Sailing The caribbean on a budget can it be done? Sail the caribbean for less than 1,000 $ 1,500 $

[@TampaTec]

I like Gemini legacy 35 catamaran because it fits in most slips and has dual motors easy to maneuver. When I retire I think its a modest sail boat to live on and it's made here in Florida.

[@dasburke]

I like tigers

[@grantlandthomas]

I’m living aboard and sailing the SF Bay. When I started looking, I thought 45’ was a good starting point. Thank goodness my broker steered me to a 32,’ boat. I was up and sailing my first summer. I didn’t have any classes, except a navigation class from the Coast Guard Auxilliary. That saved me on insurance. The smaller boat is challenging as a live aboard. It’s really small, but I’ve been doing it for 4 years. My real point is that learning to handle a small boat went way more quickly than I could have expected with a 10’ longer boat. I’m ready to move up to an older, longer boat.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Im super happy for you and glad that you went with a smaller one to start, running costs are also lower

[@SVImpavidus]

Always good advice with no BS. Looking forward to the next video. Sail Safe mate. Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.

[@darylwadsworth4719]

I am new to the channel. I have zipped through the majority of the episodes and have enjoyed the content very much. I am especially looking forward to the rest of this series in particular. Thank you for sharing the valuable first-hand information with us. All the best - Daryl

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Thanks my man 💪

[@ESL-O.G.]

You sound like Mr. Garrison. Thanks for the video and Seriously I admire what you are doing

[@ChasingLatitudes]

O am not familiarvwith who that is

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Haha, just looked it up, thats funny, thanks for watching 👀 and taking the time to comment, I sincerely appreciate it

[@coreymastersptc]

"My ex's girlfriends boyfriend loves the boat" 🤣😂lmao nice guy

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Hahaha 😀 what a guy hu

[@AfterDeath1986]

I'll be very interested to see how in depth you go from an objective stand point. We have offshore cruising dreams, so our Valiant 40 fits that idea. But any rate I find their is some disconnect of cost of maintenance for a well found boat either new or recently refit.. vs an older boat that you just leave with before refitting. The two different boats with everything else being equally will have drastically different maintenance schedules. I find the majority of budget talks exclude this. The loa gets talked about a lot so I'm sure you will nail that to death too.. but I'd be interested to see a break down between a well found Bluewater boat vs the coastal cruiser for Caribbean cruising. Ie potentially stronger systems in the Bluewater boat so may last longer... (I get this from the auto world, the less stress you put your car under the longer it lasts and if you constantly bring your car closer to the max it can do the quicker it wears out). I find the majority of budgets get destroyed either by marine ignorance or financial ignorance. Ie they bought a bad boat that costs a lot to fix up or they can't budget for the life of them... so be interesting to see how this plays out... Sorry for my ramble, just thinking out loud, feel free to ignore.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

All good 👍 let me know all the aspects you would like to hear Md I will try to discuss them as objectively as possible.

[@AfterDeath1986]

@@ChasingLatitudes oh it is more of a general sense. Ie blue water cruisers are more likely to install water makers and thus bringing down the cost to get fresh water. But increasing the cost of the refit to be able to do so. Or how a lot of cruisers keep using sails that no longer hold their form properly and thus should be replaced.. yet still works as sails albeit less effective. Or how Bluewater cruisers rigging etc may be just a bit stronger or how in worse weather they fair better then coastal boats... To be honest I can't think of to many more.. I just do coastal cruising right now, while refitting my boat.. preparing for a launch offshore and I work a lot more then I sail due to the boat being 14hrs away >.< I enjoy hearing more perspectives.. my theory is if a fellow wants to minimize his monthly expenditures while cruising and wishes to leave with a prepared boat... then installing a water maker, new sails, new rigging, new electronics etc etc will do that. While it could all cost 50k.. or more.. it also means potentially you need to do it again for another decade or more... so my idea is before I walk away from my high paying job, I'll upgrade and fix every possible thing I can to bring my monthly cruising costs down and then throw 'x' amount of dollars into a repair slush fund.. but hard to find reports on if this is a good plan or not. Blah been up to long, I'm rambling. Sorry I'll stop 🤣

[@ChasingLatitudes]

@@AfterDeath1986 I appreciate and value my audiences opinions and the more I hear the more I can discuss in the video and give an objective opinion

[@apom316]

Looking forward for tomorrow episode. Since, that is exactly what I will be doing, Sailing the Caribbean .

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Thanks, I'm hoping to make it a good series

[@apom316]

@@ChasingLatitudes Bro, its awesome. I am hooked. My friend and live in Florida, I am originally from Puerto Rico, but our goal is buy a sailboat and go from here Pensacola to the Caribbean.

[@jamesdarling3320]

This is definitely going to be a very interesting series, I actually was looking at boats today for the very purpose of going to the Bahamas and etc.. I was looking at boats that would have a shallow draft.1,500 dollars or less was a little low from my initial budget I was guessing more of like 2,200 to 2,500, but you know way more than me about it.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

I've got you covered, I will go full out in depth and cover everything you need to know

[@KirkFulks]

Great information! I also value my time greatly. I'm looking forward to part 2⛵

[@ewilson8504]

Lots of great info with a daily dose of reality. Thnx for the video. Well done.

[@fenwayfan81]

No guides or textbooks listed below FYI

[@ChasingLatitudes]

My apologies

[@JKTCGMV13]

“At least on a positive note, I do have good taste in sailing vessels” love it haha

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Hhahah, always a good side to everything

[@KirkFulks]

I was thinking of the Jerry Reed song "She got the gold mine and I got the shaft". Don't take my boat! @@ChasingLatitudes

[@samwilds6399]

Nice video. I like the approach. Thanks for sharing.

[@tuvia4082]

Always great content, concise. Thanks

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Thank you

[@SirCharles12357]

Great video as usual! Fair winds and blue skies!

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Thanks my man

[@johnadams5290]

Great video, informative concise as always.

[@MoggAndrew]

I'm actually taking 103 as we speak. I did 101 4 weeks ago. And I plan to do 104 as soon as I can. I'm in San Francisco and the prices here are FAR more expensive than anything you have shown. One of the issues here apart from much higher prices, is that they have requirements for you to charter from them numerous time prior to being eligible to take 104. So that adds to the price. But the upside is that I am only 10 minutes way from the school, and don't have to fly to another country to do them. Having said that, my end goal is to buy and cruise in the Caribbean, so I am now wondering if there is a 104 course in the Caribbean that might be better, and put me in the location I want to end up in. FYI.. SF bay sailing is really challenging and therefore you get some really amazing experience of all kinds of difficult conditions here.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Woohoo, congrats on the classes. Yes the prices are drastically different depending on where you take them. San fran is a great place to learn as you said due to the conditions. That is something I feel a lot of novice and even advanced sailors confuse. Nauticle miles do not equal experience, conditions do. I can sail the next 5 years here in the lesser Antilles, never have an issue and never learn anything. On the flip side I can ride out a category 3 hurricane and learn more in a day than in a life time. Conditions are everything

[@mazziegaming9737]

This is what I have been looking for.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Awe thank you, it will be at least a ten part series and I will cover everything

[@jasonacyofficial]

Will these episodes be put together in a Playlist?

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Absolutely

[@evananderson1455]

"I'll never let go, Jack" She let go and you can as well Damnit man, you just earned my subscription. Well played, sir

[@ChasingLatitudes]

🤣🤣 thanks my man

[@evananderson1455]

@@ChasingLatitudes No no, thank you for making these informative videos that'll surely save me a few bucks as I pursue this lifestyle..and for making them entertaining to boot lol. Good on ya bro. If I ever run into ya in the islands I'll buy ya a drink haha

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Currently in Puerto rico, I will be in the lesser Antilles for several years, if you ever need any help sailing related dint hesitate to shoot me an email

[@evananderson1455]

@@ChasingLatitudes Thank you, that is seriously much appreciated. I'm probably at least a year out from having my own boat but it's definitely going to happen and the Caribbean is my intended cruising grounds so keep an eye out for my "OH SHIT, PLS HELP!!!" emails lololol

[@ChasingLatitudes]

I'll be here, the more time you spend planning and saving the smoother it will go.

[@FaithAnne955]

Am I missing something?!?! I thought this was about cost of cruising in the Caribbean?!

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Are you ?

[@avancalledrupert5130]

Im starting my rya courses they about £300 a pop so about the same . But royal yachting association sounds so much more quolfiied. It's got royal in the name lol. Budget means bilge keel . If a boat. Can't dry out it's only for rich people.

[@MiQBohlin]

Ouch! Huge differences in price for the ASA's! 💸

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Yeah they vary drastically

[@ChasingLatitudes]

@@johne5554 I would advise just the 101,103 and 104, then there are additional ones that I can go into later however I am not a catamaran guy so won't discuss cats much

[@ChasingLatitudes]

@@johne5554 its not as hard as you imagine, its much easier than you initially think. I can help you avoid some of the pitfalls and help make the dream a reality. Hop on over to the members area, I can give you all the wisdom I've learned fromm all my mistakes

[@MiQBohlin]

@@johne5554 Taking care of loved ones - be it women, men, kids, boats, dreams or whatever - is “cruisial” ⛵️ how ever many hulls it takes! Mark my words☝🏽

[@Berelore]

I like your videos, but one thing that drives me nuts is your series aren't labeled well. No part 1,2,3 etc., or no (budget series) or just something to make it easy to find the next one. Adding them to a playlist as you go would work.

[@ChasingLatitudes]

I think most are in playlists but I'll check and make sure they all are, thank you for bringing it up

[@johnq.public2621]

🙂👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@robertdavie4858]

Willy Wonka theme tune

[@ChasingLatitudes]

Thats what really improves the video ;)

[@korabadventures]

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