Nine great books on everything from deciding to go cruising and how to do it to buying a boat and maintaining it, with a couple of “let’s dream about it” selections too.
Buying a Boat
Thinking of buying a cruising boat? Whether for weekends on the lake or a trip around the world, there's a lot to think about.
Here you'll find info on everything from where to start in the buying process to naming your boat and learning her systems.
🎧Checklist: Documents and Practicalities for New Boat Owners
Buying a new (or new-to-you) boat? Make sure you’ve thought of all the things you need before the closing with this handy checklist.
🎧 7 Tips for Choosing Your Cruising Boat
What is the most important piece of equipment you need on board a cruising boat? What length boat works best? These 7 tips will help you choose a cruising boat.
🎧Checklist for Going Cruising
Want to go cruising and don’t know what to do to get you there? Follow these 10 steps and I’ll see you in the anchorage!
🎧Tips for Going to a Boat Show
How can you make the most of your time at a boat show? Learn how to make a plan for the show so that you do everything you want.
New Boat Checklist
Ten documents, legally-required gear and arrangements you must have when you buy a boat. Checklist with exactly how to get each one.
🎧Catamaran or Monohull?
We’ve owned, lived aboard and cruised both a bluewater monohull and a small coastal cruising cat. So I’m often asked which is the better boat.
🎧 The Magic of Boat Names
5 things to think about before naming your boat – and how Nica’s boat got her name.
🎧Three Reasons to Go to a Boat Show
Thinking a boat show is only good if you’re shopping for a new boat? Nica outlines 3 OTHER reasons going to a show is worth your time and energy. Hope to see you in Annapolis in the fall!
🎧Two Clues
Is cruising different on a smaller, simpler boat? Obviously yes, in the boat. But in other ways as well? See what Lin Pardey has to say about the consequences of “go small, go simple, go now.”