All in the Same Boat: Family Living Aboard and Cruising

Tom Neale (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

1996
TAB Books Inc (Verlag)
978-0-07-046434-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Ever daydream about what it's like to quit your job, sell your house and most of your possessions, say good-bye to your neighbors, and set sail with your family--permanently? Tom and Mel Neale left their 9 to 5 world nearly two decades ago and never looked back. In 1979 the Neales left their law and education careers and traded their suburban home for a three-room boat. Now their neighborhood is a Chesapeake Bay cove, or a secluded Bahamian beach, or anywhere else they choose to anchor. And along the way they raised two daughters. For the Neales, living aboard and cruising is about taking control of their world and their environment, a sometimes difficult but always rewarding existence. All in the Same Boat is one family's testament to the belief that you can lead your own life, whatever that might be. For the Neales, it hasn't been a vacation. Instead of living to work, they work to live, but they make time for adventure and play, too. Here's everything you need to know to follow them: choosing the right boat; provisioning for long-term cruising; getting along in close quarters; learning what you can leave behind; earning a living--and how to hold on to the money; what to expect in the cruising life, and how to handle it; preparing the crew and boat; raising--and educating--kids; keeping in touch; making the ocean your backyard.

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.

Inhalt

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 CommunicationsMailElectronic 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 MelanieAppendix A Recipes, by MelAppendix B Correspondence SchoolsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.12.1996
• Zusatzinfo: 40ill.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 213 mm
• Gewicht: 499 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
• ISBN-10: 0-07-046434-0 / 0070464340
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-046434-6 / 9780070464346
• Zustand: Neuware