Our DIRT CHEAP BOAT LIVING COSTS, INCLUDING BOAT (No Beating Around The Bush!) | Wildlings Sailing
In this video, we tell you exactly how much we spend while living full time on our boat and how much our tiny liveaboard boat cost us. NO Beating around the bush, just facts.
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TOTAL COST: 9,701 British pounds or 12,394 DOLLARS
bangor 100 1 month
pwllheli 150 2 weeks
mocras: free 4 nights
barmouth: 30 3 nights
new quay: free 3 nights anchored
fishguard: 1 night for 6.50
solva: 20 2 nights
dale: free pontoon 2 weeks
neyland marina: 35 pounds
milford haven anchorages: free 5 nights
lundy: free anchorage
Padstow: 150+ 10 days
St ives: discounted rate 4 nights for 20
Scilly isles: free for a month
penzance: 1 night 15 pounds
coverack: free
plymouth:free
salcome: 8 pounds for 1 night
brixham: free becasue of mum and dad
torquay: 3 nights 60 pounds
lyme regis: 1 night free anchorage
weymouth marina: 70 something pounds for 5 nights
total: 664.50
France:
Cherbourg: 3 nights 60 euros
st vaast: 120 6 nights
honfleur: 80 4 nights
rouen: 15 for 1 night
elbeuf: 14 for 1 night
rolleboise: 30 for 2 nights
Paris: 350 for one month
total: 669
total in pounds: 1241.5
total in us dollars: 1.586
over wintering will be 220 euros per month
Food:
difficult to keep track of. but an average of 40 per week
some places are cheaper than others, northen england is more
affordable than the south and paris is very expensive
5 months of cruising so far = about 800 (probably more)
Fuel:
again, diffilt to calculate but its roughly:
pwllheli, 50
solva, 30
neyland, 60
padstow, 25
penzance, 60
weymouth, 40 (the cheapest and shall we say the reddest fuel lol)
total: 265
Rouen 30
st louis 75
total: 105 euros
super total in pounds: 355
total in us dollars: 453
other stuff including parts and gas:
gas: 90
engine oil: 35
anchor: 35
toilet pump: 60
new toilet: 135
sealant: 5
tools, adjustable spanner, riveting gun etc: 50
upholstery cushion fabric: 60 pounds, Mums treat.
insurance: 180
canal pass: 80
electric heater: 15
autopilot: 600
warm (not very) waterproof jacket: 35
phone contract: 60
dinghy: 350
outboard petrol: 15
super duper total: 4201
are we forgetting anything?
Boat: 5,500
super duper: 9,701 pounds or 12,394
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