"bdl" wrote in message
ups.com...

What I don't understand is why we don't see more "partnership
arrangements" like you see with aircraft ownership. Stick a hobbs
meter on the engine (most have one already) and pay a fixed plus hourly
cost. Trade weeks, etc.

My father owns a boat, and he's on it at most every OTHER weekend.

Boat owners fancy themselves the Captains of their ship, and practically
have seizures at the idea of somebody else doing it. Hell...sharing one
girl is as bad as sharing the other. (But the boat doesn't mind how many
other girls you have or how many you bring onboard and, in fact, will
actually help you get girls. Reasons #4160-4162 why boats are cooler than
women. ;)

-c