Patrick Gerety wrote: >This is very interesting and shows that cruising >budgets can vary. Now, there is an understatement! I have been asking trawler crawlers about the cost of voyaging, cruising and living aboard since 1996 (when I founded West Marine Trawler Fest) and there is no one-answer-suits-all formula. People like Skipper Bob and Mark Richter are excellent resources on how to cruise inexpensively, but what is expensive to one boat may be inexpensive to another, or vice versa. I know people who cruise at $3,000 per month and they believe they are being frugal. Others can manage at $1,000 and are genuinely happy. Still others will says that $5,000 per month isn't enough. Make your own budget and enjoy your boating. And please don't knock people who spend more or less than you do. >Perhaps Georgs might ask IDLEWYLD or DONE DREAMIN' >about their thoughts on budgets. Will do! --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997