Costs

Maintenance and repairs are a part of long distance cruising and I must include the associated costs if I am to present a complete story of this circumnavigation.

The costs of labor in Washington are high due no doubt to a variety of commercial, social, and taxation realities. Having said that, I have found all of the work done on Pachuca here in Port Townsend to be first rate, performed by skilled and honest professionals. When sailing over the horizon cost takes second place to outcome. I state this from the hard experience of having spent over $2000 on rigging work in Hawaii most of which was wasted and worse, would have eventually resulted in loss of my rig.

I will sail out of Port Townsend confident that Pachuca is in the best shape that she has ever been, particularly in rigging and engine.

Having said that the costs are as follows:

Total expenditure over the 4-month span at Port Townsend, including hard standing and moorage: $22,380 USD ($25,654 AUD)

This principally, in US dollars, from:

- Rigging: $7900
- Sails: $2100
- Engine Work: $4700
- SABB Parts: $2700
- Hardstanding and moorage: $1500
- Hull maintenance: $2100

My total expenditures on Pachuca to date, including purchase price but excluding hardstanding and moorage, is $243,000 USD ($270,000 AUD).