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Do you know I did not even consider a refund - I think I am more interested in your idea of a website to publicise the bad charter companies and in my experience, which is not inconsiderable, this means most of them.

Well everyone has the right to take their business elsewhere but I was not thinking about being quite so confrontational as you suggest. Rather more pursuasive. A lot of people speaking with a single voice often carries a little more weight. I usually charter in the Mediterranean - the YCA has littl...

This is exactly the point. By forming a group of charterers who can wield a little power we might be able to improve the situation.

I rather think that the pressure to supply better equipped and maintained boats will cause the charter cmpanies to get to grips with the problem or lose business.

For those of us who regularly bareboat charter and are fed up with finding their boat has been poorly maintained, is under equipped and is generally in bad condition I am attempting to start an association of like minded people in order to give us some negotiating power with the the charter companie...