Am I Nuts ?

[SpeedoWarinFrk]

Well basically I only want to make one purchase of a sailboat so I am looking at currently a 1978 Formosa 51. I have done the research and know what the headaches are with that vessel.

Now am I nuts for going so big with my first boat? I plan on having a licensed captain train me and my wife on the vessel for at least 20 hours before attempting to sail her myself. I am not new to boating just to sailing lol. Eventually after getting a couple years in the north east under my belt with a couple friends that sail, I would bring her south from New York to Bermuda then down to FL, Bahamas then island hop the Caribbean. I can work from anywhere as most of what I do is online and over the phone so money isnt really an issue.

Should I get a smaller vesel to learn on then step up or should I just learn on the one I plan to keep?