What’s your monthly sailing budget

My ex brother in law, does no sport at all, he does however, smoke, drink and gamble, costs a lot more than my sailing, kayaking and cycling, not forgetting surfing.

I've also owned big boats for the last 20 years and know that whatever dinghy sailing costs, it's relatively inexpensive in comparison. Since I daren't calculate big boat cost (which on a cost per usage basis would only look worse), I'm certainly not going to calculate dinghy cost.

Originally posted by ian.r.mcdonald Value of a full on three sail spinny reach ? Priceless. Relax and enjoy it!

My lowest total boat running cost spend was when I had a beaten up 20 year old Laser I sailed on Wednesday nights. Other than the cost of buying it, I spent a grand total of about £30 on it most years.
That was £4 ish on rope, £1 for half a can of Screwfix silicone lube spray, and £25 for third party insurance.

All rather insignificant in comparison to the hundreds of pounds in running costs for the car getting to and from the club, which was about 25 miles away.

These days, I'd guess on typical annual running costs for the Streaker, including a new sail every 2-3 years is somewhere around £500. Many people spend more than that on a mobile phone contract, and a lot less than a football season ticket.

I am lucky to live in a town with two sailing clubs so I get out sailing a great deal.

So if I was sailing once a week that would be £4.06 per sail but sometimes in the summer there are three races a week and we try to train as well..

That’s starting to look like value for money.