MARCH was an expensive month because we re-provisioned on food and some boat supplies in Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, and Philip’s trip home added a good $450 in mooring, transportation and food costs to the month that we wouldn’t otherwise have spent. Also, any of the islands on the Euro are pretty pricey to begin with, and diesel is four times as much as elsewhere, because, basically, you’re in Europe. (We actually bought half the diesel at twice the price this month.) So we were about $400 over budget this month.
A note about the categories because some blog readers have asked – bureaucracy is what I call all the port fees and mooring fees where anchoring is not permitted (e.g., Nevis). If we pick up a mooring because we want to, that comes under marina. The reason this was high this month was because St. Barth charges you $13 a day just to anchor there, and Nevis requires you to take a mooring (which, luckily, are really cheap – total port and mooring fees for a week in Nevis were $72). I also split entertainment into actual entertainment (museums, tours, events, etc) and eating and drinking out; it should give a clearer idea of how much we spend on eating out. Though often this is high not from food but from that beer or two we buy to get free wifi!
Expenses
alcohol $ 112.57
boat maintenance and supplies $ 218.91
bureaucracy – port fees, etc $ 154.84
cats $ 20.18
clothes $ 46.56
communications $ 36.46
diesel and gasoline $ 195.01
eating and drinking out $ 155.52
entertainment $ 26.00
food $ 681.81
household $ 24.57
marina/mooring $ 122.02
personal care $ 56.61
transportation $ 281.51
utilities: boat $ 12.26
other $ 46.56
TOTAL $ 2,191.39
