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Beschreibung
"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.
"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.
Über den Autor
Tom Neale is a widely published cruising author with many recent articles in Cruising World. He and his family have been living aboard and cruising on their Gulf-Star Sailmaster 47 for twenty-five years. Home base is a dock, a storage shed, and a telephone on a piling in Lancaster, Virginia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Simple Life, by MelanieIntroductionA Cruising Frame of Mind1 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 Business5 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 Home8 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

Underway18 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

SequelAppendix A Recipes, by MelAppendix B Correspondence Schools

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Wassersport& Segeln
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780071427913
ISBN-10: 0071427910
UPC: 639785802778
EAN: 0639785802778
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Neale, Tom
Hersteller: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Neale
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2003
Gewicht: 0,485 kg
Artikel-ID: 102529575

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