Good day to all of you group fellows,

I don't know if it has ever been discussed but i am curious to hear from
other's experience regarding this subject. I'm 46 right now and i have
enjoyed several sailboat starting with small daysailer then to keel and last
of them was a Tanzer 26. This was 10 years ago. At that time i was tired
of being held hostage by the tide and reversing current of Quebec City (5
knots going down for 6 hours and 4 knots going up for 4-5 hours). So i
bought a powerboat and i still have it today altough i'm currently thinking
of selling it for a larger boat. This boat is depicted here :
www.langevin.biz/marinette34

Now i'm thinking at the next boat and i would like a sailboat to do coastal
navigation and even trans-atlantic crossing and long distance travel. Since
it will take me some years to get to this next boat, suppose i'm 50 years
old and i finally have that big 43-45 feet sailboat. What are the chances
i could use it for 15-20 years ? Could it be my last boat or will my last
boat invariably be a powerboat ?

André