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My father used to have a bumpersticker on his RV something to the effect that he was looking for a woman with x,y, and z characteristics. It ended with "must have own sailboat."
It has been a while, my own fault, since I have been out on the water but the summer weather had me looking for what I might book through Waypoint Yacht Charter Services.
Not that I am in the market to buy but I was intrigued by the title of the New Mobility article "Buying a Sailboat: In for a Penny":
Within hours of announcing your intention to purchase a boat, you are almost guaranteed to hear this old saw: "The day you buy your first boat is the best day of your life; the second best day is the day you sell it." The devil's in the details, of course, and details are generally expensive. I learned this many years ago, after buying a used Jaguar XKE for $4,000, and drastically cutting down both my wheelchair and my hand controls in order to drive it. Oh, what a bargain I thought I'd stumbled upon! Well, of course, it was no bargain at all, and I sold it six months later, delighted to be out from under it.
After reading about Kevin Robinson's love affair with "a hole in the water that you pour money into" I am all the more satisfied to continue to do business with Sherri Backstrom at Waypoint and just go along for the ride!
And what a choice she has at http://www.waypointcharter.com/boat_accessible.php