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Preserve Your Cruising Kitty
by Rich Finzer
Having sailed since 1966, I've confronted about every sailboat maintenance/repair activity imaginable. Each issue took time to address and each required the liberal application of $$$. So how's a dedicated cruiser/ liveaboard expected to preserve their precious cruising kitty when there's always "one more thing" to fix? Well, you might win the lottery or dig up Blackbeard's treasure, but a simpler solution might be to shop smarter and spend less. For in spite all my boat-related experience, I'm still amazed at the pricing disparities between boating supply store merchandise versus stuff you could use in conjunction with your vessel. Here are few more recent examples I've discovered.

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This Issue's Survey

Jan/Fen 2012: Suggested Question from Sophi Swaim: How often do you leave your slip or mooring? Where do you go and what do you do?

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Featured Book

     Captain Woody's account of his around the world adventure on his 33 foot sloop, the Low Key. Starting out, with his girlfriend, on a boat not designed for the rigors of the open ocean, the plan to do some sailing in the Pacific turns into a global adventure. From nearly losing Low Key in Mexico, to waterfalls in a Polynesian paradise; tribal Kava ceremonies in the Yasawas, and love lost in Australia; brewing his own beer, soloing the Indian Ocean and getting buried under her waves; sailing the perilous East Cape of Africa, enduring South Atlantic calms, getting to know Caribbean crew and Cartegena locals; limping through the Panama Canal and banging up the coast of Baja; there's a little something here for everyone. .

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Softcover, 224 pages