You’ve decided to downsize and move aboard, but where do you even start? Here’s how to make a daunting job manageable.
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Boat Insurance for Cruisers: A Plain-English Guide
Boat insurance for cruisers works nothing like your car or home policy. The definitive guide to policies, coverage, and shopping.
Working While Cruising
Working while cruising works — but the tradeoffs are real, and the time to think them through is before you go, not after.
Designing Boat Systems that Everyone Can Use
If you or your partner were incapicitated, could the other one do all needed boat chores? Here’s how to create boat systems everyone can use.
Prepping for the Bahamas
Taking your boat to cruise the Bahamas? We have a general guide, a behind-the-scenes look at our prep, and other resources to help.
The Real Costs of Owning a Boat: What the Listing Price Doesn’t Tell You
That listing price is only the beginning. Here are the boat ownership costs many buyers don’t see coming.
How Much Does It Cost to Live on a Boat?
What will cruising actually cost you? Not someone else — you. Here’s how to figure out your real number.
Where to Store the Ditch Bag
Where and how to store your boat’s ditch bag so that you can grab it instantly, plus five tips so it’s ready for an emergency and will serve you well.
How to Get Your Prescriptions While Cruising
Worried your daily meds will derail your cruising plans? Here’s how liveaboards actually handle prescription refills, at home and abroad.
Is Clutter Making Your Boat Life Harder?
Clutter on your boat can make you crazy. Here are a few tips to make getting rid of boat clutter more manageable.









