The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat

Author: Mark Nicholas
Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications
ISBN: 9780939837663
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat speaks to dreamers and explorers alike, presenting information about this wonderful and rewarding lifestyle. Mark Nicholas has combined his experience of life aboard with the advice of other liveaboards, marina owners, technicians, boat manufacturers, and advocates in order to detail the challenges and offer real advice for success. This lifestyle, typically thought to be out of reach or for other people, is now available to all who dream. Essentials explains, among other things, how to: Figure out your needs Choose the right boat Buy your boat Choose the right marina Forecast your costs Prepare for the lifestyle Accommodate partners, children and pets Outfit your boat Plan for all climates Address safety and sanitation issues And more!

Living Aboard

Author: Professor and Chair of Political Science Scott Wilson
Publisher: Lubber's Guides
ISBN: 9780997776010
Category : Boat living
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
A fun, easy-to-understand guide to leaving the mundane lifestyle of the land-bound behind and moving on board a boat. Covers how to find the right boat, how to find a marina that takes liveaboards, how to fit and stow gear, and how to deal with other common liveaboard challenges.

Living Aboard a Boat

Author: Mike Miller
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781517736378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
Living Aboard A Boat helps potential liveaboards decide if it's the right lifestyle for them. The book covers a wide range of information including the pros and cons of living aboard; types of liveaboard boats and where to live; liveaboard expenses; advice for outfitting a galley; sleeping quarters; boat systems; boat propulsion; dining and living space; bathroom advice; and a glossary of boating terms. It also includes a list of useful books and web links and has 44 photographs.

The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat

Author: Mark H. Nicholas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boat living
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

All in the Same Boat

Author: Tom Neale
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071427913
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
This work is one family's testament to the belief that you can lead a life of your choosing. It shows how to choose the right boat, prepare the crew and boat, make provision for long-term cruising, raise and educate children, get along in close quarters, and learn what you can leave behind.

Boat Girl

Author: Melanie Neale
Publisher: Beating Windward Press
ISBN: 098382522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245

Book Description
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the author's family lived aboard a 47-foot sailboat, spending their summers along the U.S. East Coast and their winters in the Bahamas. As an adult, she lived aboard her own 28-foot sailboat and had several relationships trying to find someone who wasn't intimidated by her stubborn independence and free-spirited lifestyle.

A Sail of Two Idiots: 100+ Lessons and Laughs from a Non-Sailor Who Quit the Rat Race, Took the Helm, and Sailed to a New Life in the Caribbean

Author: Renee Petrillo
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 007178246X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing...” If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this first Renee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through the two had to learn everything the hard way. Despite themselves they managed to get from Miami to Grenada, eventually dropping the anchor of their cruising catamaran at the island of their dreams. Determined to save future sailors from themselves, A Sail of Two Idiots includes lessons Renee and Michael learned and shares them with you as examples of what and what not to do. This a how-to guide wrapped in a funny story—kind of like getting your serving of vegetables from a slice of pizza. Read this and make your dream of sailing away a reality. Includes: “What Broke?” sections explores the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of a cruising multihull "Island” section provide assessments of the islands of the Caribbean

Coastal Cruising Under Power

Author: Gene Hamilton
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071817069
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
Coastal Cruising Under Power is your ultimate companion for exploring the coastal waters of North America with confidence in your powerboat. This beautifully illustrated guide provides countless tips on anchoring, piloting, weather, and more, along with in-depth, step-by-step instructions on numerous specific skills and techniques.

No Ordinary Being

Author: Llewellyn Howland (III.)
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567925265
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book tells the life story of Boston-born aviation pioneer and yacht designer W. Starling Burgess.

Living Aboard Your RV

Author: Gordon Groene
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071708820
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Revised and updated for today’s younger, savvier RV owners, this new edition of Janet and Gordon Groene’s classic features a new section on home schooling, a more comprehensive resources section, and updated coverage on using the Internet to take care of such things as banking; staying in touch with friends, family and business associates; medical care; bill paying, and other essentials. Readers will also find the latest on new RV models. Yet, despite all the changes, Living Aboard Your RV retains the many timeless features that have made it the top-selling guide of its kind.