How hard is it for your average Joe (or Jody) to sail a boat around the world?
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I’m doing it right now! Couple in our mid thirties, not rich by any means. I take care of the boat and she takes care of the money, for the time being. Circumnavigating and sailing in general has huge ups and downs. Yes some of it is sipping cocktails in beautiful anchorages gazing at yet another sunset, but the majority of the time is fixing things, trying to earn money to fix things, and spending money on fixing things. It’s outrageously expensive, overtime the marine environment just ruins everything. Things that you purchased where you thought “oh! this was expensive and high end item, it’ll last a long time!” nope, salt water and humidity gets it eventually.
But the barrier to entry does not have to be that high, buy a boat within your means, set aside that amount of money again for fixing it up and set sail. Take a year and see how you like it.
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