I originally sat down to write a blog post about whether it makes more financial sense to charter a boat or own one . But once I started properly adding up the numbers, it quickly became obvious that the real cost of boat ownership  deserved a post of its own. So that’s what this is. And to be honest, it's also an opportunity for me to test out the WIX website builder Blog functionality as I haven't "blogged" before and just want to see if it's worth doing.... What follows is