How much it cost | BUDGET Sailing from England to the Mediterranean | MONTHLY COSTS

[@brendenturner6470]

Brenno says "I'm not crying you are"! Love you guys, Cara x

[@ChasingCurrents]

😢 We love you more!! You two are the best xx

[@jevgenijsdorofejevs2738]

Good luck guys! I can't wait to launch my boat next month! Greetings from sunny Liverpool!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thank you! And good luck to you 😬Hope all goes well with the launch.

[@The_Gryph]

This is nuts! I always figured this was prohibitively expensive. Right. I'm doing this! :D

[@ChasingCurrents]

It's much more atainable than we expected too! Definitely do it 😁

[@The_Gryph]

@@ChasingCurrents I am! Took the first steps today. I can learn to sail and store a boat to work on it in the same area I live up in Bolton! There's a resevoir and a sailing club 20 minutes away and I'm heading up there this weekend. The rest I can figure out once I learn some more but the intention is to buy the boat early next year. I'm already frugal and taking care of debts, I already have a great housing arrangement. THIS IS UTTERLY WILD. You've just proven that it's achievable - there's nothing stopping me apart from some serious learning and a lot of adult lego working out how to put a boat together :D You guys are game changers.

[@sailingprojectparrot]

Amazing info, thanks so much for sharing 🙌💕 now we know how much to save up for, lol 😂⛵️⚓️🦜

[@ChasingCurrents]

Glad you found it useful!! 🤣 yes, stay motivated. You got this 💪⛵️

[@conmc9702]

Thanks guys! Very interesting to see that breakdown👍 bet you can’t wait to get back on the water!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Glad you found it interesting 😊 we're sooo ready to get back out now! Not long to wait 😬

[@ashleymauritz5653]

Hi guys Thank you so much for posting this videos Keep it up

[@ChasingCurrents]

Aw thank you, glad you found it useful 😁 👍

[@bryanjuni706]

You guys are the best. Interesting finding out the costs.

[@ChasingCurrents]

Ahh thanks Bryan 😊 glad you found it useful!

[@Missdaisy115]

Nice vid guys and glad we could help out where we could. Having that little revenue coming in must take some of the danger out of this project. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChasingCurrents]

We still can't believe how supportive and amazing you've all been in this community to two new sailors. It's very comforting and extremely helpful! 😊

[@donnewton7858]

If you search for Salterns Stag 28, you can still see Talisman listed for sale on the boats from co uk website. Just thought that was interesting. Cheers!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Yeah we saw this not long ago too! Haha was funny seeing the old listing and what's changed 😊

[@svglorious]

Nicely done. Bravo to you both for the honest and humble sharing. Your comments back to me regarding the B&G systems install and operation and the solar panel bracket/rail clamps have benefitted me greatly. The rail clamps are working perfectly for me and my B&G install has gone really splendid as your videos gave some great insights. Props on your success and your tenacious jump into the big adults pool!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thank you, really appreciate that 😁 That's great! So glad it worked out for you, well done on the installation too. What's next on the project list? Aww cheers for that, it's definitely a big ole' pool! 😅

[@svglorious]

@@ChasingCurrents Yes, the project list is long. Hauling out soon to install the B&G Triducer for the Triton2 instrument package, bottom paint, thru hulls maintenance. Then sea trials before heading to the Panama Canal. Got my GoPro Hero9 and will try my hand at posting on my KZbin channel!

[@jyzilvz]

That drinking with Jade your mate could be a very entertaining video, maybe consider letting us see you messy 😉 🥳

[@ChasingCurrents]

Ahh a classic game from our hometown 🤣 it never ends well! When we get back to Spain and the cheap spanish wine we'll keep a camera out haha

[@chilesauce7248]

Good to se you guys. Excellent, boating on a budget. Nice! Have you thought of taking Talisman up The Gambie river? Check it out on noon site and cruising info. Get back on the boat ya part timers 😉😉 Fair winds!

[@ChasingCurrents]

It's not something we've thought of doing any time soon, would definitely be interesting though! Our first little river sail up the Guadiana was amazing so we'd definitely consider another river adventure 😁 We'll be back sooon thankfully! Been too long haha

[@Cptnbond]

Good breakdown of your costs. It will be interesting to hear your breakdown cost coming episodes. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@ChasingCurrents]

Cheers, glad you found it useful 😊 we'll be interested ourselves too!

[@markrichardson5966]

Great work Guys, Ive just come across your Channel. First video I watch an I see you visited my the beautiful bay of La Herradua! Im moved here a couple of years ago and now have the dream to get a small sail boat to take advantage of this great location. Happy sailing.

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks Mark :) Appreciate you watching and commenting! La Herradura is one of the most beautiful places we've seen so far, we loved it. Amazing that you're living there! You should definitely get a small sailboat, so many beautiful places to see along that coastline 😍

[@markrichardson5966]

@@ChasingCurrents Indeed, Having the med on our doorstep to explore is just too good to pass up. Hats off to you diving in January, I'm far too climatised now, the sea feels freezing. If you fancy passing through on your way back to Almería in April let me know, Happy to show you some of the local sites before you sail off on Your adventures.

[@Greggybread]

Been looking forward to this one. Thanks for sharing

[@ChasingCurrents]

Ah cheers, glad you enjoyed!

[@jugglingmaster2]

Love it guys, great to see how cheaply it can be done!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Aw cheers dude 😁😁

[@weymouthtotheworld6839]

Guys these kind of videos are a MASSIVE help for me. I'm hoping to leave the UK in May/June to head to the Med but worried about finances and how much I need to budget. So getting these figures gives me a good indication. Hoping to catch you guys up in my boat WEYMOUTH WARRIOR and have a few anchor beers with you. Looking forward to watching your adventures when you get back at it. Mark

[@ChasingCurrents]

That's awesome, so glad you've found it useful! Great to hear you're heading out in the near future, definitely hope to see you out there soon then for some sundowners 😁 Hope all goes well in preparing to set sail ⛵

[@johnbedford9150]

Hi Jade & Brynn, like others I've been looking forward to this log. One thing that seems to be missing is insurance costs, I presume the marinas require you to be insured when you go in to them? Could you advise cost and who you use please? Many thanks and keep the updates coming, always a good start to the weekend!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Hey John! Yeah, we actually paid the insurance in one go at the start of the year and will do the same when it expires again next :) We payed £350 to get from the UK- The Med (not including Biscay) and this covers us for Mediterranean waters not east of 5 degrees east excluding war zones. Any other cruising grounds we will need to add on to our policy, and the rate will change accordingly :) we are insured through GJW. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@BoatTime]

This was super interesting to hear, thank you for being so open and honest about all of it! 🥰 Love the hat Brynn, where’d you get it? 😉

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks guys! Glad you found it intresting 😁 hahaa what can I say, my other boat is a Princess yacht 🤣

[@keithprosser35]

I think you should do video on the visa process etc n costs that that ininvolves

[@mikeandcheryl]

Great video. To be honest that is a lot less than I thought it would have been having followed your videos throughout. The good thing is you were frugal but it didn't look like that detracted from the fun and that's a balance others don't strike so well. Well done indeed. Did you do a video about the boat purchase, refit and improvements cost before you set sail?

[@ChasingCurrents]

Ah thank you, that's good to know! We definitely didn't feel like we were missing out, we still managed to do everything we wanted. A pleasant surprise that it wasn't too pricey. We did do a video on those topics :) you can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6iWlYiJfsx6gNU

[@martyn101101]

Another great vid guys. Marinas seem better priced that I thought for the med. Better value than MDL anyway 😂. Have a great trip back to Talisman. We'll be thinking of you as Aquarius is being launched 👍. Fair winds folks from the crew of Konsort_Aquarius ⛵

[@ChasingCurrents]

Ah thank you 😁 Yeah overall they were cheaper than we thought too. Next week we're gonna do a video breaking down each marina/ anchorage we stayed in too and the costs / facilities for some more info. Hope all goes well with the launch and everything is running smoothly 😬🙌

[@epcode5121]

Great video, nice to know costs. Subs up this year = cold beer budget 🍻😎

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed :) Hahaa, we won't say no to that! 🍻

[@87sport]

very interesting, I am wondering about monthly or overall boat maintenance cost you may have encountered? great video!

[@ChasingCurrents]

Since we set sail in June we haven't had to do anything maintenance wise that's cost money. We did all the maintenance we knew we needed to before we left (rigging check, engine service) and so far no other costs have come up. We did service our toilet too in Spain (we already had the kit onboard though). Now we're back in England, we've bought another engine service kit to do when we get back (£90) another toilet service (£30) and some more antifoul paint (£70). Touch wood that will be it again for this season if no other unforseen issues pop up! 🙏

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Hi guys what a week ... neighbours from hell are making a mess and dropping sea mines North of Turkey. The good news is there maybe a few superyatch's going cheap 😂😉 Fuel is going to be an real issue this year..so plan on sailing more wherever you go 🤞🏼

[@snakeplisken4278]

Small boats cost less. Don't be tempted to upgrade until you must. Do the marina's you used require insurance?

[@ChasingCurrents]

I think we agree with you there! 😁 As far as we know insurance is mandatory in most places, though I'm not exactly sure how heavily enforced it is. We just automatically take our insurance paper (we got it printed in Spanish) Small ships register, and passports when we arrive in a marina, and the office seemed to take copies of all of them.

[@ShipHappensUK]

So I know you took fuel with you, but how much did fuel for the boat cost during your 3 months away?

[@ChasingCurrents]

So we didn't specifically fuel up before we left for Spain - but that's because we'd been sat for a while in Falmouth not sailing. So we had full tanks around June, we filled up jerry cans the day we left for Spain in July (So I guess that would total about £120 in fuel we had with us). We then topped up the £120 again in September, so probably the 3 months in total cost about £240 I think? We motored way more than we'd hoped!

[@ShipHappensUK]

@@ChasingCurrents still not bad going! Oh love the new intro by the way!

[@jamieg73]

thanks for sharing gd vid

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks Jamie 😊

[@peterwest3129]

are you from yorkshire so frifty (tightfisted) ha ha seriously love the balance sheets it puts it out there and it is honest well done and get out there

[@ChasingCurrents]

Hahaa we're definitely just as stingey down here in the Midlands 🤣 glad you enjoyed, we'll be back out on some more adventures soon 😬😬

[@Spicks96]

Great info guys. Really good to know the costs in the Med. I take it they charge by the metre for the marinas... What was the cost of that please. Also you did leave out one stat... How many hours did Brynn sleep 🤣 Hope you have a great weekend down south 👍⛵

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks Vince, glad you found it useful! Yeah they charge by the metre, we're usually in the 8 or 9 metre bracket (as we're about 8.5 metres haha). The cost was different in each marina, but usually no more than 15 euros :) We're going to do a video next week on how much each marina cost and the facilities etc too that you may find useful! Haha, I lost track of the sleep after the first week 😜 Cheers, we had a great weekend!

[@sailormarttiki3197]

Oops you have just mentioned it ,

[@nortonmolly]

I’ve seen a few sailing channels put out this information. But if I remember correctly, I haven’t seen anybody mention their income only their out goings. This is because your expenses are relative to your income as to wether or not you decide something is expensive or reasonably cheap. Did you find employment quickly when you returned to the UK?

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks Andrew :) Yeah I remember when we were starting out, these were the kind of videos we were always looking for. So glad it was insightful 👍. Thankfully very quickly, Brynn managed to get a job the day after we got back, delivering motorbikes. And i've mostly been editing KZbin videos and keeping up with social media, but squeezing in some remote work too (have mentioned these on a blog on our website before if you were interested in what work). So we've been very lucky 😊

[@roberttoodie275]

How is the sail from Greece to the UK...is it a good idea, regards wind direction , current and so on..

[@ChasingCurrents]

Hey, many people do this so it's not a bad thing to do. Smaller boats tend to go back through the French canals as then you generally arnt beating upwind as you head north along the atalantic coast. But either way if planned well as precautions taken it would be fine 🙂

[@roberttoodie275]

@@ChasingCurrents thanks

[@teesreef4271]

Yes bro u good did u find dave

[@ChasingCurrents]

Hey, I'm good mate and not found Dave yet, i believe his a little further up the coast so will try to see him when we are next on the move. hope you are well mate.

[@Alhamdulillah_Restaurant]

Hi, I sent you an email: an idea to sail through the med sea next season. did you receive it? Thanks

[@ChasingCurrents]

Thanks Ramy, we have just replied :)

[@alanduncan9204]

Did you mention that you don't eat prime steaks or even bacon rolls?

[@ooweesaler]

Just a thought did you claim your spanish tow on your insurance?

[@ChasingCurrents]

Hey, unfortunately we couldn't get insurance for crossing Biscay on our boat with just the two of us. Our insurance didn't start until we checked into Spain 👍

[@sailormarttiki3197]

What about the cost of that tow.

[@dobrepytanie828]

Do you need anything else than license and a boat to sail on international waters?

[@ChasingCurrents]

As far as we know just the ICC, insurance, and a ships radio license 👍

[@nickmn6108]

It is now 2024. Are you still sailing? I know you bought a camper van. Did you go back to sailing?

[@JonMadsen70]

:)