Description
Expanded and revised, The Essentials of Living Aboard, 4th Edition educates both dreamers and explorers with information about this wonderful and rewarding lifestyle. Mark Nicholas has combined his experience of life aboard with the advice of other liveaboards, marina owners, technicians, boat manufacturers and advocates in order to detail the challenges and offer real advice for success. This lifestyle, typically thought to be out of reach or “for other people,” is now available to all who dream.Read this book if you’ve ever been gripped by the romantic idea of living on water. Mark Nicholas presents a rich mine of information for potential liveaboards, information he gleaned the hard way as a self-confessed “expert at what can go wrong.”
The Essentials of Living Aboard explains, among other things, how to:
- Figure out your needs
- Choose the right boat
- Buy your boat
- Choose the right marina
- Forecast your costs
- Prepare for the lifestyle
- Accommodate partners, children and pets
- Outfit your boat
- Plan for all climates
- Address safety and sanitation issues
