Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:23 am
This is a great article written by a guy named Dave Martin about how he, his wife, and 3 kids, were able to spend 7 years circumnavigating the world on their sailboat, and then another 6 exploring the northern latitudes, for a budget of $6500-$15000/year. It's appropriately called "Setting Priorities":
http://www.selfsteer.com/pdfs/GOB_ND05_Martin.pdf
Best quote from the article:
"We thought of cruising as investing in our youth, in our good health, and in our lust for adventure. When we get old and feeble, we will never have to look back with regret and rue the fact that we spent the best years of our lives toiling away just to buy trendy stuff."
Just reading that is inspiring
. What's also cool is that they're on a break from cruising right now, and they used that time to build their own off-the-grid house on land they bought in Maine.
Here's some more about their story:
http://www.iceblinksail.com/articles/index.php?art=1
http://www.selfsteer.com/pdfs/GOB_ND05_Martin.pdf
Best quote from the article:
"We thought of cruising as investing in our youth, in our good health, and in our lust for adventure. When we get old and feeble, we will never have to look back with regret and rue the fact that we spent the best years of our lives toiling away just to buy trendy stuff."
Just reading that is inspiring
. What's also cool is that they're on a break from cruising right now, and they used that time to build their own off-the-grid house on land they bought in Maine.Here's some more about their story:
http://www.iceblinksail.com/articles/index.php?art=1