Ugg.. This thread wasn't exactly highjacked for awhile as opposed to just being taken down a different path for a bit - that I enjoyed. We aren't speaking Spanish here, so I think everyone knows that "vaca" was used in the current urban slang for vacation.

My wife, I will openly call her the Admiral, and she laughs about it. Yes: I captain the boat and it's irrelevant that she was sailing 5+ years before i even started. It's a joke along the lines of "happy wife, happy life".

Let's clink glasses and have another round. I truly asked the question in my original post because this will probably be the last charter we take before starting our "cut the lines" life and I'm interested in if I want to let the "cat out of the bag" (last pun) before we tie ourselves to our monohull.

Thanks to all.