I accept moved aboard my yacht Mirrool together with gone into self funded retirement from the coin economy, to concentrate on making a transition into the natural economy. For this to succeed, I demand to alive modestly piece I exercise natural harvesting, bushcraft together with seeking out others alongside cognition to trade. Oh, together with I wanted to accept a fun fourth dimension sailing inward paradise all the while. I’m only likewise busy to become to work…
Mirrool is a 9.5m (30 footer) ‘Clansman’ fibreglass yacht alongside a elementary sloop rig together with she has been nicely set upwardly for single- handed sailing. In fact she has twice crossed the Tasman alongside a solo crew inward contest during the 70’s. As the foremost production Fibreglass boats to live built on the East Coast, when textile was less expensive together with also, an unknown quantity, they were set upwardly b0mproof- thick together with rigid together with I accept no dubiousness she could concluding forever alongside a caring owner. She is over xl years onetime together with cost me $35,000 after hauling her out, icon her bum together with adding a few other loving touches. Price of most $1000/foot seemed practical together with eliminated the demand for annual insurance premiums. Also annual maintenance tin sack live estimated at most 5-10% of cost of the vessel when nether 10 meters. There are yet about to a greater extent than things to produce but improve to canvass her for a yr together with hence reckon what the listing looks like.
When I was looking for a boat, the principal priority was non pretty accommodation, clever drawer catches or lots of brilliant work. I wanted a tough, capable sailing vessel nether 12 meters that reduced the engine to a convenience together with alongside a seaworthy pattern proven past times time- non a reckoner model. The Clansman yacht achieves this alongside a overnice ¾ keel, a generous stern overhang, depression gratis board together with a pretty together with fine entry at the bow. She has a draught of 1.34m together with is 2.4m wide. Her lines are timeless together with graceful together with she heels overnice together with slow but that long keel provides first-class damping giving a really body of body of water kindly motility nether means together with confidence to her crew- me. Her sailing pedigree is farther proven past times her tankage; 140L H2O to 29L diesel. By the way, 140L of H2O keeps me for most a calendar month together with that tin sack live stretched past times fortuitous heavy rain. When I accept society this all goes out the window.
My issue energy budget is conservative. Cooking on my Metho stove breaks downward to most $3.50/week. That’s a pot of tea together with porridge for breakfast most mornings, often about shape of seafood fried or turned into a soup for luncheon together with a rice/ grain based dinner. I flora a little pot vogue pressure level cooker inward Republic of Mauritius together with it definitely saves a lot of fuel. Also, I brand purpose of Thermos bottles oftentimes to ready grains, store excess boiled water, store whatsoever refrigerated H2O together with brand my ain yoghurt.
All electricity to run the Engel 12/240V 60L fridge, the navigation electronics, lights, computer, stereo, pressurized H2O etc. etc. comes from 160W of solar panels together with a air current generator on the aft deck. I was unable to give upwardly my mightiness tools, but thank you lot to a 1500W inverter, I don’t accept to. So, the electricity bill? $0.00. Of course, the air current generator volition demand novel bearings together with vanes sooner or later on but they’re relatively mutual together with inexpensive together with whatsoever repairs are within my experience. Replacing the batteries shouldn’t live required for years yet but I prefer non to tempt fate. They are kept nicely charged together with larn distilled H2O to drink.
The diesel fuel consumption for the trip along the Queensland coast from Cairns to the Whitsundays added upwardly to xviii litres. This tin sack live attributed to Mirrool’s overnice manners together with my grunter headed insistence on sailing fifty-fifty when I got tides together with air current incorrect together with was making ii knots. In those times I sucked it upwardly together with vowed to run alongside nature instead of living oblivious to her rhythms. When my sis came for a visit, it was necessary to run across fourth dimension deadlines that are unremarkably banished from my being together with fuel consumption rocketed! We used 12L over 10 days.
Incidentally, the cost of nutrient for the 3 of us over those 10 days came out at most $60.00 at the shops together with the scoundrels ate most about other $5-10 out of my stores inward the shape of honey, tea together with sprouts. H5N1 little cost to pay for my sis together with her fella’s company. The body of body of water provided the balance inward the shape of Tuna, Crayfish, Coral Trout, Oysters together with other miscellanea.
Unleaded petrol for my 3h.p outboard is consumed inward the greatest quantity. Since October, I’m one-half into my 5th 10L jerry tin sack at the start of the novel year. Again, when I had visitors, the oars got stowed together with nosotros recklessly burned upwardly most 14L of that 50 over the 10 days. The tender I chose for it’s rowability every bit much every bit anything else together with if my goal is 500m or less together with it’s a overnice day, I’ll larn about exercise. When I produce purpose fuel, its unremarkably to become for a line-fishing or gathering exercise hence whatever I use, tin sack live cancelled out past times the nutrient I convey back. An inflatable kayak is on the shopping listing for reef spearfishing but useless piece inward crocodile country.
What most food? Well, when I left Cairns I blew a fleck of cash. The line-fishing equipment I accept on board is worth most $1000. I got a really overnice character cast cyberspace inward the 12’ size together with a 15kg overhead game reel together with rod. I went a fleck empty-headed on lures together with when I flora together with rebuilt an onetime Penn overhead reel, it needed a rod too. Also, I got a overnice petty 4.5kg eggbeater outfit to fish the shallows together with creeks. I shattered that trying to grab a large Tuna together with was compelled to supercede it. The novel ane has since rewarded me alongside Squid together with Flathead.
Cost aside, those rods accept provided v Castilian Mackerel, v Tuna, 1 Cobia together with several tasty petty sharks together with reef species; most 80kg of cleaned boneless product, all absolutely fresh. The tuna was processed Tanaguchi style- the same premium means every bit if it was on it’s means to the high terminate Sashimi houses of Tokyo. All of the equipment is yet inward mint status together with ready to grab more. I could accept gotten cheaper gear but I discovery that mindset offensive. Resources that are non renewable shouldn’t become into crap products. I eat reef fish, lobster and/ or oysters every bit good every bit other molluscs daily together with am get-go to savor dissimilar seaweeds. Groceries cost most $300.00 since Oct upwardly till instantly together with I could alive on them without going shopping for most about other calendar month together with a half. I may live out of chocolate past times hence but. My greens come upwardly from sprouting Chickpea, Lentil, Fenugreek, Mungbean, Popcorn, Barley, Almond, Sunflower, Pigeon pea together with Wheat. The wheat is also the world into flour every bit needed or popped into a thermos flask alongside boiling H2O together with Cardamom of a dark for a quick breakfast the next morning. I accept a manus juicer ready for when I tin sack grow wheat grass, but I haven’t flora the perfect soilless method only yet. The alone canned goods are tomatoes. That volition terminate in ane trial I brand my solar dehydrator.
I purpose a lot of yoghurt- most 250ml a solar daytime hence I brand this on the boat. Powdered milk is cheap, stores well, is already sterile together with has all the nutrition needed. Yoghurt goes inward my breakfast porridge, is added to curries, marinates fish, gets mixed alongside dearest together with cinnamon for dessert- I could become on. Tea, sugar, common salt together with oils are bought inward volume every bit is rice together with the wheat I larn from farm furnish stores for most $1/kg. I accept a dark plastic tray on the shopping listing to larn my ain common salt through evaporation together with I sometimes scavenge about from shallow stone pools for extra minerals. Seasonings are a petty expensive but they become a long means together with I abhor eating bland food. The fixings for Sushi rolls; I tin sack justify the cost. I would canvass without john newspaper earlier Wasabi. Vinegar is absolutely necessary though cheap, but I am investigating making my ain white vinegar. I shall accept to go on buying the Apple cider vinegar.
I eat a lot of coconuts together with they are free- provided you lot are happy to climb upwardly a palm to larn them. I modified about climbing gear together with instantly purpose that to larn my share. Fresh juice from light-green nuts is beautifully tangy together with almost tastes fizzy. H5N1 refrigerated kokosnoot is perfect for when I’m out sailing together with the atmospheric condition is hot. I eat the flesh direct from the nut that I drinkable from, or relieve it to brand kokosnoot milk together with butter. If I volition remain inward an expanse for a while, I produce what the pacific islanders produce together with position mature nuts on damp the world to sprout. The within of a only sprouted kokosnoot is a delicious meringue that is packed alongside nutrition. It is used every bit a nutrient for the really young, the really onetime together with the sick due to its ready digestibility together with mineral content. I alive inward fright of the solar daytime that about misguided environmentalists eradicate ‘The Tree of Life’ or ‘The most useful tree inward the world’ from our shores every bit an invasive species. Only a supermarket mentality could intend this way. My principal vice is also the most expensive together with non to flora inward nature nor easily made. I accept a weakness for Single Malt Scotch whisky together with a growing fondness for Irish Gaelic whiskey. Heaven is to sip a shot drinking glass neat every sunset. My tastes run from The Glenlivet if I’m feeling inexpensive to a overnice Glenmorangie if I tin sack discovery it. In theory, a bottle should concluding several weeks, but lately I go on running into friends together with every bit you lot know- that demands a drink!
All of these things together with to a greater extent than are business office of my squall for to alive inward the now, instead of the nostalgic past, or the futurity “once I brand my coin together with retire etc.” In next posts I would similar to part to a greater extent than of the ‘how- to’ alongside others every bit I become most my journeying away from total economical reliance. H5N1 lot of data out at that spot seems to live re-create together with pasted inward a round out myth mill hence about tried together with tested techniques may only live useful out at that spot for boyfriend sailors, remote travellers or only people who similar practiced scotch together with fishing!
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