What boats qualify as Affordable, Low Maintenance, Blue Water??

[jssailem]

@Prairie Virgin Sailor here is an interesting sailing experience... Bermuda to the US.

 

[Tally Ho]

Greg,
Glad you can enjoy Maui. Beats the heck out of winter around Lake Michigan.
As for me, you couldn’t pay me to go back to Hawaii one more time. My mother in law lived on Oahu in a nursing home, and insisted she was in Michigan. She was physically healthy but Alzheimer's took its toll.
I made the trip over 15 times to help my late wife manage her mother’s medical and financial affairs. The flight alone is enough to cure me of wanting to go again. Being 6’7” and flying Chicago to Honolulu in coach qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. Sailing there isn’t that great. I’ll stick to the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay.

Yeah, the flight home in particular is hard for me...overnight, 8-hours. But on this flight, I had 3 seats and was able to lay down a bit (I’m only 5’10”) so felt pretty refreshed when we landed. Wife not so much!

We just got back to NW Indiana this morning...after collecting the cat, getting some groceries, popped out to the marina to check on Tally Ho...been 6 weeks since I last checked on her...but all was ship shape.

Greg