....14567$421.9698@news-server.bigpond.net.au... Back in about 3 years. Planning on buying a boat in the 40+ft mark in Fl and then on up the East Coast at our leisure for the big retirement trip. Motor or sail? Sail. Something like (but not necessarily) a Tayana 43 or a Gozzard if I suddenly inherit a fortune. Lots in Florida that people aren't using any longer.