Short description
""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.. .
Long description
Twenty-five years ago, Tom and Mel Neale quit their law and education jobs and traded their suburban home for a three-room sailboat. Ever since, their neighborhood has been a Chesapeake Bay cove, a secluded Bahamian beach, or anywhere else they choose to anchor. And along the way, they raised and educated two daughters, one now a junior in college and one in a graduate writing program on full academic scholarship. All in the Same Boat is one family's testament to the belief that that you can lead a life of your choosing. For the Neales, it hasn't been a vacation. Instead of mowing the lawn, they fix the watermaker or make bread from scratch. Instead of trying to find good schools for the kids, they make their own good school. Instead of living to work they work to live, making time for adventure and play. Here is how they do it, and how you can do it too, with hard-won tips on: choosing the right boat; preparing the crew and boat; provisioning for long-term cruising; raising - and educating - kids; getting along in close quarters; earning a living - and how to hold on to the money; keeping in touch; what to expect in the cruising life, and how to handle it; learning what you can leave behind; and how to make the ocean your backyard.
Review
"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; "Not only must reading for anyone planning to live aboard, but also a valuable reference for weekend and vacation cruisers. Even armchair skippers who are wondering just what it's really like will find this an entirely engaging and insightful volume." -Rhode Island Boating
Table of contents
- PrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Simple Life, by MelanieIntroductionA Cruising Frame of Mind1 Attitude AdjustmentLiving in the Real World of CruisingThe Myth of the Cure-All Cruise2 Living on the HookAttitude and Living at Anchor3 Cruising Isn't Pink and BlueOnly Mother Ocean Is MachoWho Is Captain?Are You Ready to Be Different?What They Think of UsA Little Help from Your FriendsTaking Care of Business5 Dollars and SenseThe Bottom LineInsuranceOpting Not to Spend MoneyIncome and OutgoHandling Cash6 CommunicationsMailE-MailThem7 What Do You Keep?The HouseThe CarYour AddressYour New Home8 Comfort: A Cruising Boat Isn't A Niagara Falls BarrelCruising ComfortDesign for Comfort9 Choosing A BoatA Boat to Suit Your Plans and DreamsMultihullsTrawlersSea Trials10 Safety and SeaworthinessLearn to Be SafeDesign and ConstructionDinghy StoragePropaneLightningChafe Safe11 AnchoringAnchoring GearCaring for Your Chain and AnchorsGood BottomsAnchoring Techniques12 The EngineThe Diesel AuxiliaryMaintenance13 Power to the PeopleThe 12-Volt SystemAC PowerInverters14 Water and Water SystemsCollecting WaterTankageWatermakersThe Head15 RefrigerationCompressorsThe BoxOther Systems16 DinghiesThe Everyday DinghyInflatablesHard DinghiesMotorsDinghy Seamanship17 Catalog CatastropheWhen to WaitWhere to BuyWhat to BuyUnderway18 Taking Off and Getting Into the GrooveGet AboardYour Boat Isn't a Bus19 What on Earth Do You Do All Day?WorkPlayTake Advantage of NatureWhen Nature Doesn't CooperateTake Advantage of What's Around YouBoats and Booze20 Self-Reliance: Your Greatest AssetFix It YourselfPrepare for Your New JobFood and Provisioning, by Tom and MelLaundry, by MelHealthEquip to Save Money21 Kids AboardStart EarlyPracticeShare the LoadHelp Your Kid AdjustBabies Aboard, by MelPerils of Paradise22 Teach Your Children WellCan You Do It?Correspondence SchoolsThe Computer and School23 Our NeighborhoodRegions and SeasonsWhere to StopEpilogueThe Widening GapGreen Flash, by MelanieSequelAppendix A Recipes, by MelAppendix B Correspondence SchoolsIndex