Hi power passage makers out there, I'm thinking of cruising the south pacific commencing from PNW about sept 2012. I have a 47 foot boat powered by single CAT 333D diesel. I would love to hear some advices about low budget power boat cruising (if such exists :) I'm thinking of allocating $12k-$14k/year for fuel and about the same for living expenses and maintenance. In that sum I have budgeted for 1 to 2 days/month in marinas, the rest of the time I plan anchoring. I can carry about 1000 gal of fuel now and about 900 gal of water in my integral fibreglass tanks. I am planning to convert one of the water tanks - about 470 US gal to diesel with will give me about 1450 gal of fuel enough in my calculation to cross to the Marquises Am I completely out to lunch with my budgeting? I must clarify - I can make any (I repeat ANY) repair by myself and will have abundance of spare parts as well as MIG and TIG welder and all kinds of tools. Of course I am also familiar with the Murphy's law…. Soooo, opinions? Thanks for your words of wisdom, Jordan

Good luck with the planning. I look forward to the responses. I have a good friend who just finished a two year sojourn on a 55 ft Fleming including moderate marina time, and displacement speed travel. The cost was about $7,000 per month, total for a two year sojourn. The was no attempt at frugality, nor opulence. Just good comfortable cruising. I would love it if it can be cut to $2,000 per month.... Let me know what others think... T Sent from Tom Conroy's iPad On Aug 2, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Jordan Shishmanov <jordan.shishmanov@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi power passage makers out there, > I'm thinking of cruising the south pacific commencing from PNW about sept 2012. I have a 47 foot boat powered by single CAT 333D diesel. I would love to hear some advices about low budget power boat cruising (if such exists :) > I'm thinking of allocating $12k-$14k/year for fuel and about the same for living expenses and maintenance. In that sum I have budgeted for 1 to 2 days/month in marinas, the rest of the time I plan anchoring. > I can carry about 1000 gal of fuel now and about 900 gal of water in my integral fibreglass tanks. I am planning to convert one of the water tanks - about 470 US gal to diesel with will give me about 1450 gal of fuel enough in my calculation to cross to the Marquises > Am I completely out to lunch with my budgeting? I must clarify - I can make any (I repeat ANY) repair by myself and will have abundance of spare parts as well as MIG and TIG welder and all kinds of tools. Of course I am also familiar with the Murphy's law…. > > Soooo, opinions? > > Thanks for your words of wisdom, > Jordan > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions. >