Beach Cruising With Small Sailboats
The term "Beach Cruising" is where you take a small sailboat, pull her up on a beach somewhere and camp there on the beach. There is another term that is sort of related called "Stealth Camping" which usually refers to camping ashore in a hidden manner and in a location that you might not have permission to be at. The most common place I hear about stealth camping is in Florida during the Everglades Challenge.
Warning: When beaching your boat, make sure to pull her up the beach a bit and deploy an anchor. Power boats and barges will pass by in the night and toss waves onto shore which can jostle loose your boat and she will quietly float away while you sleep. Personally, when I beach cruise my puddle duck, I sleep inside the hull while she is pulled up on the beach.
Beachcruising and Coastal Camping
This book really gave me the perspective of the similarities between backpacking and small boat adventuring. A small boat can carry many more supplies than a backpack can and you can goto locations with a boat that most people can't travel to on foot. The book expands on this philosophy and describes adventures they have been on and the book also has numerous techniques and tips.
Tom Brown's Field Guide To Survival
If you are going to spend the night on the beach it is neat to know how to make a proper camp fire and cook over it and do some other fun stuff borrowed from the survival enthusiast world. Tom Brown's Field Guide is full of great techniques that you can use while out camping.
Small Boats on Green Waters: A Treasury of Good Reading on Coastal and Inland Cruising
Dinghy Cruising
Flotsam and Jetsam: The Collected Adventures, Opinions, and Wisdom from a Life Spent Messing About in Boats
Beachcruising: An Illustrated Guide to the Boats, Gear, Navigation Techniques, Cuisine, and Comforts of Small Boat Cruising
Sailing Big On A Small Sailboat
Sailing on a Micro-Budget
The ABCs of Boat Camping
Boat and Canoe Camping in the Everglades Backcountry
Camping by boat: Powerboat, sailboat, canoe, raft
Canoe Camping: An Introductory Guide
Roughing It Elegantly: A Practical Guide to Canoe Camping
Dinghy Cruising
Open Boat Cruising
Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere
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