Thank you, Guys for the welcome. I have no doubts that this addition to the lifestyle will be thoroughly enjoyable. I learned a lot a few years ago from owning a BlueBird PT-40, that turned into a restoration. Having spent much more time investigating these, I'm expecting a totally different experience.
As for sculpture, I have not been doing much lately due to other projects, mostly related towards easing into retirement. However, I carve stone, do lost wax casting of bronze and aluminum, kiln cast glass, and mess with a couple other mediums. Mostly abstracts, but have a number of figurative works in mind. We'll see what happens in retirement.
Pete and EJ, I should be dropping in sometime next week. Cheers!