If the Shoe Fits: The Adventures of a Reluctant Boatfrau

"Rae Ellen Lee's odyssey began in the bondocks of Montana, where she and her newly acquired husband Tom were restoring a nineteenth century brothel. They took a vacation to the Virgin Islands, fell in love with the Caribbean, and found their ambitions forever altered. Her husband apears to be an unusually decisive man, because a few months later they were living aboard an elderly Alberg cruiser in Bellingham, Washington, learning to sail and preparing the boat for the voyage south.

Lee's book is lots of fun to read, but it carries some valuable lessons for any would-be liveaboard. This is especially true if your spouse isn't as enthusiastic as you are, but is too dear to you to trade in on a more seaworthy model...A charming book, witty, beautifully observed, and above all, delightfully genuine." Living Aboard