All in the Same Boat, 2nd Edition

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