I've decided to get caught up with my posts of our monthly costs.
April was our 20th month of cruising full-time on our Bristol 29.9.
So this month we spent $1,695.96 – if you don’t count the
water maker that we bought. In reality this month we spent $8,060.83. Ooof.
Fortunately this is the last upgrade for the
boat. The only other possible thing we could ever even remotely desire is
radar, and we are very unlikely to get that. Barring some unforeseen catastrophe, we shouldn’t come close to a monthly number like this again until we swallow the
anchor some day. From now on
boat costs will consist primarily of
maintenance, repair, or replace. Looking at our available funds (and with no real desire to go back to work), I can say without hesitation that’s a very good thing.
April saw us spending the month on a
mooring in Vero Beach while we waited for the
weather to get a bit warmer further north.
Here we go:
Groceries/Non-food Groceries/Alcohol: $622.12
Denatured alcohol: $7.06 (we had some West
Marine rewards certificates that offset the cost this time)
Medical: $14.34
Cell data, iCloud
storage, and
Garmin inReach subscription: $68.98. This was lower because we received our $50 deposit back from MyIslandWifi when we we returned the hotspot upon arriving in
Florida.
Marina: $434.10 (Vero Beach
mooring for four weeks)
Laundry: $7.50
Restaurants/Entertainment: $28.53
Annual state
registration for boat and
dinghy: $145.00
Quarterly life
insurance payment: $220.75
Subscriptions: $49.12 (Netflix, Prime,
New York Times)
Miscellaneous boat stuff: $98.46 (replacement USB
charger, replacement portable
inverter for
laptop, Nature’s
Head supplies)
Rainman
Watermaker, spare filters, and
shipping: $6,364.87
Total: $8,060.83
2020 Monthly average: $3,383.77
2019 monthly average: $3,457.97
2018 monthly average (September – December): $4,465.95
Monthly average since starting to
cruise: $3,644.73
I hope this is helpful.
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At least now we will appreciate it all the more.
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