5 Budget Cruising Lessons | Atticus Live

Preparing to sail around the world on a budget can be a difficult and stressful ordeal. In our experience we struggled to paint a realistic picture in our minds of what the real challenges of cruising would be. That's why we were always desperate for first hand anecdotes and advice from newbie cruisers. Although we haven't been cruising very long we wanted to share our top 5 lessons that we have learned from the past year of budget cruising so that you might have a better idea of what to expect and how to prepare. Lesson #1- 3:00 Once your Boat is Seaworthy, Just go so that you can figure out for yourself what you absolutely need and what you can do without to be comfortable Lesson #2- 6:22 Optimize for comfort while sailing, not just at anchor Lesson #3- 8:50 Pack a picnic when exploring a new city Lesson #4- 11:23 Get a dinghy and outboard that can plane with two people and gear (groceries, sewing machine, snorkel gear, etc.) Lesson #5- 13:36 Figure out a low cost method to receive weather information