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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 | |