I don’t know if I can help you much, because most people we hang out with don’t use much money, like us. The idea is precisely not to have to work or think about money anymore. 100 or 200 dollars a month is enough for one person and there’s plenty of ways to make that, it’s not a big deal (chartering, teaching, fixing things, cooking, helping out in a restaurant or a hotel during the weekends, sewing, going shopping for other people who would rather not leave their boats, etc). Or finding a way to have a little work online.

It’s a whole different system. Even when people have children, they live on board, they are home-schooled, when they are 15 or 16 they might get a little boat for them to move into and then sail together.

Most people in our anchorage are retired though and live on their pensions. If they had a house then they either have sold it and put the money away or rent it and use the money every month. If they have children they are independent by then. They live simple lives as well.

But I know there are other people who spend a lot on their crusing! They stay at marinas, have air conditioning, cable tv, people who cook, clean and fix things for them and spend more than most people on land and then they need to make a lot more. I don’t know how they do it. The only people I’ve met with a big income are the ones who own big expensive catamarans and offer luxury charters. They hire a local person to cook and clean and charge a lot. It’s not easy though, in my opinion, to have people in your home all the time. It’s not for me. I like our silence, our privacy, our hammock time.

You still have 8 years though, plenty of time to plan and put some money away, even if it’s a little bit, every month. If you will still be supporting your children by then and plan to go back to living on land later, then I guess you will need a good regular income. Keep asking, research. You’ll find your way : )

Good luck and keep in touch!!

C.

Cheers!
Michelle

He wrote a new blog two days ago but the webpage has a new server and we are still figuring it out. It was easier to post mine because it’s just text but it’s there, ready to be uploaded!!

I read the lyrics to the songs you mentioned and it’s exactly what we’re talking about!! Alex says he has them so I’ll hear them later. Yes! Learn the basics and start your journey!! Wherever it takes you, find your dreams and follow them!! Soon you’ll meet people on the same road. Lovely to hear from you!!

Take care and keep in touch!

C

I Love reading your posts an I am sorry this is the first time I have responded to any of them. Your posts are even more inspiring than Alex’s ” Sorry Buddy ” but every time I read them im like I gone I gotta get going sooner than later. I am missing out on a lot sitting here dreading the fact that I have to go to work tomorrow and you guys are living it up like you said ” Eating like Kings” . I just hope to meet you guys some day. I never met Alex but I do consider him my friend. Ya know I was really looking to go to Greenland because I heard about the gold there, and I was really headed there to try to get rich, but now I think that has all changed. I really want to be down in the Caribbean, enjoying great weather, food and life. So my plan is to save all the money I can and do all of my sailing classes just to say i did it and sell my car, 22ft seafarer, and but the boat I want to take me on my journeys. but most of all I cant wait to shake the hands of the 2 people that inspired me to live free as i can be…. I want you to listen to a song for me that I really like, and also inspires me. its by Zac Brown Band ” Knee Deep” and “Free”

Take care I hope to hear much more from the two of you.. and tell alex its time for a new post or if he feels up to it to feel free to send me a email it always keeps me in good spirits to hear from you guys

peace, love, and freedom
Steve