Tom, I'm in Texas. We sail Galveston Bay mostly and occasionally get out into some open water but not as often as we'd hoped. Our boys are 14 and 12 and compete in lasers and optis at a pretty high level so they keep us very busy!

We kept Banjo Girl in Puerto Rico for most of the first year when we purchased her and enjoyed those sailing grounds.

...The original owners were great people that we purchased her from and the husband was quite the character and damn proud of Banjo Girl. She was in need of a little love and kind of tired but a neat boat, overall sound and built to last. We've done a fair amount of work on her over the last almost 7 years of ownership and enjoy the process most of the time. ...envy your wood working skills. I wish I had them.

Did your friends ever purchase a boat? ...anything similar to ours?

Cheers,
Jay