My dad had passed away and I moved back here to help my mother. Lived on the family farm up in east Texas, too damned far from salt water. That wife and I lasted 8 years before we split and I came back to the coast.
Took a 21 footer as partial trade, did a "gut out" rebuild and sailed her for a few years, then acquired Tehani. Been living very close to salt water ever since -grin
Here's the 21