Ray,

I am afraid that you are a bit optimistic about finding a decent cruising
boat for $1K/foot. I would think that $2-3K/foot is more realistic.

I do not think that most of us cruising sailors will sell our boats during
these hard financial times. We may sell our homes/wives/kids/stuff and keep
our boats.

Cheers

Ansley Sawyer
SV Pacem