GL: Great Loop east-coast portion/Budget

[Ralph Yost (home)]

Better bump your fuel price assumption up to $5/gallon, not $3. It was $5 
last summer and that is the best history you have for an upper bound. You 
need to calculate costs at the worst case condition, not the best condition. 
If your actual costs come in UNDER the budget then you will be happy. If it 
comes in HIGHER than your budget, you wont be happy.

Same for your marina transient slip fees
Guesstimate max of $50 per night seems low. Some marinas can be $4 per ft 
per night.
R.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Georgs Kolesnikovs" <georgs at trawlersandtrawlering.com>
To: "Great Loop List" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: GL: Great Loop east-coast portion/Budget


> All hands--
>
> Before the RLG will give her consent to a cruise from Lake Ontario to
> the Florida Keys, I need to get Her approval on a budget.
>
> Here's what I've worked up for a relatively leisurely cruise south,
> our first time on the ICW:
>
> Distance                         1,800 miles
> Average daily run             75 miles in 3 to 6 hours
> Four days under way         300 miles per week
> Total time required           6 weeks
> Fun to be had                   Priceless
>
> BUDGET:
>
> 1,800 miles at 15 knots = 120 hours @ 5 gph = 600 gallons of gasoline
> Average price of fuel might be less than $3 per gallon in 2009 but let's 
> $3.00
> Total fuel bill 
> $1,800.00
>
> Marinas 3 days a week times 6 weeks = 18 overnights
> Guesstimate max of $50 per night
> Total marina costs $900.00
>
> Eating out 3 days per week times 6 weeks = 18 meals
> Figure 9 meals for two at $50 and 9 meals at $100
> Total restaurant costs $1,350.00
>
> Boat maintenance (to be safe) $500.00
>
> Other expenses $200 per week $1,200.00
>
> TOTAL BUDGET $5,750.00
>
> Comments, feedback, better ideas, please.
>
> Our yacht is a pilothouse powercat all of 27 feet LOA, powered by
> twin Yamaha 100s.
>
> --Georgs
> -- 
> Georgs Kolesnikovs
> Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997
> Site see: <http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com>
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