kneafseym said:
Kevin and I talk often and he is mirroring what I was doing when my daughter was younger, (now 11). There really needs to be a better market for longer charters. Europeans do much longer charters than Americans, but the organization and pricing his very difficult. You can't pay rack rate for 7+ weeks. Someone using the boat long term is actually less wear and tear as you don't have a new learning curve every week. The owner doesn't have a $650 (perhaps more) turn around fee.
The hard part in organizing this is maintenance. In a BVI based boat what happens when you have issues on St Somewhere?
SOL. We lost a belt on the starboard engine of a Lagoon 380 coming into port at St. Barth after sailing up from St. Kitts and didn't have it for the rest of the trip back to the BVIs. Lost the auto helm, electric winch and stern nav light on the Lagoon 450 the first day and weren't anywhere near a charter base the rest of the trip.
