Cruise-Mo Quiz #1: What Is Cruising?

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This quiz is at the beginning of Take Her Sailing Cruising Series Booklet #1, "Cruising on a Boat: Joining the World's Largest Village."

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As with all the Cruise-Mo quizzes, I recommend that you print out two copies of this page, and that you and your partner fill out answers for each statement independently. I suggest that you then sit down together and compare answers. Are there no differences? A few differences? A lot? This and the quizzes in my other ebooklets will not only help you clarify your own views on aspects of cruising—they can also reflect differences between your ideas and expectations and those of your partner. Failure to accommodate those differences can spell failure for your cruising plans.

Each statement below cites some commonly-held view of what cruising is.

Which do you think are true? Which false?

_______	We’re not really cruising until we’re on the boat full time.

_______	We’re not really cruising until we’ve left our home dock for an extended period.

_______	Cruising means crossing oceans.

_______	Cruising means going long distances.

_______	Cruising means quitting work and living off our savings for the duration of the trip.

_______	Cruising will cost less than it did to live tethered to land.

_______	We will be out of touch with family and friends for most of the trip.

_______	We will spend most of our time underway.

_______	Cruising will be very different from the way we are living now.

_______	Cruising will be one of the most satisfying experiences we've ever had.

Quiz Answers (According to Trish)

As far as I’m concerned, the answer to every single one of the quiz statements is "not necessarily." There is no absolute definition of cruising.

The answers you gave are a good indication of how you view cruising, and will serve as a starting point for defining how your own residence in the "world’s largest village" will take shape.

I go through each quiz statement in detail in my ebooklet, "Cruising on a Boat: Joining the World's Largest Village."

By the time you finish reading this booklet, you will have clarified your own definition of cruising. This will help you with next steps: preparing to prepare, buying a boat, fitting her out, continually honing your skills, and planning your itinerary.

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