Welcome 6f :-)
Like Ann, I have difficulty with alpha-numerics. Also with acronyms. That's the wages of being a geezer who came to these shores long, long ago from a land far, far away. Though I will say in my defense that more than half a century ago I was, with friends, on the leading edge of developing the syllabus that is used by sailing schools to this very day.
And even before that there was a lady whose domicile was Victoria.
Canada, of course :-). Her name was Muriel. She was
single mom to five kiddies of assorted ages. Having
lost her husband (in the Kaiser's war if I remember correctly) she found the financial going fairly heavy back in the 1920, and she stretched her budget by
renting out the family's cottage in Victoria during the summer months. She and the kiddies spent their summers exploring the Canadian end of the waters we now call the Salish Sea in a rather small motorboat on which they all lived happily the whole summer long. She set down an account of their adventures in a memoir called
The Curve of Time. I know it is available through Amazon. I recommend most strongly that you get a copy :-)!
Since you are in
Texas, you will, I dare say, have little idea of the
weather regime of the Salish Sea. Not for nothing do we call this coast not the "west coast", but the "wet coast".
Weather forecasting in these
parts is utterly simple: If you can see the mountains, it's gonna rain. If you can't, it's raining! :-) That obviously has implications for a budding
live-aboard. IMO it is a serious determinant when choosing between a mono and a cat.
But if you stay in touch, we can swat that one around later :-)
Again: Welcome!
TrentePieds