Wouldn’t the overall trip would be cheaper on a sailboat?
A27. People tend to mistakenly assume a sailboat is less expensive, but it is not. First off, luxuries cost the same on a powerboat as a sailboat. A comparably equipped sailboat (washer/dryer, big freezer, air conditioning, etc) would cost the same as our powerboat did. Also, most modern sailors use quite a bit of fuel. In fact it ranges from 25% to 75% of time underway using their motors. Then consider a good set of sails costs tens of thousands of dollars. Robert Bebbe wrote a whole book with the argument that long range cruising under sail or power is really about the same.
