The evolution of a boater>>> you either evolve to a bigger or
better boat or you evolve out of boating. The boating purist realizes that therapeutic value of boating is the real reason
why we stay in the game.

Well put.

Very true! I was in a boat my first summer of life and I am not going away forever. For me, I need to regroup, get a better job/re-educated, take care of my mom until she gets through chemotherapy.......then I'll get back into it. I figure at worst, I'll just downsize. Maybe a little 20 Outlaw or go back to outboards like a Checkmate. I might not be able to run balls out in 3' swells off Cocoa Beach, but I'll still be "out there"