DArcy, yeah...it's been 15 years. Leaving CO will be hard, but we already have friends proposing dates for house swaps.
My oldest daughter has 1 more semester in college then she's moving to Hawaii to work, get residency, then go to grad school for marine biology. Odds are she'll get a PhD. My youngest daughter has 1.5 years to go. She's doing pre-med at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has no idea where she will be going to med school. My wife wants to move closer to her parents who are getting older. She's taking over their real estate company so they can fully retire. My boss is fine with me working remotely after ~2/21 when the first group of satellites I am working on launch. I will be in Palo Alto & San Jose a ton over the next year so having a boat in that area to get everything worked out is ideal. Odds are my oldest daughter will come along for the trip to Hawaii. She's been racing both small and big boats in college as well as teaching sailing each summer.
Will - Yep....the Dana 24 is on my list. I did see that one in the Seattle area. If it's still available later this year I may take a trip to Seattle to check it out and other boats in that area. A friend of mine in Hawaii had one (he may still have it). Those are great boats! I'm planning to buy something in late spring or early summer. Total budget for the boat and getting it ready for a trip to Hawaii is < 100K, but I would prefer to keep it well under that number and that should be relatively easy to do.
