Did my first bareboat last year on Moorings 433 Power cat. Loved it! As many of you know, Moorings has 3 levels Exclusive Plus (new boats a year or less old), Exclusive (1-3 yrs) and Club (3-5 yrs). I think we did the middle one, Exclusive. The boat looked brand new and we had zero problems. Cost is always a factor for myself and our group so for planning the next one do you all think I should stay with the middle level, step down or even up? Are the odds of something breaking or newer gadgets worth the expense or savings? Or is Sunsail and other older charters something I should consider for some important reason? Since I'm still a newbie and my group is as well we want to minimize problems as much as possible. This is also why I chose a power cat since my crew are not sailors and I didn't want the extra responsibility of dealing with sails. And we sleep late!

2nd question. Thinking about bringing my parents on a charter for a couple of days. They are in their 70's so my thought is a land based trip and they either join us for 2 days on our week on the boat or we all are land based and just charter for 2-3 days at one end of the trip for the experience. Not sure if any of the charter companies even let boats out for such a short time? I'm just not sure my parents would like it or could handle it so having them on for a short stay would answer that for me.