[eryka32]

Thanx for posting this, it was a fun read. I''m at about the same stage, still missing the zillions of books and the huge closet from my land life (tho I''m a Washington bureaucrat instead of corporate Barbie). It always was important to me to have pretty things in my home -- I thought I''d miss the art we had on the walls of our last yuppie house, but like you I realize that living aboard we''re surrounded by natural beauty, as much or better than in a house.

BTW, if you''re thinking Westsail 32 you might also look for CSY 33, there aren''t many of them out there but they have all the tankage and strength you said were important in a ''next boat'' plus, they were built for charter trade and live very large for their length, as much as some boats in the high 30s.