OK, I'm just window-shopping. I do that every few years anyway, thinking
that I might get a boat. As it happens, I just got back from a nice trip
on my cousin's Islander ketch down from San Francisco to Monterey and back
again. That puts me back into the maybe-a-boat mode ....

If I got one, I think it would be to go out and spend some winter weekdays
on uncrowded Catalina moorings, and to go out at some point and do all the
channel island anchorages. I was reading a coast guide on the trip ...
this one:

The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to
Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
by Brian M. Fagan

and it made it all look pretty good. Now, I've started reading "Good
Old Boat", and pricing the local Sailing Clubs, so I'd probably sail more
and do research before buying ... but I can't help but ask anyway:

What do you all think are good old boats for such a plan? I'm thinking
sub-30 feet to keep slips and aux expenses down.

Thanks.