Welcome, Dugandbeka... you'll find lots of good
advice here on both sail and
power also a few naysayers who will try and puncture your dream balloon. Hang on to your dream and make a plan. I've heard there are a few good deals on fairly large
power boats in the
New Orleans area, ex
commercial fishing/shrimpers, with lots of room but needing
work. Some of them were
hurricane damaged but reclaimable with a lot of sweat equity. What you save on
purchase price, you can put into fixing the
boat up. Do some searching on the web to find examples.
One of the previous posters suggested getting a
skipper to introduce you to cruising which I certainly agree would be a great idea.
You have your whole life ahead of you so dream big and go for it! Cheers, Phil