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Got to agree with Bob, a plan is the best way to go.. when we first started thinking about cruising, it took us a couple years to get it off the ground..
But we laid out our plans to where we wanted to be in two years and then started counting backwards to where we would be in a year and then six months and all the way down to where we wanted to be in one week.
For us it was a little different.. we were at that point in ourlives where its time to sellthe house and build our retirement home on property we owned. we sold it all and bought our dream boat.. A Beneteau First 42..
Sold the Catalina 22 we had and moved aboard.
Our first time out, was for two years, and the result was we fell in love with the lifestyle..
Enough that we came back to re-organize so we can stay out longer..
My wife is in sales and I was a certifited welder.... so now after a little schooling, I'm a ICC BUILDING INSPECTOR with prospects around the word.
We're both advanced Photographers with the ability to sell our products and my wife is a seamstress....... We have saved a good amount of money, and you'd be supprised how fast you can save when you live on your boat and both parties work.. so we're planning on sailing for a while and working for awhile. and when you have to work while your out, it seems the money goes a little further.. you dont eat out as much and you chose to anchor out instead of finding a marina.
And we're leaving again just after Christmas for Mexico, the south Pacific and the lands down under...
We're looking to stay out again for two to three years but who knows........By the way, My wife and I are both 54 years of age...
R&R on R3
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