Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 832 pages
- Published by: W. W. Norton & Company; 12th edition August 26, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0393048586
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393048582
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
- Weighs: 2.8 pounds
Product Description
Here, entirely updated, is the latest edition of the most complete, authoritative cruising guide to the northeastern coast. The bible for Eastern sailors and powerboaters for more than half a century has been thoroughly overhauled and expertly refitted. For the preparation of the twelfth edition, the authors visited nearly all the harbors, talked with harbormasters and marina owners, and reevaluated earlier judgments. The Guide tells you how to dodge terrible currents and edge around shoal water, and where to anchor and find essential services, including pump-out stations, fuel docks, and a hot shower. It notes channels and harbors that have been dredged or shoaled up; recently replaced buoys; and changes in marinas, boatyards, and other facilities. This guide is far more than a traditional cruising guide, providing valuable information on weather, tides, coastal geography and geology, fog, marine birds, animals, sea conditions, and even places of historical interest ashore. The authors-who know these great cruising grounds as old friends-relate the histories of the towns, ports, vessels, lighthouses, and even rocks you'll encounter. Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout.
About The Author
Robert C. Duncan has cruised throughout the New England and Maritime Canadian coasts with his father, co-author of the fifth through eleventh editions of the Guide.
Reader ReviewsWhile the cover for this book says 'Updated' and is labeled 12th edition, it appears to be a 2002 printing of a 1990 copyrighted texted. It describes the use of GPS briefly and refers to 'when it works, it is okay'. Obviously thepredates the bombing raids on Bagdad. The description of harbors is little changed from a 1978 printing but having visited some of these harbors in 2004, I found the names, phone numbers and parts of the onshore facilities' descriptions totally out of date. I returned mine...hope you find a more up-to-date reference.
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