Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:04pm
Sounds like you prefer sailing to motor.
We used to sail, until I damaged my rotator cuffs and my wife had carpel tunnel surgery. So these days we plod about with a motor.
FYI the boat share that I am in is part of the SAMM (Sailing Association Mar Menor). They run several types of boats - from dinghies (or tea-trays as I call them) upward. They do racing as well as just messing about on the water. A month or two ago there was a share going in a 7 metre yacht. Naturally, sailing yachts are more expensive to run than motor boats (more maintenance etc), but the costs were still reasonable.
I think the annual costs were about 500 Euros (all inclusive) for a share in the yacht, so access to boating need not be too expensive.
Best wishes for your pending retirement
K