June 2025: Budget report

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June 2025 overview

June is our 2nd biggest spending! So many things happened, we had a streak of bad luck, losing our battery, holes in our dinghy, having to cut the anchor, losing our shower bag into the water etc... 


Total spending reached €8010 for the month.




June 2025 details

This month's highlights

- Standing rigging: We had to pay the balance of the standing rigging repairs before we did the passage from Hyeres to Calvi in Corsica. 
- We started our Starlink subscription this month! But found out we didn't pay for the offshore option. 
-We rented a car while waiting for our parents to come and stay with us for 1 week. We had a blast traveling to mainland Corsica vs only staying close to the coast. 





June 2025 vs Budget

With five months into our sabbatical, we’ve spent 78% of our total budget, leaving €22700 for the remaining seven-eight months.  

Repairs and Maintenance Budget:  

- Original allocation: €20,000 for repairs and equipment (set after purchasing the boat under budget).  
- Spent to date: €19696 on repairs and equipment.  
- Remaining: €304 euros


However, upcoming expenses threaten to strain this budget:  

- Dinghy battery replacement: Estimated at €285.  We still haven't bought it because we are not staying long enough in one spot. The good thing is that we learned to live without it. Rowing is now part of our routine. 
- Potential weather vane purchase: Nico is considering a €700 weather vane, which was not budgeted. 
- EPIRB beacon: If I want to go straight from Sardinia to Sicilia, it will be an offshore navigation, we'd bave to buy that beacon for 700 euros or more. 

 Conclusion:

After 4-5 months into the sabbatical, we have now fully spent our 20 000 euro budget for repair and equipment, which is not a good sign... Because there are so many months left to go. 

Biggest spending is repair and maintenance, 24% of our spendings. 
Food comes second with 6%




Earnings:

No earnings at all for the month of June. No referral sales at all for the Insta360. 
 




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