Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Dream to Reality: Offshore Cruising Yachts Today Size; Draft; Multihulls; Displacement; Construction material; Safety; Interior; Essential features 2. The Driving Force: Rig, Rigging and Sails Rig; Sails; Furling gear; The ideal mainsail; Conclusions 3. Power to the People: Diesel Engines, Optimum Power and Reliability Optimum power; Fuel; Propellers; Reliability; Breakages 4. Gearing Up for a Blue Water Voyage: Ancillary Equipment for Offshore Cruising Autopilots; Windvanes; Outboard engines; Tenders; Ground tackle; Additional equipment 5. Taking the Guessing out of Navigation: Satellite Navigation, Electronics and Instrumentation Satellite navigation; Radar; Electronic charts and plotters 6. Keeping in Touch: E-mail, Radio and Satellite Communications Marine radios; Amateur radios; E-mail; The internet; Satellite communications; Cellular telephones; Conclusions 7. Dancing in the Moonlight: Offshore Routines--Watchkeeping, Electricity Generation and Consumption Watchkeeping; Lights at night; Electricity consumption and generation; Conclusions 8.

Give Us Our Daily Bread: Provisioning, Refrigeration and Water Provisioning; Water and watermakers; Refrigeration; Cooking fuel; Diving; Fishing; Photography 9. Better Safe than Sorry: Piracy, Firearms, Collisions, Abandoning Ship The unknown; Piracy; Onboard safety; Firearms; Collisions; Abandoning ship; Conclusions 10. Only the Wind Is Free: The Practical Side of the Cruising Life Finances; Cruising in stages; Pets; Conclusions 11. The Human Factor: Psychological Aspects of Life Afloat Taking on crew; Crew size; Cruising couples; The age factor; Cruising with children; Expectations; Conclusions 12. The Female Angle: Women Have Their Say in the Sailing Women Survey The decision to go; Division of labour; Onboard chores; Emergencies; Life afloat; Advice to women/men 13. What Can Go Wrong? Medical Emergencies and Equipment Failures Seasickness; Medical emergencies; First aid; Medicine chest; Equipment breakages; Lessons to others 14. Where on Earth Are They Sailing? Worldwide Yacht Movement and Statistics North Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea; South Atlantic; North Pacific; South Pacific; Indian Ocean; Current trends 15. Looking into a Crystal Ball: Global Cruising Survey on the Future of Cruising Appendices 1.

List of surveys, 1978 - 2002 2. Table of skippers in the Global Cruising Survey, details of their current yachts, and essential features of their ideal yachts 3. Recommended medicine chest (Peter Noble) 4. Millennium Odyssey outline and breakages report 5. Description of Aventura III Index.