Hi, Padeen,

"padeen" wrote in message
...
I'll probably use Access anyway, so the info here is what I was looking
for.
As for the actual data, I doubt many of the boats you find available now
will still be around next spring,

I don't know about that. The vast bulk of what I looked at in my first
trip, in early May, is still there. Of course, I've got the spreadsheet,
still, and in some cases, where I wasn't sure of the facts of a boat we'd
originally rejected (since we'd modified our requirements to accommodate the
reality that we couldn't have them, and were considering boats which now
might fit), went back to review.

Of course, some of those didn't work. But most of them were still
available, and the first boat we offered on is still available, too. The
boat we made our offer on, which was accepted in a flash, has been on the
market for just under 3 years. One of the other boats in which we had a
serious interest, but eventually passed on, had been on the market for more
than 3 years when we saw it (it sold recently at a further reduced price).
The boat which accepted was at a price nearly 1/3 less than the asking price
only a few months ago - and I speculate that it was reduced from something
higher at that, as the price which was accepted was on the order of 60% of
other like boats' asking price.

So, with some exceptions, I'd not be concerned about ones you're interested
in (as a class - an individual boat might be gone) evaporating,
necessarily...

I don't have the height requirement you do
(5'9"), and have only one opinion to contend with, so I don't think it
would
apply.

Thanks again, and good luck.

My pleasure. Let me know if there's any of my research which may be of use.

L8R

Skip (and Lydia)

Padeen