Congrats on the plan!
I too am operating under a 10yr plan (we are currently 1 year into it) and it has been great! I had been dreaming/talking about cruising for years but I had only been a day sailor since my youth and my wife had only been with me a couple times and then
kids came... needless to say ... last year I decided to actually stop talking about it and to start executing the dream! It has been great! We took the
ASA Basic Keal
Boat coarse together and that got the wife hooked! (She was very impressed by my ability to not be a back seat driver when she was at the
helm ... who knew I had it in me?) We went cruising for 10 days in the
BVI, just the two of us with an instructional
skipper and that was a complete dream and if I hadn't had the bug before now I REALLY have it. We have booked two more cruising trips in the
Med for 2009 ... the second one will include the
kids. I just love it when a plan comes together ... and what a fun plan it is!