The reply to book early is spot on. I booked a week starting 11/9/15 on about 10-15/2014. And it was the last week the owner had to sell. That said, it was a substantial discount off the regular charter price and the process and working with the owner was easy as pie. I located the boat through Sailonline.

One thing I didnt think about before hand was that the full cost of the charter was due on booking. Not a big deal, it just hadn't occured to me before hand.