Jeffrey, You already pointed out key cost saving areas: Anchoring vs Marina's Cooking vs Restaurants Tell us what type of boat you have or fuel burn rate for 6000 miles And you have a fuel budget! Add some unexpected cost contingency You can get a pretty close estimate. Remember, you already have a fixed daily cost and lifestyle (How well you eat?, drink?, smoke?, health care?, etc.) It is the differential cost of looping you look at now Fuel?, boat insurance maybe, Add a marina stay once or twice a week? And no matter what.... Don't talk yourself out of doing it! You will never regret it. Good luck. / __/____ |> _______/_______\\_____ |_______/_____\\___________\\__ \ o o o o |__ ****\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T W I N S