Happy New Year to all":
We thought we would update our cost of cruising - we left last jan and sailed to
mexico,
belize,guatemala,bay isl of
honduras,
panama,
colombia and back to
panama where we currently are: well soulmates is and we are in the
usa with
family
for 12.5 months are costs are averaging $1,817 a month -
now that includes more dockage than we wanted as our
insurance company insisted on a marina in
cartagena; second one crew had some elective surgery on the hand in
cartagena; third a lot of
boat upgrades in cartagena including a bigger condensor for the reefer, drawers for chart
storage, replacing a drippless shaft bearing and bottom job.
we do not really skimp on a lot and did a lot of sightseeing and inland trips
here is our percentage breakdown:
alcohol -------5.70
boat parts --- 2.24
boat repair--- 8.86
boat upgrade- 9.16
clothing------ 0.68
customs &imm 7.13
fuel -die&gas- 7.12
dockage ---- 12.82
eat out ----- 5.04
food -------- 7.72
language less 1.71
medical ----- 11.57
sight seeing - 1.48
transportatio - 2.94
gift --------- 1.14
hotels ------- 3.36
insurance ---- 7.38
this adds up to about 98% the rest is misc stuff
this does not yet include our trip back to the
usa and our
cruising guides and
charts for this trip were in last years expenses - we have yet to get the
charts and
cruising guides for where we are headed this year
hope this helps
just our opinion
chuck patty and svsoulmates
currently in panama