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.

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.

Originally submitted at One Step Ahead

“Padlock” your oven door. Put ovens off-limits, with our heat-resistant oven lock! Unlike others, it secures to the front of the door–not the side–so it can be used on ovens in snug spaces. Self-adhering; easy to use.

Oven Front Lock

Works nearly as advertised

By Mark the Father from Los Angeles, CA on 11/26/2008

4out of 5

Gift: No

Pros: Playful Design, Strong Construction, Useful Application, Easy Use

Cons: Not solid adherence

Best Uses: Toddlers

Describe Yourself: First Time Parent

While the description indicates that this is a padlock, it really isn’t. It is more a deterrent than protection for an aggressive child. It is not a question of what stage a child will be able to figure this out, but more that a child who hangs on the door could easily cause the sticky tape to disconnect resulting in the oven door opening quickly. It is fine for now, but we’ll need to watch how things go as our daughter grows a little more.

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