Martin wrote:
That'll be me in a year or two, I guess Nick is absolutely determined he
needs to have a boat within the next year. :-(
It is probably better & cheaper to charter than to own a boat.
I have owned boats most of my life and still do own one.

I have repeatedly suggested to Nick that he doesn't want to buy a boat, he
should just hire one when he wants one. He seems to think that this is much
too expensive. Ho hum.