Monthly costs for my Trawler! Slip fees, Insurance, Financing, and More! 

It doesn’t hurt to dream! I definitely want solar to be in my near future. I would love lithium, but that will have to wait a while due to cost. And I hear good things about those composting heads

Thanks for letting me know, I was hopeful that this would be helpful and useful information.

I am always delighted to hear that my videos might help someone

Jimmy, thanks so very much. It really means a lot to hear that my content is helping others. I wish you the best of luck with the trawler purchase

Thanks so much for watching!

Much appreciated Andrew! My presence at Boatstock is highly likely!

Much appreciated Sean! Sheesh! Property tax! So glad they do not do that here in Florida

Lol all you had to say was California.

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Really appreciate you watching! Glad I can shed some light

That made my day reading this comment! So happy that I helped spare atleast one person from some pain and agony! So great!

Really appreciate that, thanks for watching!

Thanks so much Steve! Good suggestion, I will see if I can make that happen

Thanks so much Rob!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the feedback 🙏

You are doing it right Kevin! I look forward to the days that I will be able to do something similar. Really appreciate it!

When at sea, how do you manage fresh water, sewage water, and electricity? I'm assuming you have a water maker for fresh water, that is powered by a generator? Do you have a battery pack so you don't have to run the generator 24/7? And, if you're so many miles out into the ocean, you're allowed to dump septic, correct?

@Whatta great question. For electricity. I added 5 300ah lithium. They power everything including the ac's/heaters. I have solar that keeps them charged. If I have guest and they cook alot and open the fridge alot. I will start the 12kw generator every 5 days for about 2 hours. Water. I carry 300 gallons in a tank and also bring about 30 gallons of bottle water. I piss over the side while in the ocean. My poop tank holds 100 gallons. More then enough to hold till I get to a pump out. I have never dumped while in the ocean (yuck) but you are allowed. I fill up the tank with water when I get back to a dock. Plenty of free water in Florida. One day I will add a water maker.

@@Driftwood50 Hmm, plenty of free Bill Gates Mosquitos [TM] to go with that free water these days.

@handroids1981 no mosquitos hear. Your news channel must have gotten it wrong.

Luis, thanks so much for tuning in from Portugal! 🙌

Pretty close to it for my arrangement.

Wow! That way too much Money! I am on Disability Soc.Sec.here in Branson, Mo. I can Live aboard a Yacht(36ft)long (14)ft.wide.(15)ft. Tall. A Marina here in Branson, on Table Rock Lake for 1500.00Oper yr. Incuding Elec. Cable or Sat. is Extra. But Shore Power, Water Hk.up,Sewage, Garbage all inclusive! So providing Boat is Paid For. Insurance on the Boat(36)ft.Covered Dock, is $900.00 per year. Landlines phone & interNet, $600per yr. Total-$3,000.00 a year/$250.00 a month. Ft.Meyers Fl. at a Marina there is at $300.00-350.00 a month if Less than, including 40ft. Boat.Not bad

There used to be 30,000 people living aboard up and down the Mississippi/Tennessee river systems until the feds went through and kicked them all out. Sure, you can "live aboard" in the middle of nowhere Missouri as long as no one else is "living aboard" near you at dirt cheap prices. In fact, I have thought of doing so on the Tennessee as like you it is DIRT CHEAP. In fact, you can "live aboard" for free on the Mississippi currently. Absolutely NO ONE is fighting for a slip as is NOT the case near any vacation spot, in fact you are probably the only boat in the "marina"[close enough to only boat] Because no one else WANTS to do that as the whole point is to be able to move your home wherever you want whenever you want to someplace warm as almost no boats have insulation. Ft. Myers $300/month.... ROFL!!! Good one. Got some swamp land to sell too? Maybe bridges? Its $600/month + electricity and per person. A slip for a 40ft will be in total about $800/month or $5000/yr after the governor is added in the CHEAPEST part of Florida. The opposite side of Florida will set you back 2X this cost minimum if not closer to 3X. In/naer cities, paying $30,000 for your permanent slip and paying another $3k-->5k/yr in marina fees is NOT uncommon. @@JohnEBurns

Idk where yall live but where I am the cost of living on land is pretty close to that if not more so… it’s really not bad. You have to take into account terms on the loan, credit situations, boating experience, ect all plays into these costs. There’s no clear set number.

UNLESS you live in CA, Seattle, Wa DC, Boston or say NY, the cost of living on land is nowhere close to $30k/yr + utilities + food. @@owlspiritreiki

Correct, USAA only provides memberships to veterans and family members of veterans, although the veteran must be enrolled first. My father is a veteran which qualified me to join. My insurance provider is Concept Special Risks. And yes, if you go above a certain latitude during hurricane season, you would qualify for lower insurance.

@@AquaCultured Thank you very much

She’s in Costa Rica right now 😀

@@AquaCultured Sorry - I made that post before watching..I was referring to the Hatteras you videoed for your friend - the LRC

@@jerrycallender9352 that’s the one! She’s floating happily over on the pacific side of Costa Rica 😁

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I am at the municipal. MLW where my vessel sits is around 18ft. I am pretty far down one of the piers, so as you work closer to land, the depth reduces quite a bit.

@@AquaCultured Thanks. That's all I need to know. I used to live in St Pete back in the 70's.

@@tomreid5184 oh nice! My family lived aboard here back in the 70’s as well

A lifestyle that is worth the cost in my opinion. It can certainly be done cheaper though!

I considering selling my house and 'going to sea'. I don't have a mortgage, but utilities run $550-$650 monthly, homeowner's insurance is $650 yearly, house insurance - appliances/mechanical/plumbing is $35 monthly, real estate tax is $2,800 yearly, insurance on 2 cars is another $1,800 plus upkeep another $ 1,500-$2,000...so, when you consider how much you spend to live in a house there's not a lot of difference, if any. Of course, houses don't normally sink, nor can they take you to exotic ports-of-call.

@@jerrycallender9352 you hit the nail on the head. The big difference is in lifestyle and the types of projects you work on. But the costs are quite comparable in the end. Boats typically just get a bad wrap cost-wise when someone has a home and a boat to take care of

@@AquaCultured ...and decent size RV is gonna get 3 miles per gallon, but then an RV can't drift over reefs and make agua.

Absolutely. I do have some tentative plans for making my way up the east coast in the next year. However, I will likely keep my slip since it is such a great place and very difficult to get a slip

@@AquaCultured Great, now don't forget to do some of Canada on that route. After that make your way through the Panama Canal and up the west coast. You will love it and when you're old and grey you will be glad you did. Takecare.

@@darrylb4048 noted!

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@@AquaCultured Very interesting. I used to work for LeeMar aquariums and we did huge acrylic tanks back in the days. Movie stars as well a commercial applications.

@@1320fastback wow, how about that! If you used anything over 1.25” thick, I imagine you used out material at some point.

Thanks for watching!

Costs can be highly variable out there, high and low

Don’t let that discourage you. I only presented my costs for my vessel. There are many vessels out there and many people living on trawlers at a much lower cost. There are ways to make it happen

Goals…

😅 I have my people working on that

I would rather hang on the hook as well, but for right now, this is what I gotta do

Indeed. Thanks for watching Angel

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. And in all seriousness, I was asked by many viewers what my monthly costs were...so that is what I did, I presented them. I did not originally intend to make this video because I did not want to come off like I was gloating or self promoting. But I do appreciate you watching and commenting. Is there anything that you would rather see or know?

@@AquaCultured No... other than thanking you very much for your reply. i had no right to make my comment and I had a few too many "shandies" that night so sorry

@@darrendwyer9981 no sweat Darren! I appreciate it

Yeah I get it, I don’t like to hear me talk either. But apparently there are people out there that like it

Not enough! 😅

Appreciate the feedback! It’s always a learning experience

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Cool man ✌️ Thanks for the comment. I wish you the best in finding meaning and fulfillment in life