380 Miles Traveled
136 Sailing
244 Motoring
We had a couple of great sails from Fort Pierce to West Palm, Fort Lauderdale to Miami but we also had to motor quite a bit again as we finished out the ICW and had a rough Gulf Stream crossing. We ended up motor-sailing across the Gulf Stream because the wind was heavy from the Southeast and we couldn't make the wind angle under sail alone. We also had to motor for many hours of our Bimini to Chub Cay passage since our wind completely died half way there.
24 Nights on Anchor
7 Nights At Marina
December was a rough month in Florida, we had about 10 days in a row of 20+ knot winds, ending in a huge front that came through with up to 50 knot winds. We were able to get a slip in West Palm for a full week. It cost a small fortune, but we were able to get out of the anchorage for heaviest wind.
45 kWh of Solar Generated
In the month of December, we generated 33 kWh of solar power. Since we motored less in December we had to really conserve our electricity. Now that the days are starting to get longer again and we're out of the cloudiest month we should start seeing our solar output improve again. Our best month of 2023 was August at 53 kWh.
$3,685 Total Spent
$118.86 Average Per Day
Outside of our normal spending, we had three things that piled onto Decembers spending #'s: The slip in West Palm cost us $1,066 for the week - more than we'd spent at marinas for the last six months combined! The next item was health insurance - we paid for 6 months of an international plan which was about $770 for the two of us. Finally, we bought $713 of groceries - we continued to provision while we were in West Palm, and now we're packed with food on Resande. One bonus one is the cruising fees for the Bahamas were $375 total, and we took the cats to the vet for their health check which was $232 including some vaccinations they needed. There was quite a bit of 'one-time' items this month so we're hoping the next few months in the Bahamas will be significantly less expensive.
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