September: Budget report

 

September 2025 overview:

We are now entering the "low season" so ports should be cheaper. 
We did more mooring. We are slowly catching up with the right pace. 

However, our friend came over to visit for 5 days and we did go inland for couple of days, which means extra spending. 

But overall we spent the lowest of all months so far since our departure. 

Total spending reached €2776 for the month.

September 2025 in details:

This month's highlights:

-  Finally got my new Camera. It's not in this budget, I got it from a separate account + it's my bday gift. 

-We bought parts to fix the 2 toilets. And other things were broken on the boat. So still a lot of maintenance and repairs to be done. 

-Our friend came to visit for 5 days and we visited inland, renting a car. 

-Last but not least, the spinnaker tore off! So that will be a big repair to plan for.

 

July 2025 vs Budget

With 7 months into our sabbatical, we’ve spent a bit more than 86% of our total budget, leaving €14000 for the remaining 5 months. 

Repairs and Maintenance Budget:  

- Original allocation: €20,000 for repairs and equipment (set after purchasing the boat under budget).  

 We have now spent €221 more than what's budgeted. 
But still more than 600 euros if we get our spinnaker fixed, and we are planning to get our jib and genoa reviewed. So it might also cost 600 euros. A big dent in out budget for sure, which would easily cut one month off the remaining 5 months, not to mention we need to fix the boat before leaving it upon our return to France, which might be another 1 month of expenses. 
All in all, instead of 5 months, we might have only 3 months left to go. 

 Conclusion:

Our lowest spending month so far! We are on a good path. 
We are slowly getting away from Italy to cheaper countries so it might only get better.
However we have sails to repair and this might cost more than 1200 euros.