[WHOOSH]

I guess this is one more vote in favor of trying life afloat despite the small length of your boat. Our family (dad, mom and 4-yr old son) lived on a 20'' Flicka for almost a year, most of it cruising but a few months at a dock while house- and job-hunting in a new city (Annapolis, MD). We found ways - pretty easily, I might add - to make it work, including privacy zones, "quiet time" that gave eveyrone a break from each other, a shelf for each person where anything could be stashed in any fashion without complaint or criticism by the rest of the crew, etc.

It''s not unlike what you hear folks say about sailing long distances in small boats: It''s not so much about the boat, it''s about YOU. Good luck - I hope you give it a try.

Jack