Canary Islands Cruising Companion
Canary Islands Cruising Companion

Author: Marek Jurczyński

Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited

Published: 2022-10-10

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1912621592

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The Canary Islands are an idyllic cruising ground, either as a destination in their own right or for those on their way through the Atlantic. Winter charter is a popular option for Northern European sailors. This authoritative pilot guide offers the sailor a perfect handbook to the nine main islands, all 40 ports and 26 anchorages in this amazing archipelago. Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore, it is designed to help you make the most of your visit to this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages.The Canary Islands are an idyllic cruising ground, either as a destination in their own right or for those on their way through the Atlantic. Winter charter is a popular option for Northern European sailors. This authoritative pilot guide offers the sailor a perfect handbook to the nine main islands, all 40 ports and 26 anchorages in this amazing archipelago. Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore, it is designed to help you make the most of your visit to this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages.

Cruising Guide to the Canary Islands
Cruising Guide to the Canary Islands

Author: Oliver Solanas Heinrichs

Publisher: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781846238475

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This lively cruising guide to the Canary Islands, compiled by Oliver Solanas Heinrichs and Mike Westin, offers a useful combination of cruising information, sightseeing recommendations and tips from local sailors about the beautiful islands of this Spanish archipelago. Well researched texts give full detail of marinas and anchorages in a friendly and accessible style, with spectacular aerial photographs detailing the rugged volcanic scenery and black- and white-sand beaches of the islands of Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa. The authors' invaluable network of contacts has added an extra dimension, with tips and recommendations from locals. Imray's clear and informative plans include the usual pilotage information plus details of wind acceleration zones, useful facilities and attractions in the areas surrounding each harbour. A handy guide for those who want to explore the Canary Islands in depth or simply pass through on their way across the Atlantic.

North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion
North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion

Author: Peter Cumberlidge

Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1912621495

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The long-awaited update of this best-selling pilot guide covering the whole spectacular North Brittany coast, the Channel Islands and the fascinating harbours on the west side of the Cherbourg peninsula. Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore: an authoritative guide designed to help you make the most of your visit to this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages. Share Peter & Jane's joy of cruising in this fabulous area which has enabled them to create a text which will inspire and inform you and help you love the area as much as they do. Reading Peter's wonderful prose in advance of your cruise you will almost feel you are there already. When you do make landfall, you will be reassured by the pilotage descriptions which will give you the confidence to tackle even the most challenging approaches. And once you have berthed you will know where to head for that celebratory meal of incomparable French cuisine. And that's only the start of your cruise! This third edition is fully updated for publication and further updates are provided every Spring on the Fernhurst Books' website.

The RCC Pilotage Foundation Atlantic Crossing Guide
The RCC Pilotage Foundation Atlantic Crossing Guide

Author: Jane Russell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-02-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1408194457

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The Atlantic Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone planning an Atlantic passage in their own boat. It is described by Yachting World magazine as 'An invaluable mixture of planning manual and pilot book, and an essential investment if you're planning to cross the Pond.' From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication and provisioning to sources of regional weather information, hurricane tracks, currents and tides, departure and arrival ports, facilities on arrival and documentation required, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instill confidence in those about to depart. This is the definitive reference on the subject, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers crossing the Atlantic in both directions and packed with all the information they need. 'I cannot imagine setting sail without it' - SAIL magazine (US)

Turkey Cruising Companion
Turkey Cruising Companion

Author: Emma Watson

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2010-05-24

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780470721667

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CRUISING COMPANIONS Local knowledge ashore and afloat With hundreds of miles of unspoilt coastline, Turkey is one of the Mediterranean's mowt idyllic cruising grounds. As well as deserted bays and beaches there are an increasing number of purpose-built marinas offering a full range of services to the modern yachtsman. Skippers can choose between a starlit meal at a simple shore-side restaurant or the bright lights and bustle of one of Turkey's many historic ports. Covering the Mediterranean and Aegean coastline between Izmir and Antalya, the "Turkey Cruising Companion" is the essential pilot guide for anyone cruising the area. Emma Watson lives, works and sails in Turkey and draws on all her local knowledge and expertise to provide clear pilotage advice for a wealth of harbours and anchorages. There is also plenty of information on the facilities and shops. As well as history and culture, to ensure you make the most of your cruise or charter holiday. "Turkey Cruising Companion" incorporates superb photography and full colour harbour plans. It is easy to use for planning as well as being an essential onboard reference. PILOTAGE Clear pilotage directions and invaluable local knowledge COLOUR CHARTS Beautifully drawn to simplify harbour approaches PORT GUIDES Comprehensive information about local facilities, chandlers, boatyards and engineers, as well as where to shop WEATHER FORECASTS Full details of local forecasts RESTAURANT GUIDES The best meals and hidden gems WAYPOINTS Carefully selected approach and entrance waypoints

East Coast Rivers Cruising Companion
East Coast Rivers Cruising Companion

Author: Janet Harber

Publisher: Cruising Companions

Published: 2016-11

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781909911512

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20th edition of 'the East Coast yachtsman's bible'. Comprehensive pilotage directions complemented by port information and local knowledge. Illustrated throughout with updated charts and photos.

World Cruising Destinations
World Cruising Destinations

Author: Jimmy Cornell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-11-30

Total Pages: 1288

ISBN-13: 1472947460

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'What Jimmy Cornell doesn't know about cruising isn't worth knowing' - Yachting World One of the most influential cruising yachtsmen writing today, Jimmy Cornell has sailed over 200,000 miles on all the oceans of the world, including three circumnavigations and voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. His successful guide to sailing around the world, World Cruising Routes, has helped many aspirational voyagers turn their dreams into reality and follow in his footsteps. Here in its extensively revised edition is its partner, covering all the land-based essentials for cruisers. This substantial handbook profiles every cruising destination in the world, with information on cruising attractions, history, culture, climate(including average monthly temperatures and rainfall, plus tropical storm seasons), local laws, regulations and formalities, facilities available, plus public holidays and events, emergency telephone numbers, and much more. Everything the cruiser needs to know about. Lavishly illustrated throughout, it is not only a must-have onboard reference work for long distance sailors, but will undoubtedly inspire the adventurous to sail where they have never sailed before.

World Cruising Routes
World Cruising Routes

Author: Jimmy Cornell

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 1408158884

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A guide to nearly 1,000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors. It advises on the winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather, and optimum times for individual routes, plus over 6,000 waypoints.

How to Sail Around the World
How to Sail Around the World

Author: Hal Roth

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2003-10-20

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0071778721

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A new classic from one of the world's most respected sailing authors More than 35 years ago, Hal Roth quit his job as a journalist and went sailing. Since then, he's logged more than 200,000 sea miles. Along the way, Roth also has authored eight voyaging classics, including the 1978 bestseller After 50,000 Miles. Taking that book as its starting point, this handsome new volume incorporates the new technologies and discoveries of the last quarter century along with another 150,000 miles of experience. A compendium of mature, time-tested sea wisdom from one of the world's most respected sailing writers, How to Sail Around the World will tell the reader: How to choose and equip a sailboat for long-distance cruising, with an emphasis on simplicity and a modest budget How to plan and conduct a voyage anywhere in the world How to master the arts of navigation, anchoring, and daily life aboard in exotic places How to cope with storms at sea--the most complete and authoritative treatise on this critical topic ever published

A Sail of Two Idiots: 100+ Lessons and Laughs from a Non-Sailor Who Quit the Rat Race, Took the Helm, and Sailed to a New Life in the Caribbean
A Sail of Two Idiots: 100+ Lessons and Laughs from a Non-Sailor Who Quit the Rat Race, Took the Helm, and Sailed to a New Life in the Caribbean

Author: Renee Petrillo

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2012-04-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 007178246X

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“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing...” If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this first Renee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through the two had to learn everything the hard way. Despite themselves they managed to get from Miami to Grenada, eventually dropping the anchor of their cruising catamaran at the island of their dreams. Determined to save future sailors from themselves, A Sail of Two Idiots includes lessons Renee and Michael learned and shares them with you as examples of what and what not to do. This a how-to guide wrapped in a funny story—kind of like getting your serving of vegetables from a slice of pizza. Read this and make your dream of sailing away a reality. Includes: “What Broke?” sections explores the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of a cruising multihull "Island” section provide assessments of the islands of the Caribbean