Thought I should finally say hello and introduce ourselves.

Hi, I'm Brian, and I'm an addict. Yup, I am addicted to the idea of selling it all and sailing off into the sunset (with the wife of course!). Luckily, Katie has warmed up to the idea and will go along with anything, ok, almost anything I want to do.

Unfortunately, we are still a long way away from being able to cut the strings, but in the meantime I guess reading about everyone's adventures (and misadventures) will have to do! The good news is we are only barely into our 30s, so we should be living on the water by our early 40s and with all the strings cut by late 40s, at least with hopeful thinking.......

Brian

Hi Brian , there is a baby Westi on a trailer, in Va.Thats not to far . But I'm sure you already know that . What Westi. do you and yours like?

Good choice .  I love the center cockpit 42 .  I think living aboard and cruising off shore
would require at least a W32 or even better a 42.
   A while back  I did have the good fortune to meet the man who designed my little W28,
it was Herb David . He told me among other things, that he designed the W28 for two people to live on and sail the world . Well I really haven't done either one. Although In the
Summer we live on it and spend weeks at a time at Catalina Island . With no complaints.