The Book Locker: Off the Beaten Track

Sea Cortez Cruisers Guidebook 4th

You’ve cruised Georgian Bay, Desolation Sound and The Thousand Islands. You’ve been to the BVI and Sint Maarten. But there are worlds to conquer. Our Book Locker this time is filled with books on places you may not have thought of.

May 24, 2023

You’ve cruised Georgian Bay, Desolation Sound and The Thousand Islands. You’ve been to the BVI and Sint Maarten. But there are worlds to conquer. Our Book Locker this time is filled with books on places you may not have thought of.

 

Canal du MidiThe Canal du Midi: A Cruiser’s Guide
by Kiessler, Bernd W.
CAD $29.95
Provides cruising and background info on the Canal which joins the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, plus distance maps of each stage showing locks, bridges and yacht havens, and photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sea of Cortez: A Cruiser’s Guidebook
by Breeding, Shawn & Heather Bansmer
CAD $87.95
4th ed. A comprehensive guide detailing the remote and pristine anchorages of the Baja peninsula and Mexican mainland within the Sea of Cortez. The harbors and anchorages listed in this guide are illustrated with over 100 GPS accurate chartlets, derived from satellite photography and first-hand exploration. GPS waypoints, along with prime anchorage locations, accompany each chartlet. Important cruising information such as weather, HAM and SSB radio nets, customs and immigration information, marina locations and layouts, fuel availablity, boat haulout facilities and marine chandleries are among many of the features detailed throughout this guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adriatic Pilot 8th EdAdriatic Pilot: Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro
by Thompson, Trevor & Dinah Thompson
CAD $109.95
8th ed. Covers the Adriatic from Albania via Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia to Trieste, Venice, and along the eastern coast of Italy to Brindisi. The only English guide to the Venice lagoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cruising Guide NewfoundlandThe Cruising Guide to Newfoundland
by Cruising Club Of America
Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 1customer rating
CAD $103.95
2nd ed. Written and illustrated by cruisers with many years of expertise in Newfoundland waters. Includes conditions and details for virtually all 300 harbours as well as chartlets and sketch charts. Includes a recommended cruise itinerary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orkney and ShetlandCCC Sailing Directions: Orkney and Shetland Islands
by MacLeod, Barbara & Iain MacLeod
CAD $88.95
2nd ed. This guide to Orkney and Shetland includes North & Northeast Scotland. It also covers the ‘jumping off’ harbours on the south side of the Pentland Firth and the mainland coast of Scotland between Inverness and Cape Wrath. The section on the north coast of Scotland draws on work previously published from Martin Lawrence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlie’s Charts of Polynesia

by Scott, Holly & Jo Russell

CAD $67.95

8th ed. A cruising guide with detailed sketch charts and information. Includes weather, piloting and routing considerations, customs, dangers, garbage disposal, and more. Covers the South Pacific east of 165 W. Longitude, including the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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