If you where headed there for a year and did not plan to buy one meal
at a resturant or bar, 26ft sailboat, shallow draft, what kind of money
would you need? assuming you anchored out, never at a marina, returned
to Florida once every 3/4 months for supplies and had a quite hurricane
season?

wrote:
If you where headed there for a year and did not plan to buy one meal
at a resturant or bar, 26ft sailboat, shallow draft, what kind of money
would you need? assuming you anchored out, never at a marina, returned
to Florida once every 3/4 months for supplies and had a quite hurricane
season?

You might ask that question on alt.sailing.asa. Capt Neal, the resident
curmudgeon there, recently returned from such a trip. Of course, you
might not like the answer, but it will be fun for others to watch.

wrote:
If you where headed there for a year and did not plan to buy one meal
at a resturant or bar, 26ft sailboat, shallow draft, what kind of money
would you need? assuming you anchored out, never at a marina, returned
to Florida once every 3/4 months for supplies and had a quite hurricane
season?

$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj

$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj
Correct, I don't plan on using ice. I'ts a hassle and I'm trying to
"get away from it all". I will have to stop in the islands for water
and nothing else. Obviously I'll have alot of MRE's. Beer, yes, but
warm.

Ahoy The
Used to cruise pretty much as you described it. Try gin-and-tonic
instead of warm beer. Lots of rice and bottles of Ragu/etc.
Have a GREAT TIME

LEnfantduVent

Nothing else matters. You'll never know you are in the Bahamas if
you eat MREs and warm beer all the time. Might as well stay in FL
which is about as dull as MREs and warm beer anyway.
Beer is $35/case in Bahamas so bring all you can. In a 26 ft boat that will
be
about 2 weeks worth so a trip back every 3/4 months might not work
Interesting that Kalik is selling for $17.99/case here in Baltimore but
still
$35.00/case in Bahamas.

Doug

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$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj
Correct, I don't plan on using ice. I'ts a hassle and I'm trying to
"get away from it all". I will have to stop in the islands for water
and nothing else. Obviously I'll have alot of MRE's. Beer, yes, but
warm.

wrote:
$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj

Correct, I don't plan on using ice. I'ts a hassle and I'm trying to
"get away from it all". I will have to stop in the islands for water
and nothing else. Obviously I'll have alot of MRE's. Beer, yes, but
warm.

Water will cost from $0.25 to $0.50 per gallon most places in the
Bahamas, and if you anchor out you will have to jerry can it. Do you
have a row dinghy or will you use an outboard. Gas is alittle more
expensive also.
krj

If you look and ask around, MOST wash water can be found for free. I
require low salt, and buy gallons of water for drinking. Budget for water
on recent trip: $2, I did Jerry Jug 25 gallons, so take some containers
along.
Lee Haefele
Nauticat 33 Alesto
"krj" wrote in message
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wrote:
$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj

Correct, I don't plan on using ice. I'ts a hassle and I'm trying to
"get away from it all". I will have to stop in the islands for water
and nothing else. Obviously I'll have alot of MRE's. Beer, yes, but
warm.

Water will cost from $0.25 to $0.50 per gallon most places in the Bahamas,
and if you anchor out you will have to jerry can it. Do you have a row
dinghy or will you use an outboard. Gas is alittle more expensive also.
krj

"Lee Haefele" :

If you look and ask around, MOST wash water can be found for free. I
require low salt, and buy gallons of water for drinking. Budget for water
on recent trip: $2, I did Jerry Jug 25 gallons, so take some containers
along.
Lee Haefele
Nauticat 33 Alesto
"krj" wrote in message
...
wrote:
$150 Bahamas entry fee, good for one return to florida and re-entry.
Returning every 3 months, $300 in entry fees. No ice for cold beer?
krj

Correct, I don't plan on using ice. I'ts a hassle and I'm trying to
"get away from it all". I will have to stop in the islands for water
and nothing else. Obviously I'll have alot of MRE's. Beer, yes, but
warm.

Water will cost from $0.25 to $0.50 per gallon most places in the
Bahamas,
and if you anchor out you will have to jerry can it. Do you have a row
dinghy or will you use an outboard. Gas is alittle more expensive also.
krj

Since we are talking about on person and one person only, is a solar still a
possible good source of water him?

Earl Colby Pottinger

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If you where headed there for a year and did not plan to buy one meal
at a resturant or bar, 26ft sailboat, shallow draft, what kind of money
would you need?

American money works well If you are not planning on eating at
restaurants then food isn't all that expensive. Staples that the locals
use on a regular basis are the same or cheaper than in the US. Coconuts
are free as are grouper and crawfish. Rum is cheap. We baked bread
every other day for next to nothing. Fresh vegies are a bit high, but
worth it.

assuming you anchored out, never at a marina, returned
to Florida once every 3/4 months for supplies and had a quite hurricane
season?

Well, Florida and the Bahamas had "quite" a hurricane season this year.