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The Cruising Life A Commonsense Guide For The Would Be Voyager
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Book Synopsis The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager by : Jim Trefethen
Download or read book The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager written by Jim Trefethen and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1999-01-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, Jim Trefethen. The funniest, drollest, wisest book on the shelf for the would-be cruiser. Trefethen pulls no punchesÑhe tells you just what will be involved if you and your family decide to "let slip the surly bonds of earth" and set sail. How to get ready, how to finance the voyage, how to live on your boat with maximum peace of mind and minimum hassle, and what equipment you do and don't need. (What you don't need may surprise you.)
Book Synopsis The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager by : Jim Trefethen
Download or read book The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager written by Jim Trefethen and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live the cruising life without being wealthy! Thousands of ordinary people are living their dreams of sailing the world thanks to The Cruising Life, and this completely updated Second Edition aims to help thousands more find adventure over the horizon. Even if you’ve never sailed before, this A-to-Z guide can have you cruising to exotic ports within five years. Your adventure begins right at home, practicing to live a sensible life with only the essentials, as described by lifelong sailor Jim Trefethen, who relishes the cruising life in retirement. Along your path to living at sea, Jim prepares you to: Discuss the pros, cons, and realities of the cruising life with your spouse Save and maintain the best type of cruising fund to meet your goals Strip away your anchors, including useless possessions, credit card debt, and your job Manage, grow, and protect your cruising fund while at sea Develop essential skills for living on the water, and how to earn an income selling those skills Find the boat you need, outfitted with the essential gear and equipment, in your price range Assimilate into the sailing community by developing the traits of a successful cruiser If you think age, experience, and money can keep you from the cruising life, you haven’t read The Cruising Life, Second Edition.
Book Synopsis Changing Course by : Debra Ann Cantrell
Download or read book Changing Course written by Debra Ann Cantrell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] well-researched, gracious and truthful account." --Georgian Bay Today When her husband proposed living on a boat full-time, Debra Cantrell wondered what other women in her position had done and began a five-year study to find out what choices they had made and how it had all worked out. The result is Changing Course, a guidebook for navigating this odyssey. No matter what the outcome, each woman was strengthened by the experience. In an era when "downshifting" is common and people are considering the benefits of simplified living, Changing Course is both timely and practical.
Book Synopsis Cruising in Seraffyn by : Lin Pardey
Download or read book Cruising in Seraffyn written by Lin Pardey and published by Lin and Larry Pardey. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and exciting guide to the world of living out at sea. This book will teach you what you need to know inorder to live safely, economically and cheaply when spending moths at sea. If nothing else, this book will send you chasing for your dreams, whether it be to take an adventure at sea or just about anyhting else. This is the first of a four-book series which begins on the journey that Lin and Larry Pardey began 34 years ago in their self-built 24-foot engineless cutter, Seraffyn. In this journey, we explore places such as Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Islands of the Atlantic ocean. Throughout the book, we learn about people and customs, we learn about the tricks of boating, we learn about surviaval. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new forward, new appendixes, and a color photo album showing Lin, Larry and the Serraffyn during those months at sea.
Book Synopsis Sailing into Retirement: 7 Ways to Retire on a Boat at 50 with 10 Steps that Will Keep You There Until 80 by : Jim Trefethen
Download or read book Sailing into Retirement: 7 Ways to Retire on a Boat at 50 with 10 Steps that Will Keep You There Until 80 written by Jim Trefethen and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How-to guidance for retiring on a boat—for aging captains and landlubbers Have you ever thought you might want to retire on a boat? Of course you have or you wouldn’t have picked up this book! Whatever form your yearning for aquatic retirement takes, Jim Trefethen can help you realize the dream. After sailing together for over 40 years, the Jim and his wife have learned the secrets of living a content and productive life. Here Jim shares those secrets, including: ● Making sure you really want to do it: then make sure you are sure. ● How to upsize your ambitions while downsizing your life, in ways that will enhance your retirement ● How to get all your shore-side affairs in order, then to make some important adjustments in your attitude, confidence, and self esteem ● Easy-to-understand pointers and suggestions for deciding which type of retired cruising is best for you ● A ten-step plan to buying a boat with as little drama as possible ● How to modify your new/old floating retirement home to make it safer, more comfortable, and more elderly friendly
Book Synopsis How to Sail Around the World by : Hal Roth
Download or read book How to Sail Around the World written by Hal Roth and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-10-20 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new classic from one of the world's most respected sailing authors More than 35 years ago, Hal Roth quit his job as a journalist and went sailing. Since then, he's logged more than 200,000 sea miles. Along the way, Roth also has authored eight voyaging classics, including the 1978 bestseller After 50,000 Miles. Taking that book as its starting point, this handsome new volume incorporates the new technologies and discoveries of the last quarter century along with another 150,000 miles of experience. A compendium of mature, time-tested sea wisdom from one of the world's most respected sailing writers, How to Sail Around the World will tell the reader: How to choose and equip a sailboat for long-distance cruising, with an emphasis on simplicity and a modest budget How to plan and conduct a voyage anywhere in the world How to master the arts of navigation, anchoring, and daily life aboard in exotic places How to cope with storms at sea--the most complete and authoritative treatise on this critical topic ever published
Download or read book Wind of Peace written by Elli K. Straus and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realizing that the time is right to act on their crazy idea of pulling their two daughters out of school for a year, shut down the house, and embark on a sailing sabbatical, Elli and her husband David, pitch the idea to their daughters. With just a few months planning time available, what follows is a mad rush to take sailing lessons, buy and equip a boat, devote countless hours to researching every aspect of their trip, and attempt to convince friends and relatives that they havent completely lost their minds. Temporary home found for their beloved dog Chester, boat stuffed with provisions, charts, and safety gear, their trip is almost over before it even begins when a strong summer squall causes their 42 sailboat to drag through the anchorage on their journeys first stormy night.
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-01 with total page 2228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship by : Tristan Jones
Download or read book One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship written by Tristan Jones and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1990-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tristan Jones has logged more miles--and more adventure--sailing single-handed than any other person alive in our time. He has crossed the Atlantic many times, often alone, and has circumnavigated the globe in small boats. One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship is a course on single-handed sailing by the man most qualified to give it. Tristan Jones offers his highly personal perspective on both the science and the art of this ultimate challenge. It is a book for every sailor, giving the novice and the experienced sailor alike invaluable information and advice simply and with humor. Rich with anecdote and detail, written as only Tristan Jones can write, this is the handbook to turn to when planning a trip and to refer to when sailing.
Book Synopsis Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854 by : William Balfour Baikie
Download or read book Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854 written by William Balfour Baikie and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1856 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The mystery of Easter island by : Katherine Routledge
Download or read book The mystery of Easter island written by Katherine Routledge and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The mystery of Easter island" by Katherine Routledge. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Inflatable Boats written by Jim Trefethen and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical text advises on how to choose the correct inflatable boat, how to equip it properly, and how to use and maintain it.
Book Synopsis Two Years on the Alabama by : Arthur Sinclair
Download or read book Two Years on the Alabama written by Arthur Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sailing the Farm by : Kenneth Neumeyer
Download or read book Sailing the Farm written by Kenneth Neumeyer and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Independence on thirty feet. A survival guide to homesteading on the ocean"--Jacket subtitle. "Consider a boat as a total life support system--living on board, at home, on the seas or in port; sailing where you choose to go and moving on when it is time."
Book Synopsis The Intricate Art of Living Afloat by : Clare Allcard
Download or read book The Intricate Art of Living Afloat written by Clare Allcard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974 Clare Allcard and her husband Edward, with their baby daughter, took up residence on their 69-foot former Baltic trader, in which they continue to cruise around the world. From her own experience, Allcard shares with others who would like to try sea livingwhether for a week or a lifetimehow to predict a squall, navigate customs, earn money as you go, cope with health issues, gut and dry fish, stretch your fresh water supply, and many other tips. Photos.
Book Synopsis The Voyager's Handbook : The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising by : Beth Leonard
Download or read book The Voyager's Handbook : The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising written by Beth Leonard and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-11-16 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Belongs in the bookshelf of every cruising vessel.”—Blue Water Sailing “If you are serious about that extended voyage, read The Voyager’s Handbook.”—Sailing “Every now and then a new voice emerges in the world of sailing literature that stands out, a voice that is both clear and of lasting quality. The appearance of such a new voice is something of an event, and that’s what we’d call the publication of The Voyager’s Handbook.”—Blue Water Sailing This inspirational and comprehensive manual leads you step by step through every aspect of choosing, planning, and following the voyager’s life. Using three example boats representing three cruising lifestyles—Simplicity, Moderation, and Highlife—Beth Leonard helps make your bluewater dreams come true, whether you’re sailing on a shoestring or a CEO’s pension. Starting with the things you can’t do without—an enthusiastic crew, a seaworthy boat, and, of course, money—Leonard offers sage advice on how to select crewmembers who are truly committed to the voyage, how to choose the right boat for you, and how to find just the right approach to financing your voyage and making the most of every dollar spent. Managing life from a floating home and keeping that home livable, seaworthy, and safe requires you to become, among other things, the ship’s purser, engineer, doctor, cook, and cruise director. You’ll discover how to prepare for these new roles and put necessary equipment and arrangements in place before you untie your docklines. This exquisitely detailed guide also helps you master the skills you’ll need to handle a boat at sea with a small crew, including Weather forecasting Passage planning Watchkeeping Heavy-weather sailing Emergency management Midocean repairs Complete with dozens of easy-to-use graphs and tables for quick reference, along with the hard-won wisdom of experienced cruisers, The Voyager’s Handbook is the ultimate resource for anyone who is planning, preparing for, or just dreaming about a great adventure on the high seas.
