A Home Afloat: Living Aboard Vessels of All Shapes and Sizes

A Home Afloat: Living Aboard Vessels of All Shapes and Sizes

by Gary Cookson (Author)

Synopsis

A Home Afloat gives an enticing peek through the portholes, and access to a wealth of inspiring ideas for anyone wanting to make their home aboard a boat of whatever shape and size. This gorgeous coffee table book is bursting with interior design and furnishing ideas for boats and other small living spaces, and looks inside motorboats, riverboats, houseboats, yachts, barges, tugs and commercial vessels. A Home Afloat gives an insight into the lifestyle of people with different budgets and outlooks on life, but who have all made the decision to live afloat. The beautiful photography shows that living afloat can be every bit as luxurious as life on land. 'A home afloat is definitely the way to live. There's nothing better than watching the sunset from the deck of your own waterside residence and being rocked to sleep by the bobbing motion of the water - and when you want a change of scenery, you can always set sail.' - The author

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications
Published: 30 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 0713688777
ISBN 13: 9780713688771
Book Overview: Boaters are constantly looking for ideas on customising interiors - landbased magazines and books don't translate well to the marine environment and awkward shapes! Nothing else on this subject on the market - a first Ready market for stimulating ideas for creating homely, practical and appealing boats; the inland lifestyle is growing in its appeal Packed with inspirational photos - a treasure trove of ideas for boats of all types, shapes and sizes. One chapter addresses the practicalities of living afloat

Media Reviews
'A first in design terms...this title is a stimulating focal point for all boat owners' The Bookseller (November 07) Something to look forward to Canal Boat and Inland Waterways (September 2008) ' Gorgeous is the only word for this book ' Lifeboat (Jan 2009) This beautifully illustrated book will be an inspiration both for those who already have a home afloat, and for those contemplating a change in lifestyle. Sailing (July 2011)
Author Bio
A writer, designer and keen renovator, Gary turned to a liveaboard lifestyle after discovering a neglected Dutch sailing barge in the mud of the River Medway. After a two year gruelling refit, it was transformed into a comfortable floating home moored on the Thames. Gary currently runs his own graphic design business in Australia.