All in the Same Boat Living Aboard and Cruising [Paperback]

An excellent and practical step-by-step manual to help prepare you for the cruising lifestyle and to entertain you as you learn. --Cruising World

More than two decades ago, Tom and Mel Neale moved onto a boat full-time with their two daughters. Now their neighborhood is anywhere they choose to anchor. Here's all the information needed to follow in their footsteps, including choosing a boat, earning a living, raising and educating kids, and much more.

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Simple Life, by Melanie

Introduction

A Cruising Frame of Mind

1 Attitude Adjustment

Living in the Real World of Cruising

The Myth of the Cure-All Cruise

2 Living on the Hook

Attitude and Living at Anchor

3 Cruising Isn't Pink and Blue

Only Mother Ocean Is Macho

Who Is Captain?

Are You Ready to Be Different?

What They Think of Us

A Little Help from Your Friends

Taking Care of Business

5 Dollars and Sense

The Bottom Line

Insurance

Opting Not to Spend Money

Income and Outgo

Handling Cash

6 Communications

Mail

E-Mail

Them

7 What Do You Keep?

The House

The Car

Your Address

Your New Home

8 Comfort: A Cruising Boat Isn't A Niagara Falls Barrel

Cruising Comfort

Design for Comfort

9 Choosing A Boat

A Boat to Suit Your Plans and Dreams

Multihulls

Trawlers

Sea Trials

10 Safety and Seaworthiness

Learn to Be Safe

Design and Construction

Dinghy Storage

Propane

Lightning

Chafe Safe

11 Anchoring

Anchoring Gear

Caring for Your Chain and Anchors

Good Bottoms

Anchoring Techniques

12 The Engine

The Diesel Auxiliary

Maintenance

13 Power to the People

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