by Lin & Larry Pardey

The pleasures and adventures of cruising under sail are amazingly affordable but to keep your dream on budget, financially, emotionally, and timewise, you have to decide - are you a cruiser or a consumer? Chapters on getting the most from your cruising funds, the attributes of successful long term voyagers, how to upgrade your boat using your own hands, plus answers to the ten most frequently asked questions by potential cruisers.

352pp, casebound

Alastair Buchan brings a wealth of first hand experience of where sensible economies can be made in order to cap costs and as a result extend your cruising options. He looks at the major areas of expenditure, such as boat purchase, mooring fees, navigation equipment, electronics, antifouling, maintenance, dinghies, outboard engines, safety gear etc. and examines the range of options available to keep costs under control — and therefore keep owners still on the water. The book contains tables of comparisons (in price ranges) and suggests a variety of practical ways of reducing expenditure without curtailing enjoyment!

Pb. 144 pages. 216x138 mm.
Illustrations, photos and diagrams throughout.

RRP £11.99 OUR PRICE £9.99

By Ray Burke and Sandra Buchanan

This book discusses many of the pertinent issues from budgets to buying equipment, to preventative maintenance and heavy weather sailing. Special reference to the ORC Category 1 requirement.

Pb 344p

How to get a job or run a business on a boat.

By D. Brown

D. Brown owns and operates a water taxi and excursion boat in Toledo. His experience and other real-life stories give readers the insight they need before they go into the business
Includes checklists and worksheets that provide quick-reference overviews of each major task necessary to run a boat-based business. US book.

Hb. 240pp

by Anne Hammick

This book has been highly praised as an essential guide for all those planning a blue water voyage, whether on budget or not. Advice is given on choosing a suitable boat and equipment, combining safety with enjoyment, shorthanded watchkeeping, handling funds, budget provisioning, storage, and replenishing the kitty on route.

208pp 20 line drawings and 20 b/w photos (paperback)

RRP £18.99 OUR PRICE £14.99

By Sue Pelling
2011
How to give up the desk job and find your perfect new career on and around the water

This book discusses all facets of the boating industry, with sections that cover charter, superyacht, sailing school, marine industry, media, racing, and GAP and summer jobs. Discover jobs you never knew existed, learn tips on the quickest career paths.

Loaded with industry secrets and salary details, the book includes extensive interviews from people who enjoy successful careers in the sailing industry, with warnings of the possible pitfalls only those in the industry are away of.

Pb.

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

by Lin & Larry Pardey

This book is the distillation of what the Pardeys have learned in eleven years of world voyaging. First, they tell how they sailed in comfort and safety without large cash outlays - on a pay-as-you-earn-as-you-go plan and by simplifying. A sailor who relies on expensive equipment is risking disaster. A sailor's reliance must be on a self first, and on electronics and mechanics last.

312pp, b/w photos and diagrams, casebound

by Bill and Laurel Cooper
2005
5th Ed.
The bible for short or long term cruisers. All you need to know - the pitfalls of early retirement, choosing a boat to live in, looking after her on the move, financial organisation, preventing ill health, choosing suitable cruising grounds, deep sea voyaging, GPS, communications. This book will show you how to get it right before you go and ensure your chosen life is as relaxed, enjoyable and stress free as possible. It has been completely updated for this new edition.

352pp 40 b/w photos, colour photo section, 5th ed. 2005, pbk.

RRP £19.99 OUR PRICE £15.99

by Annie Hill

How to get the right boat, prepare it and organise the financial side of life, so that most people can accommodate the cost. 'Within its pages lie some of the most wonderful descriptions of what ocean cruising should be about.' Journal of the RCC.

200pp, paperback, line and half tone illustrations.

By J. Evans
2009

This title provides key advice for people wanting to get into this industry, whether they are looking for a gap year past time or hoping to start a new career. Chapters include what the work is like; what the responsibilities are; how to get a job, and personal experiences & case histories.

Hb. spiral bound. 200pp 210x250mm colour photos throughout