Links

TOP SITES AND RESOURCES

Living Aboard Magazine – The magazine dedicated to people who dream of the life and live the dream of living aboard.

The Living Aboard Magazine Forum –

Sleeping With Oars – Robert Doty’s personal site with tons of great advice for living aboards.

The Liveaboard Mailing List – The liveaboard list – a very sophisticated and knowledgeable discussion group – always engaged and interactive. Definitely search the archives for almost every question ever asked about living aboard (the archive is located here)

Sailnet Liveaboard FORUM – Another nice liveaboard forum.

YAHOO!’S Liveaboard GROUP – A discussion list is for live-aboards and ‘wanna-be’s’ with a goal of sharing ideas on what works and what doesn’t.

Bill Dietrich’s SITE – Bill’s terrific site with tons of information about boating and life aboard.

Sailnet’s Articles – Not just for sailers, many of these articles are terrific.

Lats and Atts – A favorite magazine highlighting the amazing benefits of the cruising/boating lifestyle.

Rob, Your Liveaboard Friend – A nice fellow with some great advice.

Rob’s Liveaboard Forum – Captains and Admirals

Forum on Sailing with Children

Mark’s Personal SITE – The author’s personal web site.

Resources

Living Aboard Magazine

Forums and Groups

The Living Aboard Magazine Forums
The Liveaboard Yahoo Group
ILDS Liveaboard Group

Fellow Liveaboards

  • Boats.com: Learning to Live Aboard – Article with interviews of people living aboard both sail and power craft and how they cope with some of the issues involved.
  • Canal Junction: Living on a Canalboat – Includes residential moorings in the UK, choosing a boat, and costs involved.
  • Cooking on a Boat – Find great recipes for cooking on a small boat on the Norfolk Broads, Thames or other waterways.
  • Cruising Kids – Site dedicated to children who have sailed, are sailing, or are interested in sailing.
  • Epic 99 – Personal site of Ed and Wendy who live on-board the sailing vessel, Spaceship.
  • Exploring Europe by Boat – A retired couple use their boat from the UK to explore the Inland Waterways of Europe.
  • Live Aboard and Cruising Plans – Story of a Michigan couple planning life aboard their boat. Includes logs, journals, and photographs.
  • Living Aboard – A magazine for liveaboards, cruisers, and those still dreaming, written by people who are actually living on their boats.
  • Living Aboard – An essay about living aboard boats.
  • Living Aboard A House Boat – Description of life aboard a houseboat.
  • Living Aboard Charbonneau – Information regarding storage, cooking in a small galley, hosting guests, and how to adjust to living in such close proximity.
  • Living Aboard in Paris – Description of life aboard a boat in Paris.
  • Living on a Sailboat Cruising the ICW – A personal page devoted to questions and ansers about living aboard
  • Living-Aboard Camelot – Photos and experiences of a couple living aboard their boat, Camelot.
  • The MV Bowie (PCS 1405) – Site dedicated to the last known former World War II, US Navy 136′ Patrol Craft Sweeper still in existence and its restoration.
  • MV Just Playin – The saga of a couple living aboard their 45′ Nova Marine sport trawler and cruising the Pacific Northwest. The site includes profiles, photos and contact information.
  • 58′ Narrowboat in Cambridge – Living on a narrowboat in the English fenlands in and near Cambridge. Includes pictures of our boat and of Cambridge and an FAQ about living afloat.
  • Narrowboat ‘Quidditch’ – ‘Quidditch is our 57ft live-aboard Narrowboat. This blog focuses on our life & her travels around the UK Inland Waterways.
  • Ross and Carla’s Website – The adventures of a couple who have “escaped reality to sail the Caribbean” in their Hallberg-Rassy 42′ ketch. The site includes travel logs and photos.
  • Seven Miles an Hour – The stories of a retired couple “learning most things the hard way” living aboard and gunkholing in Chesapeake Bay, the Carolinas, Florida and the Keys in their Pilgrim 40 Trawler.
  • S/V Radiance – A small family living on their Tayana 37 foot sail boat near Seattle, Washington. The site includes boat specifications, photos and a few thoughts.
  • Take Her Sailing – Tips, topics, and insights for cruising boats and their crews.
  • Trawler World – A source of information and inspiration for all who voyage, cruise and live aboard under power, and all who want to.
  • Voyages: Living Aboard a C34 – Gus Trometer shares his experiences with moving out of his house and into a C34.
  • The Wheelhouse – Travelogues of canal barging and living aboard in France and narrowboating in England.