"Rosalie B." wrote
If you aren't the kind of DIY person that he is, you need to have a
bunch more money ....

IMHO having money won't help. I've been trying to get lazy jacks and a
roller foresail furler installed for months. I finally installed the jacks
myself then told the local yard to forget the furler cuz I planned to find
someone else to install it. The head yardbird called my wife the next week
sniveling about how he'd already bought the expensive furler and promising
to install it before the weekend if she'd agree. She did and sure enough
they removed our headstay the very next day. That was before Thanksgiving.
They were going to finish up this week but the bird that climbs masts went
to jail so ..... Merry Xmas. I'd say being a DIY person is essential, money
or not.