caribbean girl, we bought a boat never in charter and it does make a huge difference on wear and tear. We bought a 2000 Beneteau in 2009 with only 850 hours on the Yanmar. A charter boat 9 years old will have in the neighborhood of 5-6,000 hours. Boats in charter are much less than private vessels. Newer charter boats have many bells and whistles, older charter boats are pretty bare. The surveyor thought our 9 year old sails were no more than 3 years old. We looked at many charter boats and private boats, generally there is no comparison.