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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Well, maybe the time has come...
From: Barry Brazier (ozboats@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Nov 30 2002 - 13:11:17 EST
Hi Paul,
I have been watching boat prices for a few years. I purchased a boat in USA
and sailed it back to Australia via Panama and the south Pacific.
There were several places to stay for free but I had to look harder in The
USA for such opportunities.
I have observed reasonable boat prices in Europe more often in Grease or
Turkey.
A cruise through the European Canals provide lots of fee places to tie up.
Trouble with starting in Australia is that it takes a long time to get
anywhere. Sailing through South East Asia may be tricky politically just
now. It has always had pirate dangers. as does the red sea.
I recommend sailing Europe then the Americas and home across the Pacific.
Regards
Barry
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hannah [mailto:P.Hannah@XXX.XXX]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:22 AM
To: World Cruising
Subject: [world-cruising] Well, maybe the time has come...
Hi,
There finally might be just enough money and I'm sick and tired of living
in a
house, so we're scraping all our money together and looking around for a
boat.
Now, I'm Australian and my girlfriend is French, and we're trying to
decide
where to start things out -- East Coast Aus or Europe/Med. So, has anyone
got any ideas of costs of boats (in the 30-32' range) and costs of
cruising
in Europe vs Aus.
We will be trying to do things on the lower end of the purchase end, and
mooring at anchor as often as possible (we just can't wait any longer to
make
a start.) I know in Australia you can moor at anchor pretty much anywhere
along the coast and islands for free and the marinas are quite
inexpensive.
What about the mediterranean? Can we just move from port to port, island
to
island and stay for free or is it like the UK where even the creek/inlets
are
mostly changing for moorings. This will be a large factor in deciding
where
to cruise because the costs will determine how long we can spend before
rebuilding the back account.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
P.S. I'd like to point out to Granny that I've removed the pgp signature,
so
I hope this message won't cause her any more much pain :)
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