Cuprins
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
The 12-Volt System
AC Power
Inverters
14 Water and Water Systems
Collecting Water
Tankage
Watermakers
The Head
15 Refrigeration
Compressors
The Box
Other Systems
16 Dinghies
The Everyday Dinghy
Inflatables
Hard Dinghies
Motors
Dinghy Seamanship
17 Catalog Catastrophe
When to Wait
Where to Buy
What to Buy
Underway
18 Taking Off and Getting Into the Groove
Get Aboard
Your Boat Isn't a Bus
19 What on Earth Do You Do All Day?
Work
Play
Take Advantage of Nature
When Nature Doesn't Cooperate
Take Advantage of What's Around You
Boats and Booze
20 Self-Reliance: Your Greatest Asset
Fix It Yourself
Prepare for Your New Job
Food and Provisioning, by Tom and Mel
Laundry, by Mel
Health
Equip to Save Money
21 Kids Aboard
Start Early
Practice
Share the Load
Help Your Kid Adjust
Babies Aboard, by Mel
Perils of Paradise
22 Teach Your Children Well
Can You Do It?
Correspondence Schools
The Computer and School
23 Our Neighborhood
Regions and Seasons
Where to Stop
Epilogue
The Widening Gap
Green Flash, by Melanie
Sequel
Appendix A Recipes, by MelAppendix B Correspondence Schools
Index
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