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Living Aboard is the magazine dedicated to people who dream of the life and live the dream of living aboard watercraft. In continuous publication for more than a quarter-century, each bi-monthly edition of Living Aboard shows how liveaboards do it on sailboats, motorboats, houseboats, trawlers, more. A "reader written" magazine, in each issue you'll read articles written by fellow liveaboards — veterans, newcomers, and those still working toward making the break from land.

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Bone Yard Boats
by Susan Peterson-Gately
Looking for a bigger boat to live aboard? One possible resource is David Irving's Bone Yard Boats newsletter and website.
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a fellow sailor proudly announcing the purchase of a 79' hermaphrodite brig built of wood. For that minuscle minority out there who don't know the rig, it's a two-master that crosses yards on the fore and has a conventional schooner-style mainsail back aft. More . . .

This Issue's Survey

May/June 2009: Have you spent time cruising? If so, when you returned to your home port, what was the greatest adjustment to "real" life? Did your cruise change your outlook? If so, how?
Reply here . . .

Featured Book

     With this book you can learn what it’s like to simplify your life to live aboard a boat. It's a “how-to” guide, but also a manual on recognizing and setting life’s true priorities.
     If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Someday, I’ll . . .,” read this book. Here you’ll meet people who have broken away, changed their lives, and discovered the joys and challenges of living aboard a boat.
     Discover the highs and lows, tricks and triumphs of a rich and diverse liveaboard community through articles taken from the pages of the past decade of Living Aboard magazine. More.
Softcover, 234 pages, #L9016.