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Introduction: Welcome to the Dream | |
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Choosing a Boat | |
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Starting with the Basics How much boat do you need? | |
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Hull and engines come first | |
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Diesel engines and turbochargers | |
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Engines: single versus twin | |
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Engine vibration dampeners | |
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Hull materials: what's best? | |
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Are stabilizers necessary? | |
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Selecting a Functional Layout Main deck layout | |
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Cruising cockpits | |
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Upper deck layout | |
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Interior layout | |
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Below-decks accommodations | |
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Engine room layout | |
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Choosing the Right Basic Systems Fire extinguishing systems | |
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Alarm systems | |
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Steering systems | |
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Engine synchronizer systems | |
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Electrical systems | |
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Determining What It's All Going to Cost Boat-buying budget | |
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Budgeting for boat operation | |
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New or used? | |
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Domestic or import? | |
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Finding the Cruiser of Your Dreams Searching for a new boat | |
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Searching for a used boat | |
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Performing the initial sea trial | |
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Negotiating the Purchase Buying a new boat | |
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Buying a used boat | |
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Arranging for the marine survey | |
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Negotiating a trade-in | |
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Financing the boat | |
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Insuring the boat | |
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Documenting, numbering, registering, and titling the boat | |
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Registering a tender | |
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All the Bells and Whistles | |
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Buying Marine Accessories Buying from a dealer | |
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Buying from a specialty retailer | |
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Buying from a marine catalog | |
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Choosing a Marine Navigation System Gps | |
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Electronic charting software | |
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Radar | |
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Autopilots | |
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Depth-sounders | |
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Interfacing electronic navigation equipment | |
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Integrating electronic navigation equipment | |
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Marine compass options | |
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Selecting a navigation system: magnetic or true? | |
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The Loran-C navigation system | |
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Sound-signaling equipment | |
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Communicating while Cruising How marine radios work | |
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Propagation | |
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Vhf marine radio | |
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Single-sideband marine radio | |
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Digital Selective Calling | |
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Marine satellite telephones | |
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Marine cellular telephones | |
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Weather receivers | |
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Ham radio in cruising | |
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Choosing Anchoring Equipment Bow pulpits | |
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Cruising anchors | |
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Anchor rodes | |
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Windlasses | |
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Anchoring accessories | |
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Selecting and Using Tenders Hard or soft? | |
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Tender power | |
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Tender registration, sales taxes, and insurance | |
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Tender anchors and rodes | |
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Tender security | |
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Tender davits | |
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Tender towing | |
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Cruising Safely Rigging for a blow | |
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Fire protection | |
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Lightning protection | |
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Safety and survival equipment | |
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Preparing for Medical Emergencies Emergency medical training | |
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Emergency medical supplies and equipment | |
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Emergency medical reference | |
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Scuba diving emergencies | |
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Immunizations | |
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Medical checkups | |
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Emergency medical communications | |
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Boat Handling | |
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Getting Under Way Taking an initial shakedown cruise | |
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Planning a daily cruising schedule | |
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Everything shipshape? | |
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Engine starting tips | |
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Leaving the dock | |
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Handling Routine Operations Under Way The Rules of the Road | |
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Aids to navigation | |
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Bridges | |
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Locks | |
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Engine room check under way | |
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Operating Smoothly in Special Running Situations Heavy-weather handling | |
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Inlet running | |
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Night running | |
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Operating in reduced visibility | |
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Responding appropriately if you have an accident | |
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Arriving at a Dock Dealing with dockmasters | |
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Docking alongside a pier | |
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Entering a slip | |
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Anchoring Selecting an anchorage | |
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Using anchoring hand signals | |
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Using good anchoring technique | |
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Keeping watch at anchor | |
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Anchoring in tropical storms or hurricanes | |
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Retrieving an anchor | |
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Navigating and Communicating | |
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Understanding Coastal Piloting and Eyeball Navigation Using paper nautical charts | |
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Reading the bottom | |
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Using Marine Navigation Electronics Navigating by Gps | |
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Navigating by Loran-C | |
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Navigating by radar | |
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Navigating by knot meter - distance log | |
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Using Cruising Communications Using Vhf marine radio | |
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Using single-sideband marine radio | |
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Troubleshooting marine radios | |
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Predicti | |