All in the Same Boat

<h3>Preface</h3><h3>Acknowledgments</h3><h3>A Simple Life, by Melanie</h3><h3>Introduction</h3><h2>A Cruising Frame of Mind</h2><h3>1 Attitude Adjustment</h3><h4>Living in the Real World of Cruising</h4><h4>The Myth of the Cure-All Cruise</h4><h3>2 Living on the Hook</h3><h4>Attitude and Living at Anchor</h4><h3>3 Cruising Isn't Pink and Blue</h3><h4>Only Mother Ocean Is Macho</h4><h4>Who Is Captain?</h4><h3>Are You Ready to Be Different?</h3><h4>What They Think of Us</h4><h4>A Little Help from Your Friends</h4><h2>Taking Care of Business</h2><h3>5 Dollars and Sense</h3><h4>The Bottom Line</h4><h4>Insurance</h4><h4>Opting Not to Spend Money</h4><h4>Income and Outgo</h4><h4>Handling Cash</h4><h3>6 Communications</h3><h4>Mail</h4><h4>E-Mail</h4><h4>Them</h4><h3>7 What Do You Keep?</h3><h4>The House</h4><h4>The Car</h4><h4>Your Address</h4><h2>Your New Home</h2><h3>8 Comfort: A Cruising Boat Isn't A Niagara Falls Barrel</h3><h4>Cruising Comfort</h4><h4>Design for Comfort</h4><h3>9 Choosing A Boat</h3><h4>A Boat to Suit Your Plans and Dreams</h4><h4>Multihulls</h4><h4>Trawlers</h4><h4>Sea Trials</h4><h3>10 Safety and Seaworthiness</h3><h4>Learn to Be Safe</h4><h4>Design and Construction</h4><h4>Dinghy Storage</h4><h4>Propane</h4><h4>Lightning</h4><h4>Chafe Safe</h4><h3>11 Anchoring</h3><h4>Anchoring Gear</h4><h4>Caring for Your Chain and Anchors</h4><h4>Good Bottoms</h4><h4>Anchoring Techniques</h4><h3>12 The Engine</h3><h4>The Diesel Auxiliary</h4><h4>Maintenance</h4><h3>13 Power to the People</h3><h4>The 12-Volt System</h4><h4>AC Power</h4><h4>Inverters</h4><h3>14 Water and Water Systems</h3><h4>Collecting Water</h4><h4>Tankage</h4><h4>Watermakers</h4><h4>The Head</h4><h3>15 Refrigeration</h3><h4>Compressors</h4><h4>The Box</h4><h4>Other Systems</h4><h3>16 Dinghies</h3><h4>The Everyday Dinghy</h4><h4>Inflatables</h4><h4>Hard Dinghies</h4><h4>Motors</h4><h4>Dinghy Seamanship</h4><h3>17 Catalog Catastrophe</h3><h4>When to Wait</h4><h4>Where to Buy</h4><h4>What to Buy</h4><h2>Underway</h2><h3>18 Taking Off and Getting Into the Groove</h3><h4>Get Aboard</h4><h4>Your Boat Isn't a Bus</h4><h3>19 What on Earth Do You Do All Day?</h3><h4>Work</h4><h4>Play</h4><h4>Take Advantage of Nature</h4><h4>When Nature Doesn't Cooperate</h4><h4>Take Advantage of What's Around You</h4><h4>Boats and Booze</h4><h3>20 Self-Reliance: Your Greatest Asset</h3><h4>Fix It Yourself</h4><h4>Prepare for Your New Job</h4><h4>Food and Provisioning, by Tom and Mel</h4><h4>Laundry, by Mel</h4><h4>Health</h4><h4>Equip to Save Money</h4><h3>21 Kids Aboard</h3><h4>Start Early</h4><h4>Practice</h4><h4>Share the Load</h4><h4>Help Your Kid Adjust</h4><h4>Babies Aboard, by Mel</h4><h4>Perils of Paradise</h4><h3>22 Teach Your Children Well</h3><h4>Can You Do It?</h4><h4>Correspondence Schools</h4><h4>The Computer and School</h4><h3>23 Our Neighborhood</h3><h4>Regions and Seasons</h4><h4>Where to Stop</h4><h3>Epilogue</h3><h4>The Widening Gap</h4><h4>Green Flash, by Melanie</h4><h3>Sequel<h3>Appendix A Recipes, by Mel</h3><h3>Appendix B Correspondence Schools</h3><h3>Index</h3>