This is a "how-to" book, packed with information to help you go beachcruising and/or coastal camping, no matter what your level of expertise may be. This book includes everything you need to know about selecting a beachcruising boat, where to beachcruise, how to make camp, what gear to buy, and more, including how to go cruising and camping at low cost. Ida Little has beachcruised and coastal camped full time for 20 years (in a variety of boats) and has observed what other cruisers and campers were doing. She shares her knowledge and adventures with you. In this book, "beachcruising" means cruising a small boat along a coast with the intention of camping ashore. Though it is possible to use 50-foot schooners to go beachcruising, this book focuses on small sailboats that are light enough to be lifted or rolled ashore, and sailboats under 30 feet which are designed to dry out flat on an ebb tide. This book elaborates upon the unique aspects of camping that apply to boating.

Comprehensive, visually descriptive information on the forty-three best beach and coastal campgrounds, from Maryland to the Texas-Mexico border, is provided in this guide that vividly describes each site and its amenities, as well as nearby attractions, local flora and fauna, things to see and do, historical tours, outdoor activities, and more. Original.

The first anthology for small-boat enthusiasts -- fiction and essays on sailboats, canoes, rowboats, and kayaks.

'You will venture into the fringes of the wilderness with the minimum of simple gear, to live with it on its own terms. You will know that one of the sure ways to contentment in this life is a small boat, a fair wind, and a new coast to explore.' Dinghy cruising is a wonderful way to experience nature and new coastlines at close quarters and low cost. Sailing where larger boats cannot reach and sleeping under canvas onboard or ashore, this is boating taken right back to the basics, and all the better for that. This guide, updated and expanded for its second edition, is invaluable for all aspiring or already-enthusiastic dinghy cruisers, showing how to get started and how to expand your horizons. The information and advice is interwoven with wonderfully evocative stories of the author's adventures afloat, from idyllic weeks pottering around secluded rivers and coastlines to hair-raising voyages to remote islands. The text covers: finding a good boat; fitting out for daysailing; boatcraft under engine and oar; mooring and anchoring; preparing for open water; out at sea; coastal navigation; dinghy homemaking; keeping comfortable and safe. And for this new edition, an account of the author's first capsize, new material on electronics and clothing, and more information on boat designs. Illustrated throughout with inspirational colour photos and helpful illustrations, this book shows just why small boats are the perfect passport to remote and beautiful places.

This practical book by the noted outdoor authors Janet and Gordon Groene addresses the owners of small boats who are tempted by the prospects of camping or family overnighting on or near the water. This book applies equally to small sail and powerboat owners as well as tothose who perfer canoes or rafts since it focuses mainly on the unique aspects of boat camping and outdoor living.

A year at the beach at Thornhill-Broome State Beach Campground is a photographic essay on what it is like to spend an entire year there as State Parks Department Camphosts. Visually stunning and showing all the glory of the beach in the Malibu Sector, this book captures the essence of the beach experience!