Surfin

Please keep your input coming, I’m sure these figures will help many would be boaters they are certainly helping me. I must add at this point that I’m not really a tight a**e, (well I probably am) it’s a case of getting into what would probably be a great lifestyle, then at some future point in time have the bank manager pull the rug out. After buying a boat I will have limited funds to play with, one of the big benefits is that I could retire nine years early, after all you only get one crack at life (unless you know something I don’t) Here are my figures so far; I’ve detailed them so that if anyone wants to pick the bones out of them they are welcome. Costing are on a weekly basis Mooring 46 Gas 2 Diesel 15 Waste 2 Licence 12 Maintenance 12 Safety cert 2 TV 2 Insurance 6 Coal 4 Total 103 I’ve calculated my figures on averages of other NB cruisers offerings as closely as possible, allowances made for two people excluding mobile phone, food etc. Neil

A big thanks to you all so far with your input re NB cruising costs, when a newbie like myself bumbles along with thoughts of taking a big plunge into a radically new lifestyle like this, the first thing to concider, to my mind is the day to day costs of such a venture. Yes the size, type and fitments of the boat are important but it's very easy to under estimate the running costs. I think it depends how a person cuts their cloth, so to speak, as to what an individual is likely to spend, the one thing that appears to be certain is that costs are going to dramatically rise due to the appeal of the boating lifestyle. I've just been down to the marina at Rufford, not too far from where I live and was astounded by the way it had developed, and a new section is being dug out at present to accomodate more craft. More sums to do me thinks. Neil

Just the job thanks very much for the link Amicus

Hi all Great site, and a lot to read through so if I duplicate an obvious question that you’re sick of answering, please just direct me to the relevant post. Having said that, my situation is this. My self and better half are in our fifties, sick of the rat race and have realised that we could afford about 60k for a NB and have (hopefully) enough generated from our savings to live off. The style of life we envisage would be cruising with short stops at places of interest, we don’t intend to moor up and live residential. So to my first question. I’ve noticed posts here and there relating to various individual costs, coal, gas diesel etc, but no general costings, so I was wondering if anyone would like to give an indication of their per weekly outgoings I would be grateful. I know the results may vary widely, depending on size or type of boat etc, but it would give me something to base my costings on. Thanks Neil