Yachtsman’s daily routine.

Friends! Today I will tell you about a yachtsman’s daily routine so that you can have some more idea of it.

We won’t touch upon bureaucracy in different countries because it requires making a separate post.

Let’s imagine you found a marina, you reached it and tied up at the harbour. What’s next? What does the routine look like after that?

First of all, you need to pay the mooring fee. If you come at night during the off hours, then you can pay in the morning (unless you are going to leave before the business day starts).

When you pay in the morning you cover the costs for the next whole day. It means you get one more night. The check-out is usually floating, you don’t have to leave until 12am like in the hotels. In most marinas you can leave even one more night after, before the marina office starts working.

After a long passage your first wish is to go to the shower. Almost every average guest marina has a shower and a toilet but they usually keep it locked with a numeric lock or a card. Very often it is a code and you can ask your neighbors to share it, it is a common practice to do it if the marina office is already closed.

There are the counters with electric sockets and the water on the pier. You can connect your sailboat to the shore power and use 220V for recharging batteries and for your needs. You should also refill your water tanks. It usually takes about 5-10 minutes.

You may also need to do the laundry, very often there’s a room with the washing machines and dryers in marinas. The machines are usually big and automatic, laundry costs about 3-5 euro. If your clothes don’t lose color you can wash all your stuff once a week so you’d spend up to 20 euro per month for laundry.

It is comfortable to use a kickboard for city travel. Some yachtsmen use the electric ones, some of them use ordinary mechanical kickboards. For example, you can pass 5-10 km by foot but 15-30 km by a kickboard and won’t feel so tired.

The kickboards are usually folding so you can simply keep it in the chest.

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What about the storm?

What about the storm?

It’s the first and the most popular question.

The thing is that we imagine the storms according to the films. Most of the films about sailing are disaster movies 🙂 In films they show epic waves, yachts sink and everything looks like we take huge risks every time when we start sailing, as if our chances to return back home are 50/50.

Maybe you even saw some YouTube videos with big ships in severe weather, in huge waves when the containers and freights are washed overboard.

As soon as I started with the big ships – let’s continue. Firstly, the ships go a whole year round: during the calm season and during the storm season. Secondly, these situations are not typical. If they lost freights every time, sea delivery would be extremely ineffective.

There are definite seasons in oceans. There’s a calm season when you travel without any problems, with stable winds and fair current.

There’s also a season of storms and hurricanes when the weather is always bad, sailing on a small sailboat is dangerous during this season.

Seasons usually change once in several months, please pay attention to the seasons if you are preparing for the ocean passage.

Most likely you will sail in Europe or close to it and your passages will be foreshore (this is also named cabotage).

This means you can watch the forecast before starting your passage. 1-2 days forecasts are usually quite precize, just watch it carefully!

In the modern world 4G internet covers the distance about 10-20 km from the shore so mostly you can watch the forecast even when you are already in the sea.

The storm itself is not as dangerous and critical. The main thing is to observe the safety measures, get mind right and take off the sails in time. You can use jib only for safety (if it has a furler) but if you feel scared – you can take all the sails off and use the motor.

Sailboats are much more safe than cars or motorcycles. It’s the statistics 🙂

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Travelling on a sailboat

Friends! Today I’ll tell you what travelling on a sailboat is like because I see in the comments that not everyone understands what it is in reality.

Imagine you are travelling with your couple (2 grown ups). Maybe you have a kid but the base are 2 grown ups.

A sailboat is like a house. You arrive in the new country but at the same time you have your own house there, with your coziness and lifestyle. As if your home was teleported to the new location.

Yachting is not heels and champagne, it’s an adventure, events and emotions shared with your couple, often it comes with challenges and some discomfort but in exchange you live for real, you can see the plankton shining underwater or watch the dolphins following your sailboat for hours. You can feel tired or cold but at the moment you enter the sauna after your trip you’ll relax and feel real euphoria, you’ll feel alive.

Most of you don’t need 3 bedrooms and a 12-15 meters sailboat. For the most 27-32 feet (8-10 meters) is quite enough, you will have a bedroom there, a living room with a table, toilet facilities and a kitchen. This is more than enough for a couple.

Maybe now you are living in a flat 30-50 square meters and a sailboat is less spacious but it’s not so bad. You’ll have smart space usage on a yacht so you won’t feel any lack of space in a week.

A mooring fee for a small sailboat is often several times cheaper than a room in a hotel, as for the month – it’ll be 70-80% cheaper.

If your approach to the finances is sensible, your costs in Europe will be 800-1000 euro per month for two people. These costs will include everything (mooring, food, fuel, small repairs, bureaucracy, etc.).

If you decrease your expectations a bit, don’t wait for a luxurious lifestyle and think optimal then you’ll be much closer to your dreams.

In my opinion, 10000 euro is enough to start this way, buy a sailboat and prepare it for living. If you want you can do it even with 5000 euro but the comfort level will be much lower.

A 32-feet sailboat with a budget 10000 euro is optimal 🙂

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Beneteau Evasion 25 motorsailer. It is equipped with a fresh motor Nanni Diesel 3.90 and costs only 6500 euro!

Friends! Today we have Beneteau Evasion 25 motorsailer. It is equipped with a fresh motor Nanni Diesel 3.90 and costs only 6500 euro!

Location: France, the Atlantic seaboard

Length: 7.3 meters
Width: 2.66 meters
Draft: 1.15 meters
Berths: 5
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available

A small motorsailer at a reasonable price, it is in good condition and has a fresh engine.

There are both a tiller and a steering wheel (for the ones who like steering wheels a lot).

Plastic and wood are in good condition, there’s an autopilot, VHF radio, GPS navigator, the water supply is 120 litres, there’s also a stove with 2 burners, life-saving equipment, mooring equipment, etc.

It’s a long-keel yacht with optimal planning for a couple or a family with one kid.

If you want to make your dream about sailing life come true – learn more about my package “An entry ticket to sailing life”. https://how-to-buy-sailboat.com/book-and-course-package/

Koster K6 from 1954 with an outboard motor Yamaha 5 hp for 1500 euro!

Hi friends! I wanna show you a wooden Koster K6 from 1954 with an outboard motor Yamaha 5 hp for 1500 euro!

Location: Sweden

Length: 6 meters
Width: 2.6 meters
Draft: 0.6 meters

This one goes with a soul component, you have to take care of it but as if it’s a small one – it goes easier than with a big wooden sailboat.

The rigging type is haffle tender, very unusual.

It’s like a toy for a grown-up, this thing is a special hobby. You have to work on it and update it also, you have to fix smth anyways.

And feel like you’re an adventure book traveller 🙂

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Bavaria AC 34 Cruiser sailboat with a Volvo Penta MD2030C 29hp motor for 44000 euro!

Friends, today we have a Bavaria AC 34 Cruiser sailboat with a Volvo Penta MD2030C 29hp motor for 44000 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 9.99 meters
Width: 3.48 meters
Draft: 1.85 meters
Berths: 6
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available
Sailboat: available

Volvo Penta MD2030C 29 hp motor has a favourable location, it is installed under the entrance stairs. It is accessible on the 3 sides which is comfortable for service.

The sails are in perfect condition but genoa needs new UV protection. All the ropes go to the cockpit, there’s a jib furler, the mainsail gets in the mast. Two mainsails, two jibs and a spinnaker are included.The running rigging was replaced in 2020.

There’s a lot of equipment: a GPS navigator with an echo sounder and Wi-Fi, autopilot, wind dial, active AIS, VHF radio, rudder.

Depth, speed and temperature rates are displayed onscreen.

2 new batteries 100 Ah (2020) and a starter battery 70 Ah (2020) are installed, batteries’ screen Victron Energy has bluetooth and in-app monitoring. Teak was updated and polished in 2020, radar reflector, life raft, LED navigation lights, diesel heater, 60 litres septic tank, hot shower, a ladder for coming out of the water, 2х150 liters water tanks, 90 liters fuel tank, a gas stove with 3 burners and a baking oven, a big fridge, a full set of fire extinguishing equipment, an inflatable raft with a 2-stroke motor 4hp.

Spare parts, tools and mooring equipment are also included.

A whole lot of equipment, the list is endless 🙂

The size is also good, this sailboat is from the category “up to 10 meters” so the mooring fee will be reasonable. Ex., in Tunisia a yearly contract will cost 1300 euro (including the water and electricity).

If you want to make your dream about sailing life come true – learn more about my package “An entry ticket to sailing life”. https://how-to-buy-sailboat.com/book-and-course-package/

Monark 540 with an outboard engine Suzuki DT2 4hp for 1200 euro only!

Hey guys! Today we have Monark 540 with an outboard engine Suzuki DT2 4hp for 1200 euro only!

Location: Sweden

Length: 5.40 meters
Width: 2.00 meters
Draft: 0.95 meters
Berths: 4
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available

This sailboat is equipped with an outboard motor Suzuki powered 4hp. This power is enough for this size. The motor is equipped with an external 120-litres tank.

A full set of sails and a spinnaker with a spinnaker boom are included. All the sails are in good condition.

There are: a ladder for coming out of the water, a GPS navigator, 25W solar panels, 2 new batteries, a new controller for solar panels, a gas stove and other equipment.

Lots of trifles goes together with this sailboat which saves a lot of money while preparing it for the passage.

What is more, there’s a full set of mooring equipment (the mooring ropes, fenders, springs) with the anchors and the anchor ropes.

The plastic looks good, there are the cushions but the owner put it off for the winter. Regarding the price, I think it’s a good deal.

A small and equipped, well-prepared sailboat for 1200 euro!

If you want to make your dream about sailing life come true – learn more about my package “An entry ticket to sailing life”. https://how-to-buy-sailboat.com/book-and-course-package/

Nantucket Clipper 31 (yawl) with an updated 25hp Yanmar motor from 2009 — 16900 euro only!

Hi friends! Today we have Nantucket Clipper 31 (yawl) with an updated 25hp Yanmar motor from 2009 — 16900 euro only!

Location: the Netherlands

Length: 9.65 meters
Width: 2.79 meters
Draft: 1.30 meters
Berths: 5
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available

A fantastic offer for the one who searches for a reliable sailboat for world cruise!

Some additional works are still needed but basic expensive works are already made.

Inboard motor Yanmar (2009), 25hp. Transverse bow propeller is also installed!

There are an anchor winch + 30 meters of chain and 50 meters of cable, 2 solar panels, rudder, wind dial, VHF radio station among the equipment (and even more of it).

The gelcoat looks fresh, the bottom is covered with antifouling.

The price is awesome for Nantucket!

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Beneteau First 32 with an updated motor Yanmar (2019) 24 hp — 13000 euro!

Friends, meet Beneteau First 32 with an updated motor Yanmar (2019) 24 hp — 13000 euro!

Location: the Netherlands

Length: 9.91 meters
Width: 3.29 meters
Draft: 1.77 meters
Berths: 6
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available

Inboard motor Yanmar 24 hp (2019) in perfect condition, the haulage is 74 motor hours. Full set of sails is included (4 sails), all the ropes go to the cockpit but there’s no jib furler!

Among the equipment are the GPS navigator, VHF radio station, heating, new toilet stove, full set of mooring equipment, etc.

The sailboat looks rather good, there are some cosmetic nuances but regarding the price it’s ok.

The mooring fee in Tunisia will be about 1000 euro for this size (including the water and electricity).

If you want to make your dream about sailing life come true – learn more about my package “An entry ticket to sailing life”. https://how-to-buy-sailboat.com/book-and-course-package/

Magnifik Midget with the fresh engine (2017) for only 1900 euro!

Friends! Look at this Magnifik Midget with the fresh engine (2017) for only 1900 euro!

Location: Sweden

Length: 7 meters
Width: 2.12 meters
Draft: 0.98 meters
Keel: long (full)
Berths: 4
Galley (kitchen): available
Toilet: available

The external plastic was refreshed, the new gelcoat was made, so the yacht looks as if it is new. There’s the fresh set of sails, the old sails are given with the sailboat, too, you can use it as reserve sails. There’s a storm jib and a spinnaker with a spinnaker boom.

An outboard motor (2017) has a small haulage (the owner didn’t give a concrete number but I think it is about 100-200 motor hours).

This sailboat is for sale together with the keelblock (a stage for storage on the shore), if you don’t need it, you can either sell it or arrange the discount with the owner.

Anchors, mooring ropes, fenders, absorbers, new cushions and curtains, compass, battery (2019), sprayhood (2020), running rigging (updated in 2019-2021), new floor which imitates teak (2020), water tank (2020), LED lights (2019), different items for travelling with comfort, echo sounder and temperature transducers but there’s no display (just buy it and install), etc.

The owner invested a lot of efforts and money in this sailboat. In my opinion, this offer is a real gift! Everything costs only 1900 euro 🙂

If you want to make your dream about sailing life come true – learn more about my package “An entry ticket to sailing life”. https://how-to-buy-sailboat.com/book-and-course-package/