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Old 03-22-2014, 06:39 AM   #9
caltexflanc
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You are in a great area for cruising and trying out boats. Jung Charters and Chitwood Charters (both whom we have used) in Sarasota, and Southwest Florida Yachts in Cape Coral have a wide variety of cruising boats to choose from, and can arrange a captain and training if needed. This is the absolute best way to determine what you really want and need, and if your family really enjoys cruising to begin with (and what they need to enjoy it). Plus it gets you away from the computer and out on the water!

Given the cost of buying, maintaining, insuring and berthing a boat, chartering is cheap and worry free. Especially if you are not going to use the boat ALL the time. We chartered for many years and when it came time we wanted to buy and go cruising full time, we knew exactly what our personal requirements were. The emphasis there is on personal. We bought the perfect boat for us and our use, but it is far from the perfect boat for many if not most people.
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