I tend to set my expectations based on the price we've paid. We did a couple of charters with the now-defunct North South. The boats were old and not well maintained. But the price was right and none of the problems prevented us from having a blast

I'd be ticked off if we paid a high-end price and got a boat with a lot of problems -- especially if they're the kinds of problems that the charter company must already have known about, and just chose not to fix.

Dan