Provisioning Cost
In our previous post we looked at all those items we purchased beyond the large systems we had installed at the boat yard. In this post we look at how … Continue Reading
Category: Finance
Purchase Price and Admin Costs for Buying our Boat
In our previous post, we looked at “how” we decided to pay for the boat. In this post we’ll cover “what” we paid, and we’ll try and cover all the … Continue Reading
How To Pay For The Boat
The decision to buy a suitable boat for living aboard or cruising will be a major financial transaction on the scale of buying a house. Whether we’re talking about a … Continue Reading
The Cost of Buying and Selling our Boat
As we sit in South Florida cowering from the cold and snow up north, we are fortunate enough to have some friends in the area with boats that are very … Continue Reading
(Additional) Costs of Buying a Boat
When buying a boat, you soon come to realize that the purchase price is only a portion of the actual cost. We also have to budget for the little additional … Continue Reading
Back to Work!
Wow some things happen in a hurry! When we decided that John was definitely going to retire this year, I contacted my employer to tell them we would be returning … Continue Reading
Selling Our Stuff
Its been almost exactly six months since we posted about our decision to start deliberately unloading our stuff here, with a follow up post here. On top of the money … Continue Reading
What We Spent During Our Charter
Today I sat down to tally our receipts from our charter, which covered everything from provisioning before we left to buying drinks ashore. When all is said and done, it was a bit surprising … Continue Reading
Getting Rid of Our Stuff – Part 2
Similar to our first post here, we’ve had some pretty good luck selling our stuff since we moved to Colorado Springs. It really is surprising how much money you have locked-up … Continue Reading
Getting Rid of Our Stuff
Much has been written on other sailing blogs, and those associated with “smaller” living, about getting rid of your unnecessary stuff. Included in this is to first stop buying more … Continue Reading
Cruising Cost(s)
So we want to retire on a sailboat, a catamaran to be specific, and to be even more precise, likely a Lagoon 440 or 450. We just returned from a Christmas … Continue Reading
Leap Of Faith: Quit Your Job and Live on a Boat
Ok, so I should have paid more attention to the number of pages in this book before I bought it. It’s just wee. Less than 130 pages. Now, as far … Continue Reading
Live On The Margin
I just finished another book called Live On The Margin by Patrick Schulte and Nick O’Kelly. Patrick has a blog (and book) called Bumfuzzle, and Nick wrote another book which … Continue Reading