The initial emails on the last post tended to fall into to two categories. The first being the “You’re an idiot” sort and the second is “It just can’t be done because you need to buy lots and lots of stuff!” zone. For the moment, lets just address the “lots and lots of stuff” argument… …
Going shopping yesterday I could not help but notice that the cost of nearly everything continues to go up… Onions a couple of months ago I was paying $.39 a pound were $.99 a pound… Yams which I’m used to paying $0.69 a pound are now $1.79… Scrag end stewing beef I would never ever …
The other day I bought a light and it got me thinking about the cost of things in general and how much money we can save if we just do the needful homework to become educated consumers. So, here’s a number… 75% It happens to be the number which seems to keep popping up when …
Sorry for the lag. I’ve been doing some boat projects, getting some new sails for “So It Goes”, buying boat plans, and wrestling with the whole VolksCruiser concept in a consumerist world that simply does not seem to understand the idea of simplicity or living within one’s means. So, with a new set of sailboat …
I have a CAL 34… Admittedly, it’s not really a CAL 34 anymore having done countless changes, modifications, and implemented schemes (which seemed like a good idea at the time) that just may have the late Bill Lapworth spinning like a top. That said, if there is an afterlife I expect that Mr Lapworth is …
Reading today’s news from the USVI, I could not help but notice that the top money guy (in what passes for a government) is simply clueless where actual economics is concerned and, apparently, can’t do simple math… That said, not really very unusual these days where politicians are concerned as we seem to live in …
Everyone needs a dinghy… Right? A couple of days ago I read a post about the cost of cruising. The problem was that it really wasn’t about the cost of cruising but a list of stuff they wanted to buy, most of which were really not needed. Of course, they felt they needed a bigger, …
This morning a reader sent me a link to a website he said proves that the $500 a month budget is impossible. It’s actually a pretty good blog so you might actually want to check it out and bookmark it. Anyway, the short story is that in their first few months of cruising they’ve spent …
The joys of a full mailbox! Apparently the $500 a month cruising budget really gets folks all kind of excited…. So, here’s the thing whether you have a CAL 20, a Catalina 36, or insert whatever your VolksCruiser of choice happens to be, cruising on $500 a month in a sustainable fashion is going to …
Spelling out the important stuff and more about the $500-a-month cruising budget… Read More »
Not too long ago a friend mentioned that they could do a $500-a-month budget but chose not to because they can afford to spend more and they desire a certain level of comfort… Different courses for horses and all that but I’ll quibble with a portion of that statement because, no matter how creatively I …
