The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't [Paperback]

Charles Wing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1993

What works and what doesn't for liveaboards. Loads of information on choosing boats, rig, gear, where to stay, budgeting, more. Includes a 400 question interview answered by 71 liveaboards that gives an up-to-date comprehensive picture of life afloat and how to succeed at it.

Editorial Reviews

Review

``A useful resource to people new to the sport and recreation of cruising as well as those who anticipate moving to another level in their favorite pursuit.'' (Cruising World )

``A valuable tool for anyone currently living aboard, as well as for anyone contemplating living aboard.'' (The Ensign ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

After leaving academia, Charlie Wing co-founded The Shelter Institute, wrote many best-selling how-to books, and hosted a PBS show on home remodeling. Now he lives aboard a sailboat in South Florida and cruises the Bahamas. He is the author of Boatowner's Illustrated Handbook of Wiring (International Marine, 1993). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US; 1st edition (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877423784
• ISBN-13: 978-0877423782
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,071,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlie Wing, an acknowledged authority on home building and remodeling, specializes in translating technical information into layman's terms. He founded the Shelter Institute, the nation's first owner-builder school. He has been the host and writer of a national PBS TV series about remodeling and is the author of 14 home-related books, including How Your House Works. He lives in West Bath, Maine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical survey-based advice to living aboard, October 20, 2001

By 

Nicholas Provenzo (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't (Paperback)

This book has an interesting premise: instead of relying solely on the author's experience as to what works and what doesn't, the author instead puts the question to over seventy live-aboards. The result is a book of smart questions and interesting answers complete with both statistical breakdowns and useful anecdotes.

If you are contemplating the live-aboard life-style, this book will give you a firm idea what to expect.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That's two for Charlie..., December 29, 1999

By 

Robert Threlkeld (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't (Paperback)

Imagine my surprise a couple of years ago when I found the Liveaboard Report in a Newport bookstore. Charlie Wing, the author, happened also to be the author of "From the Ground Up," a book on owner building written in the 1970's. Charlie and his housebuilding school students built me a house in rural Maine. Last I saw of him was when he had bought his boat on the Maine coast.

About the book, he rekindled an interest in sailing for me, and my wife and I are retiring in the spring, selling house and all, and moving aboard. His charts and numbers are extremely helpful and have guided a number of my equipment choices. His description of peoples' budgets, the amount of time they sail each week, and general attitudes, have given me a great picture of the liveaboard life. I'm no Larry Pardy, but can really identify with the composite liveaboard picture he paints in his book.

Thanks (again) Charlie, for writing another book that helped me steer the course of my life!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but becoming out of date., June 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't (Paperback)

I brought this book to assist me in choosing a design for a cruising yacht, and found much useful material.
However some of the material is now dated (1992?), and the surveys appear to have been restricted to the Intercoastal Waterway and near Caribean islands.
A modern update would be appreciated.