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Post by Andyberg on Jul 19, 2017 16:45:49 GMT
I'm still working full time and love my job but every time I do a trip out on the boat I have the urge to finish work and just' do one 'for a few years cruising around. My daughters are set up for Uni so I've no ties really other than my own made ones with random hobbies and interests which I can soon give up & sure I could turn a few quid here and there with what I know and can do engineering / boaty wise
My question is ... what do you CCers spend roughly a month on having a basic boaty life? Servicing and looking after the boat are no issues, I do all that myself, just basically running costs, cruising and eating / drinking etc
cheers
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 19, 2017 16:58:34 GMT
Not much, I think I could do it on the state pension if I was old enough...as long as nothing expensive broke - that could wipe out 1/3-1/2 year income. If you're honest you might find your biggest outgoing is alcohol related.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 19, 2017 17:01:13 GMT
I'm a liveaboard and I guess I could be described as a semi continuous cruiser, in that I only work as and when I have run out of money, then go off cruising again. If I was a permanent continuous cruiser then I would need to spend Β£2-Β£3 every fourteen days on diesel to move the boat, but I would save the Β£312 mooring fee and the Β£420 CRT mooring licence, so CCing would cost me far less than having a mooring. As for eating and drinking, I guess it would be pretty much the same.
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 19, 2017 17:02:59 GMT
Not much, I think I could do it on the state pension if I was old enough...as long as nothing expensive broke - that could wipe out 1/3-1/2 year income. If you're honest you might find your biggest outgoing is alcohol related. Yesππ... but take away beers substantially cheaper than pub beer...
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Post by kris on Jul 19, 2017 17:09:47 GMT
If it's something you'd like to do, then go for it before it's to late.
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 19, 2017 17:18:17 GMT
Not much, I think I could do it on the state pension if I was old enough...as long as nothing expensive broke - that could wipe out 1/3-1/2 year income. If you're honest you might find your biggest outgoing is alcohol related. Yesππ... but take away beers substantially cheaper than pub beer... There you go - you're saving already! And what Kris said.
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Post by faffer on Jul 19, 2017 18:06:54 GMT
If i had the chance i would be not asking this question as if i have enough cash to live in a house i could easy on a boat. I have sooo may regrets like los of folk....just do it kida
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 19, 2017 18:18:00 GMT
If i had the chance i would be not asking this question as if i have enough cash to live in a house i could easy on a boat. I have sooo may regrets like los of folk....just do it kida Living on a boat is easy, it's doing it without working that gets tricky. Easy for me, I have Scottish father and a canny son who can eat for under a fiver a week. I could drink for England, but I find myself so content on my boat I'm down to one Β£5 bottle of red per week -unheard of! That alone has probably saved me Β£3-4k a year and means I should get to pension age before I run out of cash = no more working. I never used to be so sensible, it must be an age thing.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 19, 2017 18:49:03 GMT
We saw a pike in the canal at Bingley yesterday, if you're quick you could catch him and eat him and save on a packet of fishfingers.
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Post by faffer on Jul 19, 2017 18:52:12 GMT
We saw a pike in the canal at Bingley yesterday, if you're quick you could catch him and eat him and save on a packet of fishfingers. Asbad as the frigging poles then....ill not go there as it peeeeeves me off some what. And anyway it would cost more to try and catch it than a box of fish fingers ha.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 19, 2017 18:58:32 GMT
Spear it with a mooring pin!
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Post by patty on Jul 19, 2017 19:28:49 GMT
Just do it...don't live to regret what might have been...
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 19, 2017 19:40:31 GMT
Just do it...don't live to regret what might have been... I am going to do it sometime soon, I've been liveaboard for years but always had my full time job, major concern for me is giving up then running out of money and having to go working in B&Q or similar....I've 17 years wait for my OAPension π
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 19, 2017 20:59:19 GMT
You could go round 'Travellers' sites and fine them for any litter they have dropped. That will make a fortune.
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Post by patty on Jul 20, 2017 5:26:06 GMT
Just do it...don't live to regret what might have been... I am going to do it sometime soon, I've been liveaboard for years but always had my full time job, major concern for me is giving up then running out of money and having to go working in B&Q or similar....I've 17 years wait for my OAPension π Seventeen years is a long time to wait for a dream....any way you can do as others and say work for a few months in the winter and then go for just bumbling around all the rest....use moorings for say Dec-Mar...in 17 years health related issues may come into play. Only you can really decide whats best for you. I say this because I still regret letting my boat go...circumstances did not work for me..I have my fix reading others accounts and wandering towpath trail when I get the opportunity...
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