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  1. The Pros and Cons of Smaller and Lighter
  2. Realistic Cruising Budgets
  3. Pure and Simple Sailing
  4. Is New Better than Old?
  5. Engine Checkup
  6. How to Choose the Right Boat
  7. The Right Insurer and the Best Policy
  8. The Selling of Safari
  9. Replacing Our Boat
  10. The Saga 35
  11. The Longshore 19
  12. The J/46
  13. The Island Packet 380
  14. The Hunter 420
  15. The Dufour 36 Classic
  16. The Catalina 310
  17. The Cabo Rico 40
  18. The Bermuda 40
  19. Reality Check on Cruising Catamarans
  20. The Beneteau 361
  21. Selling
  22. Buying a Liveaboard
  23. Starting out in a Cat
  24. Buyer's and Seller's Responsiblities
  25. Considerations When Buying a Boat
  26. The Perfect Cruising Boat?
  27. The Right Draft for the Keys
  28. Mystic Alicat
  29. The Turner T45
  30. Beneteau's First 40.7
  31. The C&C 121
  32. New Escape
  33. Modern Production Boats
  34. New or Used?
  35. Start-up and Running Costs
  36. Heavy vs Light Displacement
  37. The Westerly Ocean 43
  38. Brokers: The 10-Percent Factor
  39. The Starting-Out Boat
  40. A New Inland Lakes Scow
  41. Capsize Controversy
  42. Monohulls and Catamarans
  43. The Tartan 3700
  44. Vanguard's Volks Boat
  45. Buying the Family's First Sailboat
  46. The Windrider Rave
  47. A Case for Multihulls
  48. The Balance of Hull and Sails
  49. Buy Your Boat in Europe—Now!
  50. Hull Speed Demystified
  51. Back from Bermuda
  52. Catamaran or Trimaran?
  53. Strange Contraptions in Foreign Boats
  54. Affordable Multihulls
  55. Building Moondancer
  56. Insuring a Ferrocement Boat
  57. Moondancer 's Keel and Masts
  58. A Boat to China
  59. To Survey or Not to Survey
  60. Rebuilding a Damaged Boat
  61. Inland Lake Sailing
  62. Good Light-Air Boats
  63. Calculating Displacement Ratios
  64. New Boat or Old
  65. Buying a Catamaran
  66. Steel or Fiberglass
  67. Contracts and Sea Trials
  68. Removing Old Names
  69. Ronstan’s Clear Start
  70. Teak vs. Fiberglass Decks
  71. Long Distance Multihull Purchase
  72. Used and New Boats
  73. Asking Prices and Book Price
  74. Custom-Built Boats
  75. Less Expensive Cruising Alternatives
  76. Having a Sailboat Built
  77. Creating a Motorsailer
  78. Deck-Stepped vs. Keel-Stepped Masts
  79. Proper Certification
  80. Modernizing the Free-Standing Rig
  81. Selling Advice
  82. Sail Area
  83. Locating a Surveyor
  84. The Choosing-a-Boat Equation
  85. Considering Ferrocement
  86. How We Define Seaworthy
  87. The Best Daysailer
  88. Design Surprise
  89. Fixed Keels vs. Swing Keels
  90. The Right Boat
  91. Tender is the Vessel
  92. Bluewater Boat?
  93. Selling a Boat on Your Own
  94. What's a Good, Small Boat
  95. Shower Set Up
  96. The Commissioning Process
  97. Selling a Boat
  98. The Family's First Boat
  99. Selling a Motorsailer
  100. Rebuilding an Unknown Sailboat
  101. One big or two small wheels
  102. Wisdom for Boat Shopping
  103. Steel Hulls—Pros and Cons
  104. Problematic Hull Deck Joint
  105. Repairing Holes in Fiberglass
  106. Broker's Reputation
  107. Ferrocement Pros and Cons
  108. Negotiating Sales Tax
  109. Yacht Design and Circumnavigating
  110. De-Waxing Hulls
  111. Buying My First Boat
  112. Evaluating the MacGregor 26
  113. Sailing a Cutter Rig
  114. Sea Trial Etiquette
  115. Ownership through Chartering
  116. Documenting a Vessel
  117. Choosing a New Boat
  118. Cheap Deals
  119. Information on a Specific Boat
  120. Selling a Boat
  121. The Ideal Daysailer
  122. Underwater Profiles
  123. Shoal Draft Cruisers
  124. Funds Held in Escrow
  125. Advertising Issues
  126. Size Matters
  127. Optimizing Your Downwind Performance
  128. The Basic Liveaboard
  129. Advantages of Different Keels
  130. Boats for the Long Haul
  131. Recommending Surveyors
  132. A Good Family Cruising Boat
  133. Gigi—One Boat's Story
  134. Painting Bottoms
  135. Restoring a Hobie
  136. Structural Damage
  137. What's in a Name?
  138. Re Gelcoating
  139. Reading Hull Numbers
  140. Monohull vs. Multihull
  141. Hull Blistering
  142. Finding the Family Boat
  143. Center or Aft Cockpit
  144. Leaking Seacocks and Sink Drains
  145. The Importance of a Pre-Purchase Survey
  146. Surveying a Diesel Engine
  147. The Third Essential
  148. Rust Never Sleeps
  149. The Cruising Cockpit
  150. Keeping It Simple
  151. Cruising the Classifieds
  152. Techniques for Removing Teak Decks
  153. Naming and Renaming Your Boat
  154. Cruising Catamarans—Fixed Keels or Daggerboards?
  155. Buying the Big Boat
  156. Boat Plumbing Inspection
  157. Choosing the Right Boat
  158. The Burdens of Command
  159. Building Our Sailboat
  160. Centerboards and Swing Keels
  161. Quick Rig and Deck Check
  162. You've Bought the Wrong Boat
  163. Through the Cracks
  164. Boat-Building 101
  165. Finding Beauty in a Junk
  166. Trailering Your Boat
  167. Optimizing Sea Trials
  168. Cruising Multihull Sail Trim
  169. The Joys and Pitfalls of Buying a New Boat - Part 1
  170. The Joys and Pitfalls of Buying a New Boat - Part 2
  171. Buying a Charter Yacht
  172. The New Columbia 30
  173. Southerly 101
  174. The legacy of Philip Rhodes
  175. Deciphering an HIN
  176. Centurion 40S