February 2011 Cruising Expenses

I have put this off for so long that it just hurts worse. After I added everything up it doesn't seem so bad... really. We spent quite a bit of time in the La Cruz Marina. It is so much easier for the kids to get on and off the boat. I don't worry about being stranded without a dinghy to get me places. There are so many kids bouncing around that our kids are thrilled. Then, we went to Barra de Navidad and participated in the Carnival, did a road trip to Colima and went to the water park. It was so much fun! And we ate and drank like we had money coming out the wazoo... which we don't. I lumped all our "excursions" under TOURISM. That includes rental car and bus tickets and food and museums and toll roads and carny rides and etc...

When looking at these figures, keep this in mind:
BOAT REPAIR in 2009 was a haul out and bottom paint job in La Paz.
Also remember that we upgraded to a bigger boat in February 2010. The high expense under MISC is a partial new engine re-build in Mazatlan.

This February this year we spent some money having the SSB and VHF serviced and adding a new antenna. The chandlery in Puerto Vallarta is ridiculously expensive, but we paid it anyhow. And look at that DINING OUT line... I think it includes a couple nights of 70 peso each margaritas... which didn't get subtracted out and added to the BOOZE line because then I'd know how much we really drank. I don't want to know.


FEBRUARY CRUISING EXPENSES

2009 -$2,488.24      USD	2010 - $5,407.98  USD	2011 - $2,174.15  USD
Groceries           555.98	615.20	352.69
Boat Hardware    89.46	69.95	48
Transportation      10.36	48.25	31.74
Dining Out            47.71	113.41	256.04
Internet/Skype	10	14
Tourism                82.86		247.94
Laundry                  8.57	42.86	24.43
Mail
Clothing		13.48
Extra Tips                     3	7.94	20
Fishing/Snorkel            13.95
Marina/Mooring	367.50	421.86
Computer Hosting          151.19	18.87	238.80
Booze	80.87	67.39
Medical                         92.71
Boat Repair                 1102.14	238.10	25
Gifts                                30	128.17
Dinghy Dock
Boat Fuel                      108.57		75
Propane                             8.57
Boat Equipment            183.17	789.98	312.78
Fabric/Crafts	10.24
MISC	2854.74	25