I'm glad to have catched the curiosity of the group ! My concern is about
handling big sheet when i'll be 70s... when the boat is heeling and through
waves. I see my father at 77 he is in great shape but i'm wondering if
around 70s it is still feasible.

I've followed the Dashews for the last 20 years and to see them go onto
powerboating while they had the biggest and most weather built sailboat has
been a shock to me.

"André Langevin" wrote in message
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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