Charter weeks → ownership plan — testing LOA before survey spend

We booked Yacht Crew first, then two charter-style weeks using FairHelm's destination routes as planning homework — not a broker marketplace, but enough structure to compare layout and handling.

Charter taught us what we liked; listing review and survey prep taught us what we could afford to fix.

We're still shopping, but we stopped guessing. FairHelm's broker listings index and ownership cost calculator sit in the same browser folder as our survey quotes.