Ocean Cruising on a Budget

by Anne Hammick (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1995

  $3.25

  Since publication in 1990, Ocean Cruising on a Budget has been highly praised as an essential guide for all those planning a blue water voyage, whether on a budget on not. Based on a lifetime of practical experience, Anne Hammick gives advice on choosing a suitable boat, locating equipment bargains, deciding individual priorities for safety as well as sanity and enjoyment, shorthanded watch keeping, managing funds, the human problems of living aboard a small yacht, budget provisioning and storage, and even replenishing the kitty en route. Ocean Cruising on a Budget, now completed updated, us full of down to earth advice drawn form the author's own first hand experience. Anne Hammick is an RYA Ocean Yachtmaster and experienced blue water sailor, having made eight Atlantic crossings since 1975, six of them as skipper. In 1982 she and her sister bought and refitted a 14-year old Rustler 31, making two Atlantic circuits the West Indies over the next few years. Now a full-time author, Anne's books include The Atlantic Crossing Guide and The Atlantic Islands.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $27.68

  Ocean Cruising on a Budget is intended as a guide for prospective blue water yachtsmen, in particular those undertaking their first ocean passage with no previous long-distance cruising experience and with limited funds. Since the more you can make your budget stretch, the longer (and probably further) you can cruise, the author shows how a small yacht can be safe and seamanlike without the need for heavy expenditure along the way. Based on 17 years practical experience Anne Hammick gives first hand advice on limiting provisioning expense, buying equipment secondhand, conserving the boat and gear to avoid expensive breakdown, living off the land, avoiding wastage, planning inexpensive ports of call and - most importantly - not sacrificing essential safety gear in favour of unnecessary or unsuitable costly electronic equipment.