We did not miss out on any sailing. It was simply better for us to continue to charter, then purchase when the charter boat we wanted to own came out of charter. Saved a ton of money and we were able to get the pick of the litter. Also, from the time we would have put a boat into charter, and the time to purchase arrived, our boat choice changed. We were not stuck with a boat we thought we wanted six years previous. Now we will keep this boat on a ten year plan, then re-evaluate our position and decide to sell it or continue to sail. We bought it near the bottom of its value so even in those ten years we should not lose more than 15%, as long as we do our due diligence with maintenance, etc.