Mining Memories: Isla San Francisco to an Abandoned Salt Mine | SV Ramble On

[@SVZonda]

A great episode. Thanks for taking us along. Is it possible to include or do an episode on how much it’s costing you to stay etc. Thanks again, all the best Richard

[@svrambleon]

Hi Richard - We don’t keep very good record of what we spend. Our monthly expenses are Star Link and app subscriptions which is around $250 (Star Link is $200 for us because we got it in the US). If you buy Star Link here in Mexico it’s only $70 or $80 a month. We spend a lot less on food than we did in the US, around $400 a month. But Rich has been keeping us fed with fish. I haven’t bought chicken since we’ve been here and we bought ground beef twice. We’ve spent more on fuel than we’d hoped. It’s just as expensive here and unless you’re willing to either wait at anchor for wind or brave 25+ knots all the time, you may be motoring. We used 45 gallons of diesel in 5 weeks (around $270). We also use a lot of gasoline for the dinghy. We’ve stayed at anchor 90% of the time which is free and we make our own water. The marinas can be expensive here and we’ve only stayed in the marina at Santa Rosalia, which is one of the cheaper ones around. I would guess we’re spending less than $1200 a month. Sailing, the most expensive way to travel for free. 😄

[@SVZonda]

@@svrambleon thanks for this information. It’s really helpful for our future trips and budgets. All the best Richard

[@lyngilbert2589]

Another cool video. Pity about the jellies.. but interesting to see.

[@svrambleon]

Thanks 👍

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

For the record Jellyfish are the largest biomass on the planet. FYI, Jellyfish are attracted to boats scrubbing their anchor chain. Boredom or OCD. I think I know.

[@svrambleon]

😂