Frugal Retirement…Living Aboard a Sailboat

08.02.2010 | Author: Gary P Pierce | Posted in Sailing

Frugal retirement does not have to be mean denial or doing without. It is not necessary to eat dog food or dumpster dive. Does living on a sailboat sound good to you?

Retirement plans have been shaken recently by the current poor economy. Some are saying, my IRA’s and 401K’s just won’t fund retirement. We open our statements with trembling hands. You are not alone. Just do not totally give up on retirement yet.

Take a look at some retirement lifestyles that are not about sacrifice, they are just cheap ways to retire. We lived on a sailboat for eight years…in the Caribbean…it was fun… it was frugal. In our 35 year of married life it was the most rewarding experience we ever had.

The lifestyle we led on the boat cost about $1,000 a month. We traveled from The Virgin Islands down to Venezuela and Trinidad. We lived very well and wanted for nothing. How much can you spend in a pleasant anchorage?…anchoring is free. Most of our money was spent buying cheap fresh local food which we cooked on the boat.

How is living on a sailboat enjoyable?…you do not have enough time to hear it all…you don’t have enough time to read it all. We did enjoyable things with fellow boaters at every island we came to. We hiked all over the islands, met great local folks that the tourists never see, all accomplished very cheaply.

Do you need to be a life long sailor to enjoy this lifestyle? Far from it. Thanks to the GPS…a wonderful invention, navigation between islands is easy. In the Windwards and Leewards, your longest sail between islands is 90 miles…or about 16 hours. Except for Anegada and Anguilla, all the islands are mountainous and easy to see. You pick up most of the sailing skills you need as you go.

Living aboard a sailboat can be a fun and frugal way to retire. We enjoyed this this great way of living for eight years…so can you.

To get information on living on a sailboat. Gary P Pierce is the editor of frugal retirement living , he has enjoyed sailing and other fun, frugal ways to retire.

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