Yes, Ray. The great wheel turns. We never think that universal laws will ever apply to us...but they do! I had immense enjoyment sailing this little boat around the Islands offshore the coast of Mackay. The Investigator is a great little boat, and mine has been a magic carpet.
If your plans bear fruit and you can introduce your grandchildren to sailing, it will be a priceless gift. Good luck.
Coming out of a tiny creek at dawn that your shallow draft allowed you to spend the night in - catching the offshore morning breeze and feeling your little boat lift to a gentle swell is a feeling that I don't have words to describe. But it's a feeling most sailors can appreciate.
Yes, it's sad it has to end...but it would be a lot sadder if it had never been. :
