Frugal Living in Retirement - How About Living Aboard a Sailboat

Frugal living in retirement brings up thoughts about doingspend anything at anchor? The closest thing to
without...eating dog food...and other unpleasant thoughts.commerce is a fisherman offering a lobster or fish for
It does not have to be like that at all. Sailing anyone?drinking water, toothpaste or a few cold beers.
The current economic mess is causing all of us toHow is it fun?...I do not have enough time to write it all
rethink our plans for the future, especially those ofdown...you don't have enough time to read it all. We did
retired or thinking about retirement. We have seen bigfun things with fellow cruisers at every island we
hits to our investment accounts...some are saying "Idropped the hook. Hiked all over the place, met great
can't afford to retire now"...really?locals tourists never see, all without breaking the bank.
Have you considered lifestyles that are cheaper butHow much did we know about sailing?...Not much to be
also fun? Living aboard a sailboat is something we didtruthful. Don't think you have to be Magellan in order to
for 8 straight years. It was not only the most fun welive this lifestyle. Once you get to the islands
have ever had it was a very cheap way of living as(Windward's and Leeward's) your longest sail or motor
well.is 90 miles or 16 to 18 hours. The islands are mostly,
How is it frugal or cheap if you like? We lived on oursave Anguilla and Anegada, very mountainous so you
boat, a 35 foot Island Packet, in the Caribbean. Fromcan see where you are going. Your GPS, God's gift to
the Virgin Islands to the north, to Venezuela andsailors IMHO, takes care of the rest.
Trinidad in the south. We spent about a $1,000 a monthFrugal living in retirement...have you considered living
while we were on the boat. We lived like royalty IMHO,aboard a sailboat. We did and had the time of our
and spent next to nothing. How are you going tolives. Enjoy.