Month 55 Expenses of Cruising and Living on the Boat

[AiniA]

Originally Posted by Ardbeg

Sailing in the Windward's 2 years ago I was shocked they had the audacity to charge for local beer what we have to pay in Canada. Beer in Canada better though. Simple solution was to switch to Rhum and ice.

We found that we drank whatever was cheap in a particular location. In the Caribbean this was rum, in Australia and South Africa it was wine - don't know how Aussies have the reputation as beer drinkers, prices were higher than Canada. Best place of all was Panama, everything was cheap so we really loaded up at a Costco-lite store in Panama City.

[sailorboy1]

Yesterday stayed in a slip for first time in 2 months. We are on our way back to States and needed to check out. $145 for slip for 1 day. Rocking all night across the dock with the surge $0

Paid the in season higher rate because it is the busy season. But there were only 4 boats there and our 41’ was the baby,

Got to do 1 months worth of laundry. $40

We each had 2 beers at bar while doing the laundry $31

Took out 2 weeks of trash off the boat.

Decided to to have 1 last dinner and preselected choices (same Bahamian fare everywhere) abd went fancy by adding soup to dinner. We each had 2 beers and we were the only people scheduled for dinner that night. $160 by far the most for a meal we paid in Bahamas

[sailorboy1]

Correction, with VAT that 1 day in a slip was $180.26.

Just got 36 gal diesel, 4 gal gas, 2 days for a mooring, all for $168. Sometimes it is good be a local in USA