoot myself (if I could borrow bullet money).
As for you, Joe....did you ever look into adoption? Suzanne's sister
adopted 2 kids from an abusive home and literally saved them. Few
things in life could have more worth.


RB
35s5
NY