All in the Same Boat: Family Living Aboard and Cruising Book

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 Mel


Appendix B Correspondence Schools


Index