[CherylannJohn]

First thanks to both for your responses. I do see that waiting until we retire and are able to devote all our time to the boat is a good point. Also that things can change between now and then....minds and circumstances.

We just got back from chartering a cat out of St Martin. We learned alot, including that for us a monohull is the way to go.

We want to charter as many types of boats as possible before we buy so waiting to buy is good for that. Seems most of the boats available for charter are of one type. The ones most often mentioned in this forum as "cruisers" don''t exist in the charter fleet. Any suggestions?