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Provisioning
Once You’re Underway
There are a number of expenses to anticipate once you’ve begun your voyage. They should be figured into your preliminary calculations before you leave, even though they are quite variable. The following section highlights the kinds of costs you’ll likely incur, both the inevitable and the controllable.
Food
This factor more than any other will determine how often you go ashore. By stocking up on provisions at key stops, you can limit your spending regardless of how many people are on board. The price of food is something that will vary significantly depending on where you are.
Eating at restaurants can get expensive, but in a lot of foreign locations throughout Europe and the Americas ,you can find bargains. Figure, that at some point, you will probably want to eat out in order to at least sample some of the local cuisine. Remember to check out the popular restaurant guide books, such as Fodors, for example, to help you with your restaurant selections.
Shopping
 Some ports are more developed than others when it comes to shopping facilities.
Larger, more popular ones, are bound to be oriented toward visiting consumers. It’s your choice as to whether you’ll be budgeting much for shopping or not, but you never know if you’ll have a need for some new clothes, or a trinket to remember the place by.
The amount of time you stay in port can also be a factor in your propensity to go shopping, and your temptation to spend.
Fuel
You’ll need fuel even if you doubt you’ll be using it. Depending on how reluctant you are to turn the engine on when the wind is lacking, budget accordingly. Remember that gas prices will vary more than any other provisional prices. | 
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