Hi Gord, glad to be here on the site and thanks for your interest.
We have sailed Trouper for 25 yrs. and as it aged, so did we. She is a great
boat and it will be hard for us to let her go.
I had some
health issues - the big C in the form of a brain tumour - but am at yr. three with no changes after surgery. We have decided to move to
power. My criteria was simple at first, windshield wipers, AC,
diesel and a back porch. We were initially looking at Bayliner 38's as a reasonable alternative to do a little
canal work but after a visit to a number of broker's yards, apparently there are some other nice
boats out there that my wife has taken a shine to. Currently looking at a pre-owned Cruisers 4050.
Brian