S/V Constance, Alberg 30 #262 -- Costs

$7,000 Boat Gear
$4,500 Groceries
$3,500 Clothing/Gear/Books (included $3,000 for Fatty Knees dinghy to replace destroyed Nutshell Pram)
$1,500 Boatyard
$1,000 Dockage
$ 900 Communications
$ 700 Cash
$ 500 Dinner/Travel/Entertainment
$ 150 Fuel (no internal engine)
$19,500 Total
$16,750 Adjusted Total (dinghy)
Source: What it Cost to Sail for One Year video
"Seven years that I spent in the corporate world ... five years at Arthur Anderson in Chicago ... two years at Merrill Lynch Commodities down in Houston" "Graduate student in Chicago" "Stipend $14,000 a year" "Still managed to put $2,000 a year in my IRA" Stopped working due to the 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown. Living on the boat for the decade since on the returns from equity mutual funds.