Exploring the Pacific Coast, 2nd Ed.
Exploring the Pacific Coast, 2nd Ed.
by Don Douglass and Reanne Hemingway Douglass
The Exploring the Pacific Coast, 2nd Edition contains recently researched information of all the places to tie up or anchor your boat from the Mexican border to Seattle. Over 500 of the best marinas and anchor sites are detailed with chart numbers, GPS waypoints, entrance and harbor diagrams, as well as specific information on marinas, complete with phone numbers and websites. The entrance bars of the northern coast are detailed with Proven Cruising Routes, numerous aerial photographs and key local knowledge. Covered in exacting detail are all the boating areas: San Diego to Santa Barbara, every anchor site in the outstanding Channel Islands, the greater SF Bay Area, the lower Columbia River, and the greater Puget Sound. Every gunkhole along the entire Pacific Coast offering temporary or overnight shelter is documented, including attractions in the San Juan Islands and lower British Columbia. Also included are excerpts from the Coast Pilot, first-hand accounts of Fine Edge research trips on Baidarka and significant contributions by well-known cruising experts Bob and Carolyn Mehaffy, Ann Kinner, Roderick Nash, Kevin Monahan and Michelle and Jerry Gaylord. With the local knowledge in this breakthrough guidebook, the entire Pacific Coast becomes “local boating”. Nearly every boater can now plan coastal day trips or a voyage up the coast to Alaska or down to Mexico.
“For anyone thinking of cruising anywhere along the Pacific Coast this guide is a must have.”
Bob Bitchin,
Publisher Latitudes & Attitudes
ISBN: 9781932310221
Updates:
Page 57: Laguna Point to Point Conception Diagram
Destination Waypoint for CA130 should be CA130 (Ca162 & CA129)
Page 108: Northern Channel Islands Diagram, please correct the longitude coordinate for CA181, 119° 16.83'W
Page 160: Cardwell Point Coast Pilot Excert, 34 01'06"N, 120 17'24"W
Page 266: San Francisco to Fort Bragg diagram, Waypoint CA423 label appearing in waypoint listing is incorrect, should be CA423a 3°17.88'N, 123°03.09'W
Page 267: Farallon Islands, the latitude for mid Farallon Island is: 37°43.71'N
Page 373: Cape Kiwanda and Haystack Rock, Buoy "CK" is incorrectly referred to as buoy R"2" in the last sentence of the text. Please correct the coordinate for Buoy "CK" position to: 45°12.93'N, 123°59.56'W
Page 387: Columbia River to Neah Bay. The diagram on Page 387 has a drafting error on the route around the tip of Tatoosh Island for the extension of the Bluewater Route. The information is correct on the large-scale diagram for this route on Page 426.
Page 431: Neah Bay to Port Townsend, the diagram on page 431 has a drafting error on the route from Neah Bay to Tatoosh Island. The information on the large-scale diagram on page 426 is correct for this route.
Page 474: Poulsbo Marina monitors VHF66A
Pacific Coast Planning Map South (Folded)
Pacific Coast Planning Map South (Folded)
San Diego/Ensenada to Fort Bragg
by Fine Edge Publishing
Our Pacific Coast Route Planning Maps are a new concept to allow a birds eye view of a large area of coastline in one view.
The map includes 500 places to tie up and anchor with three of our Proven Cruising Route (c) – Offshore, Express and our “one foot on the beach”, harbor hopping inshore route. All major place names are alphabetically indexed on the southern and northern portions of this FULL COLOR two-map series. Descriptions include geographical locations, nautical chart numbers, and nearly 6,000 GPS waypoints. This will help you locate all the named places, as well as hundreds of other coves on each map.
Unfolded, the map measures 24″ x 65″ and accordion folded measures 12″ x 5″. It comes in a color-printed storage jacket that features distance tables.
Pacific Coast Planning Map North (Laminated)
Pacific Coast Planning Map North (Laminated)
Fort Bragg to Seattle/Vancouver
by Fine Edge Publishing
Our Pacific Coast Route Planning Maps are a new concept to allow a birds eye view of a large area of coastline in one view.
The map includes 500 places to tie up and anchor with three of our Proven Cruising Route (c) – Offshore, Express and our “one foot on the beach”, harbor hopping inshore route. All major place names are alphabetically indexed on the southern and northern portions of this FULL COLOR two-map series. Descriptions include geographical locations, nautical chart numbers, and nearly 6,000 GPS waypoints. This will help you locate all the named places, as well as hundreds of other coves on each map.Unfolded, the map measures 24″ x 65″
Pacific Coast Planning Map South (Laminated)
Pacific Coast Planning Map South (Laminated)
South Portion – San Diego/Ensenada to Fort Bragg
by Fine Edge Publishing
Our Pacific Coast Route Planning Maps are a new concept to allow a birds eye view of a large area of coastline in one view.
The map includes 500 places to tie up and anchor with three of our Proven Cruising Route (c) – Offshore, Express and our “one foot on the beach”, harbor hopping inshore route. All major place names are alphabetically indexed on the southern and northern portions of this FULL COLOR two-map series. Descriptions include geographical locations, nautical chart numbers, and nearly 6,000 GPS waypoints. This will help you locate all the named places, as well as hundreds of other coves on each map.
Unfolded, the map measures 24″ x 65″ and accordion folded measures 12″ x 5″. It comes in a color-printed storage jacket that features distance tables.
GPS Instant Navigation
GPS Instant Navigation
by Kevin Monahan
In this clear, well-illustrated manual to the Global Positioning System, mariners will find simple solutions to navigational problems. Monahan is a Canadian Coast Guard officer with over 20 years’ experience cruising the Inside Passage. Douglass has logged over 150,000 miles cruising from 60°N to 56°S. Includes 150 detailed diagrams, which graphically illustrate the many ways you can use GPS to solve classic piloting and navigation problems. This book introduces the novice to the basics of instant navigation and carries him to advanced techniques of error reduction, electronic charting, and navigation software.
The second edition of the best-selling GPS Instant Navigation is completely updated and explains the new GPS accuracy standard. It also contains chapters on electronic charting and trouble shooting.
Marine Radar Handbook
by Erik Skovgaard
Radar technology is presently undergoing rapid development. This book describes the old as well as the new radar products and how they work from a user’s perspective. It covers how to adjust the radar for best performance to enhance the detection of weak targets. Also covered is the proper use of rain clutter and sea state settings.
It explains simple radar plotting to allow you to determine the closest point of approach (CPA) and the time of closest approach (TCPA). Interfacing with other devices such as AIS, heading sensor, and GPS is described to enable users to choose the preferred display mode.
An appendix lists the common adjustments as a quick guide to using the radar.
Marine AIS & DSC Handbook
Marine AIS & DSC Handbook
by Erik Skovgaard
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is growing rapidly in popularity. This book provides you with a detailed look at what AIS is and how it works. Equally important, it discusses the limitations of AIS that any navigator should be aware of. If you are planning on buying an AIS transponder or if you already own one, this book is for you.
New AIS devices and services, such as Synthetic and Virtual Aids to Navigation, AIS Man Over Board (MOB) and Satellite AIS are described in detail.
Digital Selective Calling is now available on all fixed-mount VHF radios. This book covers the user benefits and explains the capabilities of the different classes of DSC.
Depthfinders: A Guide to Finding & Catching More Fish
Depthfinders: A Guide to Finding & Catching More Fish
Depthfinders are invaluable fishing tools, but how do you pick the right one? Color or black & white, single or dual frequency, power and transponders, monitor size - these are just a few of things you need to consider before you buy. Then how do you maximize its benefits to catch more fish?
Depthfinders is packed with all the information you need to buy, mount, use, read, and maintain your fish finder. Troubleshooting sections on noise, batteries, cables, power, software, and more. A depthfinder will help you find more fish, Depthfinders will help you catch them!
6 x 9 Inches, 134 Pages, All-color
978-1571885210
Arctic Odyssey
Arctic Odyssey
by Len Sherman
In a time when corporate sponsorship and media hype dull our senses, we find it satisfying to know that three Canadian friends can each put $400 into a food kitty and sail off in a 27-foot homemade boat to do what most arctic explorers would consider unthinkable. Strong-willed Captain Winston Bushnell designed and built his steel sloop, Dove III, then set forth, not on a whim, but on a carefully-planned voyage through the famed Northwest Passage. This world circumnavigator brought his boat and crew through the icy waters, making them the fourth yacht in history to transit the Passage in a single season. Only 57 vessels have ever completed the Northwest Passage.
With this superior feat of seamanship and daring, Dove’s captain and crew-Bushnell, George Hone, and Len Sherman-have joined a select group of arctic yachtsmen led by Willy de Roos, who sailed in 1977 from a point on the Arctic Circle off Greenland to the Arctic Circle off Alaska, a distance of 4,000 nautical miles-the first single-season transit.
ISBN: 9780938665632
Sea Stories of the Inside Passage
ISBN: 9780938665472
Personal stories that capture the essence and flavor of the Inside Passage by the author of Far-Away Places, Prince Rupert resident Iain Lawrence. Readers will identify with Iain and his mate, Kristin, as they explore secluded passages and anchor sites in their small cutter. They rescue a tiny orphaned seal, sail alongside an inquisitive porpoise, cheer for salmon struggling to reach their natal waters, meet a saintly old sailor, or shrink with embarrassment on hearing the tantrums of an arrogant skipper. The stories, written with sympathy, feeling, and humor, each stand alone and can be read aloud for pleasure at anchor, around a campfire, or at home in an armchair.
Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia
Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia
by Betty O’Keefe and Ian MacDonald
This story explores the heroic efforts of those who answered the SOS, at first to save and later to recover the bodies of those lost. The Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia recreates the human drama that unfolded off Vanderbuilt Reef in the Lynn Canal between Skagway and Juneau, Alaska in 1918.
Seasoned writers of West Coast history and contemporary issues, O’Keefe and Macdonald tackle questions that still linger eighty years later. Was the resulting inquiry a bureaucratic whitewash? Was the real cause of the wreck “peril at sea?” With such a death toll, why was so little ever written about the sinking? Was it because, unlike the Titanic, there were no survivors of the Princess Sophia?
ISBN: 9780938665618