[Squantos]

There's a big turd in the punchbowl and it's indeed called FBI ! FiBi's and their handlers need an overhaul from the TOP down IMHO........

Glad to hear your getting back to work. I'm saving up for a new boat, thinking ketch, about a 50 footer, small enough to singlehand when I need to and big enough for friends to go sailing with me ! Bout a year down the line (soonest) .

Travis is making me think about building my own. I'm looking into that, doing the research etc etc...... Ideas welcomed of course.

Stay Safe !

[TEXASPROUD]

Hey Travis,
Be sure you include some wheels with those plans for that schooner Squantos wants to build. The only Maritime Environment I can think of around Squantos place is the water in his canteen.

Squantos, good luck on your prairie schooner, might I suggest you add a delta wing to it as well. With the winds you get up there you might be able to get to the widget factory faster by air.

[aShepard]

If you start building your 50 footer now, you'll be sailing looking at the sunsets out of the mirror on your iron lung. If you're really handy, buy a fiberglass unit in disrepair, and bring her up to Bristol condition. I bought a C&C Landfall 38 in tough shape, and the liberal sprinkling of $70k made her into a yacht!

[SUSSA]

I'm saving up for a new boat, thinking ketch, about a 50 footer, small enough to singlehand when I need to and big enough for friends to go sailing with me ! Bout a year down the line (soonest) .

If you can keep your boat under 40 ft you can save a lot of money. Dock space and anchoring are priced at higher rates per foot for boats over 40ft in most places. Going down from 42 ft to 38 ft, a friend of mine cut his live aboard expenses by more than $15,000 a year.