The Three F...... Costs of sailing the Mediterranean. Sailing Ocean Fox

[@ffarag]

Many many thanks for the valiable information and sharing of your journey with us

[@philipbaugh8450]

Hi there! Just found your channel and am very impressed. This is a very well presented video explaining in clear terms the expenses involved in cruising the Med. Looking forward to checking out your other videos :)

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you Philip, it only gets better from there, I hope you enjoy! Happy holidays.

[@piusstuder794]

This is great how you show your costs. I believe I could learn from you to manage our costs at home!

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you

[@xligon]

Thank you for sharing the information! Waiting the video about watermaker :)

[@SailingOceanFox]

The video about the water maker will be out in 2/3 weeks time. Thank you

[@familiaporelmundo]

Thx for the informations. Greece is awesome! We loved it too

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much

[@MichaelJobbo]

Great info, thanks for laying it all out for us

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you Mike

[@robhodson7772]

Wonderful info ... exactly what everyone wants to know Cheers

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you Rob. Cheers

[@evanofelipe]

This comes across as a frank and interesting discussion dealing with mundane but essential matters for cruising live-aboards - thanks. One small point is that you address your points to each other quite a lot, which very natural when it’s just you two talking together, but the object of your Channel is to engage with the camera (i.e. us), so perhaps you may consider addressing the ‘camera’ more often (just as you would when talking with friends) to engage more effectively with your followers and to share your discussions. Your Channel is very well produced and I appreciate the amount of work that clearly you both put into it. Your choice of locations and photography has been fantastic. 2k subscribers is no mean achievement in one season, so thanks again and I wish you both well for next season, regards from EF.

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you for the input. That's a bit of our style, we have a conversation between us or a discussion on a subject. But I can see your point and we will try to address more to the camera, it makes sense. Thank you very much for following and for your feedback, we really appreciate. Cheers.

[@nick.caffrey]

Great episode! Really useful information. Thank you.

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you Nick. Cheers

[@yeelinli1]

very enlightening and well presented you both make even the mundane sound interesting Well Done Fair winds and good sailing

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much Howard, very kind words. Cheers

[@bayanicustodio3998]

Ah! Interesting, very interesting facts... thank you. I always wondered since most don’t discuss such a mundane item as fees. Thank you

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much, we will try to address costs every 6 months or so. Cheers

[@mallingdave]

interesting stuff. nice to have a ball park, bench mark... stay safe..

[@SailingOceanFox]

Dave Storey thank you

[@AlanSternCooper]

Thanks very informative

[@bendixon2898]

Great budgeting guys. You have done well.

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very Ben. Cheers

[@con2912]

Awesome couple , awesome video , a good insight to those who are dreaming of the same , will be subscribing from now on , good luck and fair winds to you both .

[@SailingOceanFox]

Welcome aboard! Thank you very much

[@brianswanland5466]

Very interesting and informative. I would be interested in learning how much you spend on boat maintenance. Perhaps you could make a separate video?

[@SailingOceanFox]

That's a very good idea, we will keep that in mind or cover next time we do the costs. Thank you. Cheers.

[@brianswanland5466]

Look forward to it. It is not just theoretical for me, I watch your channel because I've been trying to decide between buying a boat and cruising the med or the Caribbean. The Caribbean is close to home (Florida) and I can easily estimate boat costs here. I have less information on boat costs in the Med. I would be very interested, thanks! Brian

[@seatravel8536]

Great video

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you. Cheers

[@SerasaSearay]

Well presented - it would be interesting to know the insurance and maintenance amounts in order to get an idea of your overall spend as well if you are wiling to share. Keep up the good work!

[@SailingOceanFox]

We will address that on the next video about the costs. Thank you for the idea. Cheers

[@malcolmwhite7064]

Very interesting listening. We are planning to do a similar trip . Fingers crossed retiring in the winter and then setting sail in the spring. We are actually live in the South of France already so will planning our trip from here. We are a bit nervous of starting off but after watching you it all seems possible. What do you find beneficial with a cat rather than a monohull, if you have time to answer that one as it could b3 very long. Look forward to the next video. Enjoy Gibralter Malcolm and Jeannette. PS we are about the same age as you guys.

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you guys. Well mostly is comfort and space, if you want to live aboard you need to feel that you have your basic needs. The sail it is not the best, it is a fatty girl to move on, but we absolutely love her. We will get to sail with some friends in the Caribbean on a monohull to get that feeling again.But always back to our Ocean Fox. Wish you all the best and hope to meet you somewhere. Cheers

[@r050460]

Thanks a lot very very interesting

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you for watching us. Cheers

[@peterasquith6942]

Looking more relaxed now, very interesting sharing what you have experienced. Keep up the good work. I heard you mention in passing getting 20G of data on a SIM. Very interested in phones, dat and Wi Fi in the Med when and if you get a spare moment. Coming over from Aus in 2020 to do similar so any info will be much appreciated. Happy travels and some downswing stable breeze cruising. Peter A

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much Peter. You can always buy SIM cards in every country in Europe and the good thing is that they work everywhere because of the roaming. I still have my normal allowance from the UK and I just keep buying more if runs out, but that is because of the roaming as well. Problems will start in the Caribbean I guess, will see. Cheers

[@DavidJohnson-og8yh]

Thank you both. A very useful insight. You haven't mentioned maintenance costs. Have there been any?

[@SailingOceanFox]

Not really, the boat was pretty good when we bought it. Just upgrades. Cheers

[@peterfischer3126]

Hello travelers, I just found your KZbin videos today and added your boat to my FindShip favorites. Today is 10/2/2018 and I have you near Gibraltar. I hope that is you. I am puzzled by the AIS picture detail as it shows a fishing vessel.

[@kellee6551]

Thank You....subscribing now...Ck +

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much. Cheers

[@Daveydoobs]

Thanks guys. Very informative as we are planning a trip in 2022. Interested to know if Brexit has changed to costs... Subbed. Safe travels and may see you on the water :)

[@SailingOceanFox]

Thank you very much Dave. See you around!

[@DeanCollinsVideos]

Great video, thanks for doing this. You didnt mention it so far but do you have a fuel polishing system to transfer between tanks and clean/filter the fuel while moving from one to the other.

[@DeanCollinsVideos]

BTW....no maintenance calculations? Also.....to be fair....should probably do some depreciation allowances in these calculations :)

[@SailingOceanFox]

We don't transfer the fuel, we have to separate tanks. 200 litters in each one. Cheers

[@SailingOceanFox]

Not in this video but on the new one about the costs in the Caribbean.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nauunJSbfJKXrLs Have a look it is much more detailed. Cheers

[@stevesvids2960]

Welldone! Wonder how the cost would have differed if you “didnt have to go to meet a deadline”?

[@SailingOceanFox]

That is an interesting point, much less on diesel for sure. We are acting different now, we are waiting for the wind to take us and family and friends can't book until a week before, so we won't be under pressure to go somewhere. Thank you for following us. Cheers

[@johnperry7534]

Thanks

[@bivouac89]

Great video on what your expenditures were for 6 months in the Med. Do you happen to know how many nautical miles you covered in that same time span...then break it down to $$$/nm...? Keep up the great job, I enjoy reading your daily blogs on fb and insta...!

[@SailingOceanFox]

We did ruffly 3.400 nautical miles. Thank you very much for following us everywhere, we really appreciate. Cheers

[@marcelotaripha]

Like 👍👍🖖 Bons ventos.

[@SailingOceanFox]

Obrigado Marcelo

[@OnlyThe1Son]

What about other costs? Boat insurance? Misc costs? Internet..phones..

[@SailingOceanFox]

Hi Chris, this time we only covered those costs. I am tracking all the others in the Caribbean for the next video about the costs. Probably by June we will have one of those released. Cheers

[@krisztian3909]

Awesome and informative video! Very inspiring Would love to learn the ropes and gift myself with a year on boat. How long it took you to learn the sailing?

[@SailingOceanFox]

Kris ztian Simon has been a sailor since he was 10 years old, I never sailed before Ocean Fox. Cheers

[@roychamptaloup6201]

Great vid thanks. We’ve done bareboat charter in Croatia, Turkey & Greece (Ionian). We plan to do 3 weeks next June/July but can’t decide between Sardinia/Corsica or Balearics. We like ‘easy’ sailing/motoring vs heaps of wind. Which do you recommend please?

[@SailingOceanFox]

Balearics would be the best choice for us. Thank you . Cheers

[@englishmaninfrance661]

So, I think your experiences of prices are about normal for the first months (maybe a little more diesel) but as you go on, with more knowledge, I think you will find your costs drop somewhat. This is not from my personal knowledge , just what I have watched on other channels, and I hope this helps :)

[@SailingOceanFox]

Well, we really hope so. I will have a look at the channel you mentioned when we have good WiFi

[@englishmaninfrance661]

It's just the young lady, Margherida, is also Portugese @@SailingOceanFox

[@antoniawebb150]

Hi, have you included the odd beer out in your budgeting? Or does that come under food?

[@SailingOceanFox]

Wine is included as we said, we only drink beer out, not that much, but the answer is no, eating or drinking out it is not on that budget.

[@BabisIntercooler]

I wasn’t really expecting the crossing of the Corinth canal to be that expensive!! For future reference this is the price table link: aedik.gr/transit/fees/?lang=en I suppose that you are in category ST.

[@nick.caffrey]

€10 Euros a day to eat! Wow! That's good!

[@SailingOceanFox]

It is very good. Thank you. Cheers

[@svdoinitright7519]

Any idea of how much you saved in fees by being from a EU country? Just curious as to how much visitors would have paid for the same trip.

[@SailingOceanFox]

No I don't really, but we are meeting our Canadians friends this week and I will ask in one of the videos with them. Keep your eyes on it. Thank you for following us. Cheers

[@pepperKingdom]

not in love with Greece no again here please!

[@SailingOceanFox]

We love Greece. Cheers