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Hard cost numbers from three cruising couples, plus comments on what′s necessary and what′s not and how to save money on the boat and ashore.
[SeaRoom.com, Toronto, ON, Canada]
Reports and cost budget for a cruise from Albany, NY to a year and a half wandering the Caribbean. Includes preparations, details of gear and gear changes, evaluations of equipment after 600 days.
[Destiny Calls, USA]
Brief grab bag of facts and commentary on buying gear for your boat on the cheap. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
A couple who sold their deep-draft cruising 40-ketch and spent the next three years in a 17-foot sailing canoe low-budget cruising from the Caribbean to Canada and back. Here are the advantages of small-boat sailing and camping.
[Mother Earth News, USA]
Grab bag of tips and commentary on setting a budget for cruising for a given time or forever, with calculators to help you figure. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Extensive grab bag of tips and commentary on the various one-time and recurring costs of owning a boat. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Pros and cons of various income schemes, including renting your home, getting a permit to take a job abroad, working under the table, chartering, distance-working on board, and trips home to work.
[SailNet, 23 March 2001]
Lots of useful tips on how to save money on food, marinas, fuel and water, entertainment, maintenance, health and boat insurance, mail, laundry, phone, etc. The author′s budget numbers for 2002-3 are given.
[The Cruising Life, Vero Beach, FL, USA]
Extensive down-to-earth guide to the decision-making, the habit-breaking, the budgeting, research and skills you will need to buy the boat and move to the cruising lifestyle.
[Capt. Mike, USA]
Here′s what it cost for six years′ cruising on a Trintella 53. Currency is Euros.
[Voyage and Adventures of Gilana, USA]I′ve learned that beyond a certain comfortable style of living, the more material things you have, the less freedom you have.
Live and Learn contributor, age 62
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