Stacy,
We have been sailing with both our kids, two boys, since each of them were
born. They were two weeks old when they first went sailing and we have
sailed as a family ever since. Today one is in college and the other is
finishing high school.

I think that you are asking a lot from your daughter to leave at age 15 and
move onto the boat with you. The high school years are a time of
socialization for kids and a time that they want to be with there peers and
not with their elders. If you had been sailing as a family for all of her
formative years then your daughter may have continued for another year but
at age 15 or 16 she probably would have talked to you about her staying
ashore for her high school years.

My advice would be to sit out the next few years and when she walks out the
door for college, leap aboard and go. She can visit you for a few weeks
during vacations and she will appreciate the beautiful places that you bring
her for her breaks.

Cheers

Ansley Sawyer
SV Pacem