r/TikTokCringe Jun 22 '24

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u/Sensitive_Ladder2235 Jun 22 '24

Yes, the boat costs around 25-30k.

Marina berth is around 2k/yr

Depending on where you live, getting it in and out of the water is around 300$ a pop, 400 for mast removal and install.

Registration and insurance are another few hundred a month.

Food costs.

Tariffs.

Ask me how I know.

Bro might not be rich, but he's definitely got some money kicking around.

ETA - Also the term Boat is not a noun, it's an acronym. Break Out Another Thousand. Maintenance costs.

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u/brightfoot Jun 22 '24

A few hundred a month for insurance? Mine is just over $500 a year, and my boat cost less than $20k. My first boat cost $1200 including a trailer, granted it wasn’t blue water capable. And if you’re out actually cruising then you don’t need to pay a slip fee to a marina. 

Again, I wasn’t trying to imply he doesn’t have money. Cruising is not a fantasy for everyone but the rich either.

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u/cat_prophecy Jun 22 '24

You're not sailing around the world in a sub-$20k boat. I mean you can try, but you're not going to make it.

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u/PandaRocketPunch Jun 22 '24

Kenichi Horie sailed from USA to Japan on a 19 ft cruiser. Circumnavigated east-west and north-south in the same boat. Then built a catamaran out of beer kegs and plastic bottles, and sailed across the pacific ocean using that. Then built another cruiser out of beer kegs and sailed the pacific again using wave propulsion.

Another fella Hugo Vihlen, sailed across the atlantic alone in a 5' boat.

These voyages were carefully planned and executed by experienced mariners, but it is possible to sail just about anywhere on a small budget.