> Side note: If you want to gauge which channels aren't getting heavy sponsorship dollars, it's the ones that _almost always_ anchor vs tie up at the marina.
Can you explain this for someone who doesn't know anything about boats?
Can you explain this for someone who doesn't know anything about boats?
If you pull your boat up to a dock in a marina, you can get electricity and water, and you can walk away to dine or shop, etc.
These are generalities. Sometimes you have to pay to anchor, and sometimes you can park at a dock for free.
Anchoring is free, but then you need to come to shore in (and store) a dinghy
Basically yachting is very expensive. A Panama Canal crossing in your pleasurecraft these days will run about $2k. Those youtube channels are basically lifestyle advertising -- some of those cruisers are heavily (financially) supported.
Yachting can be very expensive. Annie Hill, Moxie Marlinspike and many others prove that it can also be extremely cheap.
https://www.amazon.com/Voyaging-Small-Income-Annie-Hill/dp/1...
To anchor, you just need an area where anchoring is okay, no need to pay anyone.
typical cost per one night: 35 feet * $4 = $140/night.