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C R U I S I N G G U I D E S
If you're planning a cruise to a part of the world where you've never pointed your vessel, then
this list of recommended Cruising Guides will be your mate. Choose from our growing collection of
regional guides and keep the books onboard for whatever direction your rudder takes you. Happy
Cruising!
| Good Cruising:
Illustrated Essentials |
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If you're a boat owner who
wants a quick-reference, how-to guide to coastal and inland cruising, this practical and
down-to-earth advice is for you. The authors outline and dissect every situation you are likely to
encounter while taking day trips and doing coastal cruising. They cover everything you need to get
started: Reading and understanding charts; Plotting a course; Anchoring and docking safely;
Negotiating traffic; Watching the weather; Communicating with boats and shore; Avoiding hazards,
and much more. The book presents the basics first, followed by hard-to-come-by nuggets of wisdom
and invaluable hints and tips. Tightly focused and utterly noninimidating, this is the most
practical and accessible guide for the vast majority of everyday cruising boaters. |
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| Bluewater Cruising
Guide |
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More and more people are
taking off on their cruising boats for a few months or even a year's trip. After they've tasted the
cruising lifestyle, prepared and equipped their boats, and developed some experience, many cruisers
begin to dream of voyaging further afield-maybe even attempting a circumnavigation. They want and
need specific information on how to prepare themselves and their boats for this vast
undertaking.
This book should appeal to all those who've been buying World Cruising Routes and the classic
Cruising Under Sail. This book updates much of the information found in the latter
book. |
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| Cruising Guide to Eastern
Florida |
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Hailed by sailors as the
standard and best guide on the subject. In this updated third edition, the reader will find
firsthand information on water and port conditions including navigation depths and dockside
facilities. The author also includes the history and folklore of the area, and recommends
restaurants and shoreside attractions.
Young has personally checked every item out. Best of all, it is in the inimitable style of
Claiborne Young. Sailors have come to trust his as the last word on the subject of cruising the
balmy coast of Eastern Florida. |
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| Cruising Guide to Western
Florida |
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The "International Angler"
says that this guide "provides a wealth of information for visitors". From Pine Island Sound to
Gasparilla Island and Cabbage Key, the thoroughly updated guide describes the splendor of the
Withlacoochee, the Steinhatchee, and the immortal Suwanee rivers in the Big Bend area, the Ten
Thousand Islands down south, and the Intracoastal Waterway in between.
This book is a critical, accurate, and comprehensive guide to these waters. It is thoroughly
researched and updated firsthand by the author, "Cruising Guide to Western Florida: Fourth Edition"
is the most detailed source available on the facilities and waters of the Sunshine State's western
shore. |
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| Cruising Guide
to the Northern Gulf |
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Called "a fine new
guidebook, a bona fide keeper" by "Sailing" magazine, this guide offers thorough information on
everything from the Pensacola Lighthouse in Florida to Tin Lizzie's restaurant in Louisiana. The
thorough marina information is sure to make any scheduled stop a pleasant one.
"Young's warm and conversational writing style gives even a landlubber a comfortable trip through
the navigational intricacies of sailing the coastal waters enroute to the shoreside attractions
that beckon all travelers." For the boating enthusiast, this volume is invaluable as an
interesting, unique, and thorough guide to the uncommon waters that stretch from Florida to
Louisiana. |
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