running costs
As most yachties (and mostly everyone else) wants to know and are (mostly) too polite to ask these are our running costs up to date (keep in mind , ymmv) :
2016 :
- Survey costs : 900 euro
- polish and antifoul the hull (coppercoat) : 3000 euro
- registration fee for dutch flag : 40 euro
- Raymarine cables to connect our own plotters : 350 euro
- Raymarine E120w + Navpod to replace defective RC70L : 1000 euro
- Hotel and plane tickets for 1st viewing : 800 euro
- Tickets and car rental for 2nd viewing : 400 euro
- Haul out for survey : 313
- yard costs for remainder of the year : 1000 (250 p/month)
- 8x Anodes for fridge keel cooler : 20 euro
- 2x waterpump for AC and watermaker : 350 euro
- Insurance for 12 months (fully insured for purchase price + 6 million 3rd party + personal & crew injury ) : 1250 euro
- AIS transponder : Vesper Marine XB8000 : 750 euro
- inflatable life jackets : 791 euro
- 4x 150n guest lifejacket : 233 euro
- 2x child lifejacket : 118 euro
- 2x Spinlock deckvest : 440 euro
- safety harnesses : 200
- ePirb Ocean Signal: 330
- 2x PLB Ocean Signal MOB1 : 400
- Raymarine RD418D Radar : 1350
- Radar Cable 15 meter : 220
- Marine medical kit : 450
- trip to Ikea for pots, pans, linnen, towels , storage ,misc items : 500
total 2016 : 13,494.00
costs 2017 :
Jan to May :
- Insurance for 12 months (fully insured for purchase price) : 1250 euro
- Highfield Hypalon 310 + Suzuki 20HP EFI: 7500 euro
- Yard costs (jan to may) Rudderbearing & cutlassbearing, polish , putting up radar with crane etc : 3000 euro
- Trip Feb R & J : 500
- extra line 27meter : 46 euro
- Jabsco toilet revision sets : 80
- Raymarine VHF splitter : 120
- extra Simrad handset for outside : 125
- New Sprayhood / dodger : 1200
- flares : 100
- Rocna 33kg : 860
- 100meter 10mm chain : 720
- Almerimar May, June, July : 1400 euro (may 10 euro p/night , june&july 20 euro p/night)
May to Sept
- ICOM M710 SSB set : 425
- AT130 Antenne tuner : 125
- Iridium Go! (+ antenna + cables etc) : 500
- Panel and parts for watermaker : 500
- Simarine battery monitor package (incl Barometer) : 500
- raw waterpump repair in Torrevieja : 150
- Almerimar Sep ’17 to May ’18 : 2600 euro
- WindSUP + 2 sails (1 small for the kids , 1 large for us) : 1600
- New showerhead : 18
- rivet gun + rivets : 50
- Simrad VHF handset cable : 30
- 2x Standard Horizon DSC VHF : 400
- various locks : 70 (outboard , lockers , dinghy)
- extra lifejacket gas + salt tablets : 70
- Duralac + SS ‘anti seize’ grease : 40
- hatch hinge covers : 18
- 2 new cup holders : 16
- 2 new automatic bilge pumps : 130
to do:
- 3x new Solar panel (320-330 Wp ea.)
- shading cloths
- dinghy cover
- service or replace emergency raft
total 2017: 24193 euro
2018 :
- New Radar / Solar arch : 3000 euro
- Shading cloth to attach to bimini : 400 euro
- Impeller Waterpump rebuild kit : 50 euro
- Charts and Pilots : 150 euro
- Spares: 750 euro
- starter motor : 250 euro
- 2x fuel and oil filter : 14 euro
- waterpump : 200 euro
- thermostat : 12 euro
- exhaust mixing elbow : 250 euro
- diesel lift pump : 30 euro
- raymarine rudder indicator : 150 euro
- Simrad RS87 extra handset : 150 euro
- 4x recharge kits for kids lifejackets : 80 euro
- extra Simarine shunts : 100 euro
- 2x New Musto MPX Offshore Goretex sailing jackets on eBay : 700 euro
- replace all Running rigging + extra track on mast + lazy jacks : 3000 euro
- vaccinations : 250 euro (DTP , Hep A & B , Yellow Fever , Rabies for the whole fam.)
- Garmin InReach explorer+ tracker : 450 euro
- subscription for the tracker : $220
- 3x 335 Wp solar panels + shipping : 900 euro
- Victron Smartsolar MPPT : 250 euro
- 3 sets 5 , 20 and active carbon filters : 40 euro
- 12 volt watermaker ‘little wonder’ : 150 euro
- Jimmy cornell cruising atlas : 60 euro
total 30-Mar-2018 : 10130 euro
- new cockpit cushions : 240 euro
2019:
- Honda eu2200 Generator : 1400 euro
- UV strip Genoa : 800 euro
- new blades wind generator : 200 euro
- 600Ah lithium batteries : 3500 euro
- new original rubber seal for lewmar hatch : 120 euro
2020 :
- 2x new membrane watermaker : 500 euro
- bronze ball valve for head : 100 euro
- jabsco waterpump for presurized water : 250 euro