How much does it cost to sail around the world? Sailing Q&A 41
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- What does it cost to sail around the world? Are you planning a cruising budget? After more than 15 years living on our sailboat, we've come up with some pointers to help you think about all the costs involved in sailing around the world, and to formulate a budget for your cruising plans.
So how much does it cost to sail around the world? In this episode we show you how to plan a cruising budget and give you some details to think about based on what we’ve learned.
01:58 Fixed costs
10:41 Variable costs (regular and additional)
21:03 Living costs
24:10 Out-takes
Peace and fair winds!
Liz and Jamie
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THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO FOR REAL HOW MUCH DOES IT COST!!!!!!!
Sweet new hairdo Liz! It suits you and must be cooler in all that tropical weather. Super cute!
Thanks, it's a million times cooler in this heat and doesn't blow in my eyes and mouth or up my nose. 😁😃 Liz
Liz, I love the new cut! Such a smart way to go and perfect look for you. Thanks for all the information and real numbers!
Thanks, it's so much more comfortable, dunno why I didn't cut it years ago! Your welcome on the numbers. 🙏 Liz
Excellent video, valuable and funny. You guys rock.
Great video. Thanks. I take notes. Very usefull. take care. From Buenos Aires, Argentina
Now that's total dedication to probably a life long passion of sailing around the world and really enjoying a self made adventure for the love of the ocean and all its challenges and the enjoyment of meeting new international friends, every port /island you all venture to. Happy sailing and enjoy your cruising adventure. Love the photo's on Facebook as well.
look at their enthusiam proving age isnt a limit at all ❤️
Thhis your vid is invaluable for the information and the lively way it was presented! Thank you so much, dear Liz&Jamie!
Sailing Across the Oceans of Words Aww, that’s so nice of you. I had so much information to impart it was difficult to keep it light, but a few overlays helped. Cheers, Liz
So much effort and detail put into this video. Thank you Liz! My favourite sailing channel by far.
You're very welcome, thanks for the lovely comment. 🙏 Liz
Very nice Liz, you two always have a great perspective
I love her
I like your new hair style Liz! Thanks for all your advise and information about sailing expenses ⛵️👏
She’s a good speaker
Just discovered this channel and loving the insightful info so much!
Welcome to followtheboat! 🙏👍 Liz
Hi there...glad that my good friend Mags tv mentioned your channel to me earlier...nice to meet you. I hope I can experience this kind of adventure in the future.
Watching here from Maryland USA
Lovely information from a lovely team
Cheers, mate! 👍👍 Liz
Really great information! Thanks!! Oh, and Liz, I love your haircut!
Beautiful haircut
Great info, and I like the new do!
Mike Cress Glad you like the do, I love it! And I’m pleased you found the information useful. Liz :)
great video, its amazing how many things we really dont think about. now go and have a cold beer.
I love your new haircut Liz💖!!! The outtakes were hilarious 😆. Great video, very informative, thanks👍
Aww, thanks! 🙏❤️ Liz
Great information and very nicely presented! Thank you very much! 🙏
Thanks for the positive comment, I'm glad you thought the presentation was nice. Cheers, Liz 🙏
Fabulous presentation, very well done, thanks!
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Thanks, a lot of work went into that 25 minutes! Liz 👍
All of this is such good advice. Even just being in the states as a cheap marina without the cruising costs money - doable on a tight budget, but there are always expenses and trade offs. It was cheaper than a house or an apartment, but the facilities at the marina were not that great, and ate away at our cruising funds before we even got started. Now that I'm going back to school I'm stuck ashore, but after 2 years away from the boat life, I'm already thinking about buying another boat after grad school when I have more options to work remotely, and hopefully have more of a steady income to work with. I definitely think a 35 footer at least - we managed all right on a 28, but after a couple years it got a little cramped feeling.
Liz, I thought your new hairdo was really cute in the pictures you posted, but seeing it "live" - it really suits you!
Liz, the new "do" is fantasic!
Aww, thanks! Liz 🙏
I appreciate your journey madam! Love your video
very helpful thanks!
Excellent video!!!
Very informative video guys... Great job
Great! It was tricky gathering all the information together and assembling it into some kind of order, but I'm thrilled you found it informative. 👍 Liz
you two are so good , your advice is gold. thank you, hopr to meet up with you in some port...
Sounds good! Liz
I hate to be Landlocked :(
Your contents carry me off again and again into dream worlds, thanks for that!
We were stuck for four months inside the walls of a marina, but we're getting out and about again. Do happy to have you a long for the ride, thanks for the comment! Liz 🙏
Thanks guys! Congratulations on a well Deserved 50k subs!
Cheers! We got there, finally. Thanks for having our backs, Trev. 🙏❤️ Liz
Love the new look Liz, it really suits you.
Liz looks fabulous!
Phil Griffiths That’s very kind of you, thanks! It’s certainly a lot easier to maintain on a sailboat and with no strands flying in my eyes, mouth and nose! Liz
Great video! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙏 Liz
I can’t believe you two just popped up and said hay lets buy a boat and sail around the world. Damn brave and gutsy! Congratulations on your bravery.
Really helpful. Thank you.
So pleased you found it helpful. 🤓🙏 Liz
I luv it because it real..
It's informative & it just BRILLIANT.....luv the hair
Awe, thank you! Liz 🙏
Just love your new hairstyle!
All love and best wishes to you both, Claire and Sally the older Goldie, Berlin 😘😘👍🏻
Cheers, you lot! ❤️🙏 Liz
Great information!
Cheers! Liz
Liz, you are the cat's meow with the new doo.😻 Young and sassy!
I doubt I'll ever purchase a sailboat but your presentation was fun and informative. 🌎
Noone AnybodyKnows ‘Young” = music to my ears, haha! It was a lot of dry information to put across, but I’m glad you found some fun in it. Cheers, Liz
Wow! Liz! You hair cut is just darling!
Cheers! Liz 🙏
Love your haircut Liz!
Thank you! Liz ❤️
Very informative, I love the new hairstyle by the way.
Vanesa
Great information. Hair is super!
Love her video
Love the new hair Liz.
Cheers! 😁👍 Liz
The new do really suits you, Liz!
Thank you! It's bloody practical too. 👍Liz
Fantastic information :-)
DStray Cat Oh good, I hope it was useful to you and will be for others. Liz :)
Very interesting video, thank you for making it.
I know quite a few people that are cruisers and they all made the mistake of living like kings the first year.
It's so easily done. If only we knew then what we know now… 🤔🤓 Liz
Lovely new haircut, Liz!
Fanks! ❤️ Liz
Brilliant!!
Gus VDS34 Cheers! Liz x
You mention AIS.... I had to think about that, it is a long time since I used it...memories from working the Gulf oilfields in the 80's
and it reminds me that back then that I also used DME and VOR... I was a telecoms engineer providing comms for oil companies, which included the above for helicopters.
Hugo Rune Yes, AIS is becoming ubiquitous now as more and more countries are demanding that leisure boats have it. Cheers, Liz
Love the new hair!
Send my hair has taken the limelight in this episode! 🙏🤓😆 Liz
Those outtakes though ! 😂😂😂
🤭☺️Liz
Well done alot of work and love the last 5 seconds of all the funny bits
Cheers! Yes a lot of work to knock the info into some kind of shape. 🙏 Liz
Regarding health insurance, we use Top Sails Yachtsmans insurance.......
reasonably expensive but lots of cover included. Keep up the great work on your channel.
Yes, I remember they offered that ( we were with Topsail for years). Will look into it. 🙏 Liz
Thanks for the information. A lot of ways to efficiently get rid of the folding stuff. Gold bars in the keel for ballast?
Looking forward to being on the water hopefully this year (or what's left of it), but doing a lot of looking without success: 33' Moody, Macwester or Coaster.
Fingers crossed for you guys and your plans. Take care
Edit: your new do rocks Liz
Marc Lawyer Ooooh, I hope you get on the water soon, it’s immediately relaxing and liberating after all the stuff and nonsense going on in the world. ;) Liz
PS. thanks for liking my hair! :D
Watermaker. Mains are way more efficient than DC. Plus us oldies also carry a truck tyre tube, With Plastic sheeting and a funnel. (Check on net for info).
Personally. I prefer a STEEL yacht after bouncing off a Submerged container offshore in shipping route off Tassie. After owning several planked yachts in .50's/'60's. Concrete in '70's, (Hartley 32) GREAT heavy weather boat. Then 2 x GOOD Quality. Shipyard built Steel yachts, built specifically for round the world. 32ft Pugh Cutter, and then 42ft Boden South seas Ketch. Which I rerigged as Cutter. and moved ballast. Taller mast. Mainly sailed round UK pre '70's. Then based in Aust. South in the '50's and out to the '40's. Mainly to Tassie and South. Lived in Darwin and went round the island 1, 1\2 times. I was too busy with life to go round the planet thank you.
SIngle hander. Cutter easier to handle I found.
This is a great film on Sailing and requirements. Bit different when I started with my first boat (17ft Clinker Gaffer in '62).
Learn to balance your rig to steer boat with seaway sets (wave and winds).
Much les stress and more comfortable Offshore. I used a Automatic Wheelpilot for coastal combined with a small electric windvane on Sternrail to control it.
To weather only when unavoidable. Reach/Running much more livable. Check Ocean Currents and weather charts.
Sorry. Clunker Gaffer in '52/'53.
It's great how positive & optimistic 99% of commenters here are. Sorry for my negativity. I really had no idea of the amount of bureaucracy. I'd hoped that buying a 40-year old used ketch for under $10k + $5k for refit, then about $85k at $15k costs per year (fixed, variable, etc) means about 5+ years sailing. I will still try it, but now I'm expecting it might last half that time.
I'd rather deal with a 'perfect storm' hurricane & Davy Jones locker than endless bureaucracy.
There must be Covid & lockdown taxes & vax penalties for the non-vaxxed.
We should have watched your video before we bought our boat (well actually we did but you were re-fitting Esper at the time) , we completely forgot marina costs.
thank you for this video. I am new to sailing and the safety informtion is much needed. thank you this will save countless lives. #oceansignal
Cheers, Angela. By the way, if you want to be in with a chance of grabbing those prizes, leave a comment on the latest video 😉
To be Simple your own Yacht Insurance offers a Health Insurance to
Love the new hair do... great video
Thank you! 😃 Liz
Love the haircut Liz!! Really cute and sassy!
Great information and a lot of stuff to digest. Budgets are a moving target most times as there are a lot of variables. My advice would be to write down everything Liz and Jamie mentioned and then go and price each item as it pertains to you. Get a local price for a haul out, life raft, etc for your particular boat and cruising area and see how fast things add up. It's no good getting the price on an engine replacement in Thailand if you are in Key West.
Oh, gotta say I love the new hair (on Liz).
Sensible and considered advice. That point about what will be your cruising ground is crucial when it comes to budget planning. Nice one. 👏👏👏 Liz
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Sat at anchor with Kev Berry who has recommended your videos. I may have some catching up to do.
Ooooh, big kiss to our Kev. Glad to know you, Ian. 🤝👍 Liz
Dear Liz, we are from Turkey and we try to find and buy our "perfect" boat for cruising around the world. One year ago we dedicated ourselves to do this and got inspired from your channel and other channels. Thanks for your help😊 but i still afraid of costs that we have to deal with 🙄anyway are you coming turkey anytime soon? We are looking forward to meeting you in person. Love you guys!
Oh we love Turkey so much, we often talk about the fantastic times we had there. One of the few places in the world we could ever settle would be Fethiye, we spent a great season there. 🙏👍 Liz 🇹🇷
Ditto on your surveyor comments. Found a very good one for the cheoy lee offshore 27 (north pacific cruising). 10yrs later, flew that same surveyor to Florida to survey the cheoy lee clipper 33 (caribbean, north pacific). 10yrs later, flew that same surveyor to San Diego to survey the Hudson Force 50 pilothouse (mexico, hawaii, alaska). So. How much did all this cost.....nothing! The negotiated sale price much more than covered the surveyor's expense, and included a LOT of new equipment. Cheers guys :)
Excellent! Plug your surveyor here with the contact details, I'll approve the comment. 👏🤓👍 Liz
Liz, great hair!!
Cheers! Liz
This is very informative, but really looking forward to the monthly income for cruisers video!!!
That'll be a while yet, but we'll address it at some point. Cheers, Liz 👍
Thank you for the clarification from oman salalah 🇴🇲👍👌
You're welcome! Liz
Lovely video from lovely people
Cheers, mates! 👍😘 Liz
you have just changed my mind I am going to fly around the world and stop at every 5-star hotel and live the dream, it will it cost just as much and I will have no hassle. :)
Or take the bus? 😉😁 Liz
You look amazing !!
Amazing old lady
@@ThydaCookingTV Agree she is amazing :) not agree she is old!
OUCH. Not all fun and games cruising is then? LoL
Will be watching this video on repeat guys. Your refit was almost the same cost as when buying your boat but then again you've been cruising for more than a decade ... It's half the world she's taken you. If you buy air tickets & accomodation to all the places you been for that length of time .....
A lot to think about here. What occured to me is if you haul out to check below the waterline, do you preorder and stock parts before the haul out so as to not incure marina fees while waiting for parts to arrive? Or do you haul out, check and then order parts not knowing how long parts will take to arrive?
With experience you get to know what is likely to be needed before you haul out, so we always get anti-foul paint etc. As is the way with sailboats, something always unexpected occurs to scupper your plans. You can buy stuff locally, but sometimes will need to order from overseas. Liz
Wow weeeee far toooo many ££££££ going bye bye for my little pockets to cope with :) excellent video and a real eye opener for those that maybe thinking of the cruising lifestyle, just a pipe dream for us unfortunately, unless we win the euromills hahaha got more chance of Liz doing a tattoo on my leg :o
I dunno, I could be persuaded to try my hand at tattooing! 👍👍 Liz
@@followtheboat I've got the equipment available :) next time you pass junction 7 on the M11 pop in for a coffee and buzz over my leg.
Going forward I'm hopeful that you figured inflammatory reactions to CV19. Global supply chains have been disrupted making manufactured goods less plentiful hence demanding more money. I recently had to replace a garage door motor and home depot here only has 3 left now. Not much selection. It's going to take time to catch up and it's been my experience pricing generally doesn't go down.
The insurance required is amazing seeing local fisherman often have overlooked purchasing it.
At the moment we're taking each day as it comes. Cruising means adapting and learning patience, both useful traits in the current crisis. Cheers! Liz
Nice new haircut Liz :-) As for budget... I have heard people telling me that sailing isn't that expensive and is affordable. From your list of particular positions of costs, for me it seems to be very expensive. I think that without fat savings on bank account it would not be possible for me :-(
Michal Slavík The trouble with words like ‘expensive’ and ‘affordable’ is that they are so subjective! One person’s ‘affordable’ is another’s ‘expensive’. You don’t need fat savings, we certainly don’t, but you do need a regular income from which you can save money by living frugally sometimes to build up your savings. That was our plan this year, but the pandemic put paid to that idea and now we’re ‘poor’ again. I tried to be honest by giving you those scary numbers in my presentation as a warning of what might happen when you’ve been cruising for a while. Thanks for liking the new haircut - it’s not everyone’s taste, but Jamie loves it, so that makes me happy. Liz :)
@@followtheboat Thank you for the answer Liz. The truth is that without regular income or big savings the sailing around the world is not possible. Maybe I need to reconsider my plan for later time. On the other hand with my 41 I do want to wait forever :-) Wish you all the best
Michal Slavík maybe you could hire yourself out as crewman to get started once a year to keep the dream alive?
I like you guys 👍🏻
It's pretty cheap to cruise around the 3 upper Great Lakes, depending where you go and what type of comfort level people are looking for. For those of you that don't know, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior are the 3 uppers. Come check out the ""Third Coast", you will all love it :D
We'd love to cruise the Great Lakes, we've heard great things. 👍👍 Liz
@@followtheboat The extra thing you would have to budget since you are salty coming to fresh would be the lock fees at Niagra Falls (and the Soo Locks if you go way up to Superior).
Good to know. 🤔 Liz
Go small…go now…it doesn’t have to have so big costs. This can scare people to start a cruising life⛵️🌏😉
I think the first thing people need to do is, define sailing around the world. Sailing around the world can be something that takes a handful of months and is relatively cheap, or it can be a lifelong adventure that costs several small fortunes.
True enough. If there is a finite time then it's easier to budget, but all the factors I mention all need to be taken into consideration…especially the cock-up/emergency factor. 👍 Liz
look into BUPA for health insurance . World wide coverage and it is very reasonable. It is a health insurance company based in England.
Yep, know BUPA well, I'll look into it. 👍 Liz
It was on a boat show in Ghent that a guy of travel agency, specialized in Sailing trips told me to search for "followtheboat" because I told him it is my dream to sail out as soon as possible. I told him I had a few doubts and one was my age - "was" because after watching you guys I know that will not be the problem. Of course there are several other challenges: need to work on my health (overweight for example), experience (so far only like one week of sailing), the fact that I am alone, so no permanent companion, and yes, your topic in this video: a healthy budget! Maybe i am not realistic and same time I have the feeling I want this more than anything else. Anyways, thank you for your inspiring and practical video's! And me too, I like the new - Liz' Annie Lennox style!
Give up now and just buy a canoe.
@D D You’ll also like a channel called The Old Sea Dog. He’s currently single handing round the world and is no spring chicken either. 😉
@@the-fiddling-fox Thank you! Yes, found him a few months ago! Great narrator with entertaining video's!
A well maintained watermaker does not decrease in value and just tracks inflation?
Hi, soooo, a few more years me and my wife will retire.. yippee!!! Trying to get as much info as possible about buying a boat to sail around the world..ish......just started to view your vlogs, very informative, many thanks... we live in London and I was wondering where is the best place near ish to us to nip down to the coast to see some boats? Recommend anywhere? Thanks
We searched through yachtworld.com for boats within our price bracket and size. In the UK most were in the Southampton area. We ended up buying in Turkey! Liz
I did it and I wrote a book with you in mind pros and cons of types of boats and much more about making the lifestyle work. See How To Buy A Boat For The Liveaboard Lifestyle on Amazon and go for it. Build a strategy, learn from others, as you appear to be doing. Good luck.
love the video i have the bug from watching your videos i am retired and from Australia looking to buy a boat early next year may i ask if you had to do again would you buy a fast ex racing sail boat eg: VOLVO 60 Yacht and refit or a more comfortable one Like Esper i ask because it seams most of the time is sail to next anchor point then rest what is the ratio of sail to anchor after 10 years of cruising i believe you can answer this better then others thank you for your time
joe williams We’d go for Esper all over again without hesitation. A fast boat would be great, but we feel you need a more solid, ocean-going sailboat for big seas and bad weather, even though you’re at anchor most of the time. The ratio of sail to anchor varies considerably. If cruisers are going around the world in two years they’ll spend a lot more time sailing than us. We use our boat to travel, so spend a lot of time on land. 80:20? Cheers, Liz
Hi liz and Jamie :)
Wendy J Hello backatcha! Liz
Trev speaks so fondly of you both. Almost reaching 50k subs .... Congrats 🎉
Aha, you're THAT Wendy! 👍😃 Liz x
Yep, the one and only. I knew you were close to 50k until I posted my comment and saw you reached it, I'm so happy for you and Jamie.
liz, i like your doo, it looks good :-)
iain lyall Aww, so nice of you to notice and to comment. :) Liz
@@followtheboat :-))
Good information thank you. The drone shot at 20.28 what area is it ?
Anambas islands. Glad you found the info good. 👍 Liz
@@followtheboat Thank You so much on my bucket list
+ boat insurance now required just to enter most countries' national waters. There must be dozens of costs sailors aren't even aware of, and are then fined for not having. What's the point. The seas are now more wracked by as much bureaucracy as starting a business. Ye god's. This is insanely disappointing & depressing.
those cruising
Do people generally do this boating because they've always wanted to, or do they do it to have a better life and keep costs low?
My question is, is this an economical choice or a preference choice?
If you are looking for an economical way of living, a boat is not it!
Are there costs involved in navigation tools, for example (electronic) charts/maps?
Yes. You can find that kind of info online. It's around the same price all over the world. Liz 👍
What can cruisers do to earn some cash?
To begin with, it all depends on one's bank account, and the financial resources one may have to pay for the trip. Making accounts to the maximum you can spend and always spend as little as possible, and it always ends up being more expensive than initially plannedemnte. And, keep in mind, that many sacrifices will be made. Then, it all depends on one's luck. I've already made very cheap and very expensive trips! On the same route. It all depends on the breakdowns!
Yes, we're in a constant state of flux.
"Always expect the unexpected". Liz
@@followtheboat The old rule from the time of piracy that didn't kill tourists:" Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst" nothing has changed... Kkkk unless we get softer, more spoiled, and like to take a bathe and drink fresh water.... And internet!! keep safe!
Kind regards.
So, if I wanted to buy a sailboat, for let’s say, about u$s 100k, I would need to have about u$s 1 million in my bank account to be able to maintain it for ten years. This is where reality crushes my sailor dreams. Great video! I'm going to watch a video of buying a condo on the beach....
Basically. It's the size of your comfort levels.
A couple can go round quite comfortably in a PROPERLY Designed/builr 32/35fter.I prefer Steel myself. Carry a 5kva Genny and welder. Stainless rods.
Financially ALL bills apart from entry etc are smaller.
When we were cruising most places were free. Just your maint.Fuel and food did it.
I went from NE UK to Bermuda in early '60's after coming out of the Army.
in a 27 ft Timber planked Nicholson. Beautiful sea/Sailing boat, with 4 ft 8in beam. 4 fr 8 in draught, Water was the thing. we evaporated seawater mainly. good for one. iffy for more than that.
Bumpy. cramped. (very) but a greaat experience.
My main offputting memories of those days. were the sheets and bits of plywood floating around in places.
A LOT of people dreamed of going in Nailed/glued together Plywood Multihulls. Nope. For every one that got there, several others did not make it.
Nowadays it a financial business.
40 to 46ft PROPER seaboat the most economical with any comfort.
Go with the seasons and world Ocean Currents/wind/Seasonal charts. Longer. slower. BUT.... Much safer.
ME. Round Aust. Across to NZ. with maybe a trip the the offshore tropical islands. Is a lot safer. cheaper.
and believe me. Apart from the Southern Ocean, or North Sea in winter.
95% equal to any waters you will get on this planet. While spending waay much less dollars.
Any sizes above that are on a rising. Spiralling. growing larger by the foot. Back pocket costs.
Unfortunately. You lot got here too late. Everybody after your money.
In our days they were ALL happy Just to see us and get some %age of our $$$'s on the way.
Graft and greed hadn't developed. As such.
Enjoy which you do. It's all experiences and enjoyment.
Come to selling a boat after as well. That can be counted out off the expense.
Would like to know the ballpark numbers(actual £ per yr) over your ten year period. Thanks
Don't think I'd like to. 😆 If I ever get a whole day spare, I'll try and work it out… Liz
Great video. Regards to the Philippines if you are heading that way...Palawan is a must and a great place on the west coast called Port Barton...amazing place and superb snorkelling. Maybe others will disagree but El Niro we found very disappointing and extremely crowded with tourist boats and dirty water unfortunately and very little coral left due to tourism and pollution...so sad. Also about health care. I lived there for 18 months and the hospital care there is really poor and really expensive. Nothing like the NHS standard. Foreigners if they can, go home or abroad for treatment due to poor quality and if you are a foreigner they will inflate your hospital bill greatly, and I mean greatly, almost ridiculous. A friend of mine a US citizen who lives there went in for a very mild stroke....he had to sign himself out after 3 days. They stuck him in ICU when not needed and his bill was was round 3000 dollars equivalent per day...they call it the foreigner tax in the Philippines, so be warned.
matt p Yes, really looking forward to seeing Palawan. Interesting about healthcare in the Philippines, that’s very different to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia where we’ve received excellent medical attention, sometimes even free. We have many friends in the Philippines and will be interested to hear what they say - but, we have heard that it’s notorious for its corruption, which is a real shame. Liz
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Yes corruption is really sad so be warned. They have so called fixers who will sort paperwork for officials offering short cuts...all illegal but quite the norm but once you start they often inflate the price greatly. Beautiful country but full of corruption and scams
So...how much does it cost?
"How long is a piece of string?"
Twice as long as one end is from the middle.😜
What's that in inches? 🤔😃 Liz
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Thanks for the invitation to ask further questions. Here's one 'Why haven't you actually just answered the actual question:- "What does it cost to sail around the world".
THink. Size/price of boat. Living stadards. Quality of both. Where and when you go.
NOBODY could know the answer to that question. Its ALL general. I lived on my second last boat for 11 yrs.. Averaged around $6/650AUD per week. Plus haulouts every 18month and any parts.
I looked for heavy weather. Changed sails every 5/6ish yrs. Standing riggging every 8 or 9 yrs. never had a problem.
Would you mind sharing the name of your insurance company? I haven't found anything that would cover me globally. Thanks
You'll be hard pushed to find an insurance company who does global insurance. Normally you do it on a per region basis as you move around. We're with Pantaenius UK.
Damn ...u bought it for £75k then £65k retrofit....u could have bought another boat ......something is wrong.... otherwise great Information stay safe happy sailing!
A boat is a dry hole in the water into which you pour money!!
10 yrs inbetween with permanent usage mate . Even we wear out.
I had my last steel yacht for over 15 yrs. Aust to Tassie and round Aust coupla times, One trip to North Island NZ.
Live aboard for around 11 yrs of that. Average costs. NOT counting sails.riggging and rebuild donk. but incl, Grit blast hull underwater every 8 yrs.
Was around 27grand AUD. Single man. (NO crew/hassles)
OFF shore a lot cheaper. With all coastal approx 4 or 5 times more exxy than.
ALWAYS Insure the boat, Just imagine if you hit a million $$ vessel. Channel marker. and rig boat with at least one size up in sail materials and rigging.
32ft 8.2 ton centre cockpit cutter.8mm Shrouds. 9mm fore/Backstays.
9oz main. 6 1\2 oz genny, 9oz Stay. 10oz storm.and a decent sized Danforth Anchor mounted with quick release on Transom for coastal work. Sometimes you may just need a brake.
IE river in city. bridge not doing what it should. You sails up in 5 kn current.
IT happens. Sudden shallows/Rocks. etc.
@@mackcarson6729 indeed its not as glamorous as some channels try to picture….except SGB…they are the closest to reality …good luck mate!
10 years of experiences around the world i hope was worthy