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Escape Under Sail

Pursue Your Liveaboard Dream

Authors:	Leonard Skinner, Mary Cooney
Edition:	2019
Format:	Paperback
Size:	234 x 153 mm
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Making the Liveaboard Dream a Reality

A practical and inspiring guide to transitioning from casual cruising to full-time liveaboard life, packed with advice and real-life experience.

Selling up and escaping to sea on their own boat is a dream that many think they can never make happen. Escape Under Sail is here to show you that it can be done, and for less money than you might think.

This book delves to the very heart of what it takes and shows you exactly how you can go from casual cruiser to long-term liveaboard. Escape Under Sail covers all of the crucial topics, including budget and costs, how to choose a boat, making sure crew are equipped and trained, letting go both practically and psychologically, preparation and provisioning, education, and most importantly, the challenges and rewards of living at sea.

The book pays special attention to making the liveaboard dream come true for those with a limited budget, while providing further options for those with the means and desire to spend more and splurge where they like. Written in the voices of both authors, so you can follow their experiences from each of their perspectives, which are sometimes wildly different, this practical handbook is peppered with personal anecdotes and hard-earned wisdom. Light-hearted but informative, it contains all the questions, answers, lists, figures, and diagrams you need to make your liveaboard dreams come true.

About the Authors

Leonard Skinner, Mary Cooney, and her teenage twins live and travel aboard a 39-foot sailboat, Faoin Spéir. Since embarking as liveaboards, they have developed one of the most subscribed Irish sailing channels on YouTube. Leonard has written for Yachting Monthly, Practical Boat Owner, and the American magazine Good Old Boat.

Praise for Escape Under Sail

“A clear, easy to follow guide on how to follow your 'liveaboard dream'... packed with useful information for the novice cruiser. If Leonard and Mary were setting out on their adventures now, their story would make for a very enjoyable reality show. As it is, we have this entertaining book.”

– Nautilus Telegraph