The idea to sail around the world!

Having gotten into boating in a big way, I made the fatal mistake, I bought a boating magazine!

I was enjoying boating so much, but the fuel prices and fuel burnt was a different story. I had been on a couple of sailing yachts in my time, but had never thought of owning one. Leafing through the pages of the glossy yachting magazine I came to an article entitled Sea Gypsies.

The article covered people sailing around the world on their yachts, I never thought such a thing was possible on small boats, you just don't think of it! I was hooked again, it was like finding a dream you never knew you had, but was there all along, you just never noticed it!

I had a long hard think on my finances, I had some money aside and had made a bit on property going up, I did my homework, figured out the budgets . The cost of cruising  is one hotly debated subject, Lets say it can be done from maybe $8000 a year on a small budget, to the sky is the limit. Figure on around 20-30000 US $ a year and you'll be in the middle class comfort zone. I reckoned I could afford a few years out, without being knocked back into the ground when I was forced to start working again.

I'd love to say that I set a timescale and planned it all out, but no, I just jumped in yet again. I had this dream, now how do I make it happen?

First things first , sell everything, you name it, don't need it, sell it! One thing planning all this has taught me, is don't buy anything new, you just waste money, buy nearly new , get the same thing for a fraction of the price.
The second thing it has taught me , is just how little you need to live, all this "crap" and it is crap we surround ourselves with, do we really need it?

So wrapping up my life, I stopped buying anything I really, really didn't need.Started scanning for anything I did need on websites , classified adds and saved a fortune! I realized how much I had wasted, simply going through my wardrobe , the amount of items bought , but never worn or worn once, how wasteful I had become.