I asked for any input about Fairwinds Sailing School's Charters and no one seemed to know anything about them. NOW we know why. Although our 8 day trip was wonderful because we were in a great place with great people, I would never recommend this charter company and everyone we met along the way had similar comments. Dirty boat, mechanical problems, no resolutions to the problems and no local contact to make things right. We had to have dinghy towed at White Bay (with lots of whoops of "DINGHY SHAME") and a night with no AC and then 3 days with one engine. Again - trip was great and met wonderful people and went to a few new places, but there is no way to endorse or support this charter company!