Living Aboard - Softcover

Groene, Gordon; Groene, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892216272 ISBN 13: 9781892216274

Publisher: Bristol Fashion Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

Living Aboard is not another "How we did it," book derived from the experiences of one couple or family. It is not about sailing around the world or to selected far off destinations. It is about living aboard a boat, whether in a slip, on the hook, or at sea. Granted, Janet and Gordon lived aboard for many years and in doing so learned the liveaboard lifestyle the hard way. They not only draw on their days as liveaboards but relate other cruisers' lives as well. By relating knowledge from a varied and diverse group of liveaboards, the Groene's have made this book a true insight into the lifestyle. A lifestyle that is wonderful for some and a nightmare for others. The time to learn if this lifestyle is right for you is now, before you move aboard. After reading this book you will know if the liveaboard lifestyle is right for you. Living Aboard explains what to expect from the lifestyle. Janet's companion book, Creating Comfort Afloat, (Bristol Fashion Publications) explains how to make a boat your home. The Groene's have written hundreds of articles on the liveaboard lifestyle. Now you can have all that knowledge in this one volume, the Groene's nineteenth book, Living Aboard. Illustrated

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From the Publisher

Good Old Boat - November 2000 - Rachel Apter & Dion Kolliopoulos

Excerpt from review: Living Aboard is a wonderful guide for all who ponder turning a boat into their home, for those who have already made up their minds and are preparing to pack up and do it, and for those who are living aboard.

About the Author

While still in their thirties, Gordon and Janet Groene "stopped the world and got off." They'd traveled to Fort Lauderdale to find a boat. Before selling everything, including the power tools, Gordon made new water tanks and a number of accessories for the boat while Janet sewed sheets, slipcovers and duffel bags. With all their remaining possessions loaded into their VW van, they headed south. After stowing everything on board, they sailed for the Bahamas and never looked back.

Janet, who had been writing for newspapers since her junior high school days, began submitting her work to magazines while Gordon took up photography. Janet's first book, Cooking on the Go, was followed by The Galley Book, How to Live Aboard a Boat and more than a dozen others.

After 10 liveaboard years, when assignments began taking them all over the world, they sold their boat and built a home base in Florida. They continue to cruise worldwide under power, paddle and sail.

Among their honors is the NMMA Directors' Award for boating journalism, two Captain Fred E. Lawton Boating Safety Awards and a Fireboy Safety Afloat Award of Excellence. Janet holds the Distinguished Achievement in RV Journalism Award. Both are members of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Boating Writers International. Janet is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and Outdoor Writers Association of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bristol Fashion Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1892216272
• ISBN 13: 9781892216274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246