My wife and I are wanting to take a sailboat
charter this summer and this time we are wanting to take our daughter (13 years old) and do some
scuba diving. We are all PADI certified. Last time we did a
cabin charter (just wife and myself) and it worked really good. Now, taking our daughter we can't do a
cabin charter unless we book whole
boat, policy is no
children unless booking all available cabins. We are in Iowa and don't know anybody that would be interested in booking remaining cabins. Same applies to chartering a whole
boat either crewed or bare boat with a hired
captain. I do know a couple of "captains" in
Virgin Islands and they so far haven't come up with anything. We pretty much need somebody to share a boat with us. We want a Cat because that is what we plan to buy in the future. Something else I have considered is combining the trip with a 1 week private
sailing lessons on a cat. Our cost is always an issue but willing to pay a fair
price depending on circumsatances. Anybody have any suggestions? If somebody is willing to share a boat we could converse via e mail or
phone to test the
water. I personally feel it "can" be better to share a boat with a complete but compatible stranger than to share one with friends or
family that my not be as compatible. Open to ideas. Greg,
IaAngus@netins.net