This past month we traveled from Green Turtle Cay to Glass Window Eleuthera
Bahamas. Most of the time we spend at
anchor, but we did spend a couple of days at Green Turtle and 6 days at Great Guna Cay in
marinas for
weather issues (we have spent at least half the time we have been in the
Bahamas hiding from fronts).
We dined out some for dinner and some just for lunch/snack stop. Our dining
money doesn’t go as far here as in the States
Entertainment expenses were for some Kindle
books, and a couple weeks’ worth of Bahamas
WiFi that became real nice to be able to watch Netflix while we were anchored in Marsh Harbor during a gale.
March Harbor has about anything you want and the prices are much better than in the out islands, but still not
cheap. A case of
beer at Green Turtle was $62 and at Great Guna it was $71, but in Marsh Harbor it was $41. So, if you are going to drink
beer stock up. Soda was also expense but we got a couple of cases at $17/ea. anyway. And we restocked at Marsh Harbor and the
freezer and probably has a month’s
food.
I still use my credit card mostly instead of the supply of cash I brought. The Bank charges me 3% for this, which becomes 2% as I get 1% back. I figure ATM
fees would probably add up to about the same.
Had an
autopilot problem that I traced to the flux
compass. Turned out I had a spare on the
boat from a couple years ago, when I replaced the computer and didn’t install it. But it turned out it wasn’t the
compass, it was the
wiring and became a long PITA to replace and most of the months’
boat maintenance expense is a soldering iron for those damn small wires.
We don’t have a
water maker so now there are
water costs. When I get back this year I will have a better feel whether it makes sense to install a
water maker since even with showers I know we can last 3 weeks on our
tanks (when it rains here it POURS and it wouldn’t take much
work to be able to fill
tanks during it).
The total was $2,545.48 as follows:
Food, soda, alcohol,
clothing, sundries - $ 1,015.18
Boat upgrades,
repairs,
maintenance - $ 78.71
Fuel (diesel, gas, propane) - $ 211.43
Dining out - $ 593.95
Entertainment - $ 86.98
Communication,
storage,
shipping - $ 171.12
Bank
Fees - $ 42.87
Marina - $ 291.02
Medical - $ 22.27
Water - $ 31.95