​Waggoner Resources and Supplemental Reading

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Waggoner Cruising Guides

1. Waggoner Cruising Guide (Olympia, WA to Ketchikan, AK)

1. Cruising the Secret Coast, Unexplored Anchorages on British Columbia’s Inside Passage

 
Exploring Series  by Don Douglass & Reanne Hemingway-Douglass

1. Exploring the NorthCoast of British Columbia
2. Exploring the Pacific Coast, San Diego to Seattle
3. Exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands
4. Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia
5. Exploring Southeast Alaska

1. Exploring Vancouver Island’s West Coast

 
Dreamspeaker Series by Ann & Laurence Yeadon-Jones

1. Desolation Sound & the Discovery Islands
2. Gulf Islands & Vancouver Island
3. The Broughtons and Vancouver Island, Kelsey Bay to Port Hardy
4. The San Juan Islands
5. The West Coast of Vancouver Island
6. Puget Sound, A Boater’s Guide

1. Vancouver, Howe Sound & the Sunshine Coast

 
Peter Vassilopoulos Series

1. Anchorages and Marine Parks (Pacific Northwest, starting from San Juan’s north)
2. Broughton Islands, North of Desolation Sound to Beyond Cape Caution
3. Cruising Desolation Sound, Desolation and the Discovery Islands of B.C.
4. Cruising the Gulf Islands, Southeast Vancouver Is. and the Fabulous Gulf Islands
5. Cruising the Inside Passages, Puget Sound to Alaska (pictorial)
6. Cruising the Sunshine Coast (Vanc., Fraser River, Indian Arm, Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast) 
7. Docks and Destinations (Pacific Northwest, starting from Puget Sound north)

1. Oops! Boating’s Close Encounters and Other Awkward Moments

 
Other Boating Guidebooks

1. Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage by Anne Vipond & William Kelly

1. San Juan Islands (anchorages and marinas) by Shawn Breeding & Heather Bansmer

 
Reference Material

1. Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest A Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest by Tony Greenfield
2. Afoot & Afloat San Juan Islands, 4th Ed. and other A Foot & Afloat Series – North Puget Sound; South Puget Sound
3. Cruising Atlas for the Northwest Waters, Evergreen Pacific Publishing (chart book)
4. Current Atlas, Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia (CN Government Publication)
5. Exploring Alaska & British Columbia, Evergreen Pacific Publishing (chart book)
6. Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands Map (International Travel Maps)
7. Hiking the Gulf Islands of British Columbia by Charles Kahn
8. Local knowledge, A Skipper’s Reference (includes distance tables) by Kevin Monahan
9. Nautical and Recreational Planning Maps: Broughtons; Desolation; San Juan & Gulf Islands
10. Pacific Seaweeds by Louis Druehl & Bridgette Clarkston
11. Ports and Passes (Tides & Currents for WA, B.C., and Southeast AK)
12. The Inside Passage Route Planning Map – South
13. The Inside Passage Route Planning Map - North
14. Waggoner Tables for Current Atlas (Juan de Fuca to Strait of Georgia)

 
Maintenance Resources

1. Boat Maintenance the Essential Guide to Cleaning, Painting, Cosmetics by William Burr Jr.
2. Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual by Nigel Calder
3. Essential Boat Electrics by Pat Manley
4. Marine Diesel Engines Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairs by Nigel Calder
5. Simple Boat Maintenance for Yachts & Motorboats by Pat Manley

1. The Big Book of Wooden Boat Restoration by Thomas Larsson

 
How-To Books

1. Celestial Navigation by Tom Cunliffe
2. Epoxy Basics, Working with Epoxy Cleanly & Efficiently by Russell Brown
3. Mainsail Trimming by Felix Marks
4. MotorBoating Start to Finish by Barry Pickthall
5. Navigation, a newcomer’s guide by Sara Hopkinson
6. The Complete Sea Kayaker's Handbook by Shelley Johnson
7. The Complete Riggers Apprentice by Brion Toss
8. The Complete Sailor, Learning the Art of Sailing by David Seidman
9. Morrow Guide To Knots, a Collins Reference
10. The Sailor’s Book of the Weather by Simon Keeling
11. The Splicing Handbook by Barbara Merry with John Darwin
12. The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots by Geoffrey Budworth

 
Fishing

1. Alaska Blues, A Story of Freedom, Risk, Living Your Dream by Joe Upton
2. Bering Sea Blues, A Crabber’s Tale of Fear in the Icy North by Joe Upton
3. Complete Guide to Fresh and Saltwater Fishing by Vin Sparano
4. Float-Fishing for Salmon & Steelhead by Terry Wiest
5. Hooked, True Stories of Obsession, Love, and Death by Leslie Leyland Fields
6. How to Catch Bottom Fish by Charlie White
7. How to Catch Crabs by Charlie White
8. How to Catch Shellfish by Charlie White
9. Island Halibut Fisherman by Robert Jones and Larry Stefanyk
10. Island Salmon Fisherman by Robert Jones and Larry Stefanyk
11. Maximum Salmon Fishing the West Coast by D. C. Reid
12. Saltwater Fishing Rigs & Knots by Larry

 
Supplemental Reading-Early Explorers

1. Captain Cook in Alaska and the North Pacific by James Barnett
2. Over the Edge of the World (Magellan’s Circumnavigation) by Laurence Bergreen
3. The Graveyard of the PacificThe Graveyard of The Pacific, Shipwreck Tales from the Depths of History by Anthony Dalton
4. The Hidden Journals of Captain Vancouver & His Mapmaker by Wade Baker & Mary Tasi
5. The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake 1577-1580 by Samuel Bawlf
6. The Spanish on the Northwest Coast for Glory, God, and Gain by Rosemary Neering
7. Where Fate Beckons, the Life of Jean-Francois de La Perouse by John Dunmore

1. Where the Sea Breaks its Back The Epic Story (Vitus Bering) by Corey Ford & Lois Darling

 
Supplemental Reading-History/Adventure

1. Accidental Eden, Hippie Days on Lasqueti Island by Douglas Hamilton & Darlene Olesko
2. Brother XII The Strange Odyssey of a 20th-Century Prophet by John Oliphant
3. Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name by David Buerge
4. Desolation Sound, A History by Heather Harbord
5. Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia, Did they all have to die? By Betty O’Keefe & Ian Macdonald
6. Haida Gwaii, A Guide to BC’s Islands of The People by Dennis Horwood
7. Hub City Nanaimo 1886-1920 by Jan Peterson
8. Ozette: Excavating a Makah Whaling Village by Ruth Kirk and Meredith Parker
9. Passage to Alaska by Tim Lydon
10. Rain People The Story of Ocean Falls by Bruce Ramsey
11. Sea Stories of the Inside Passage by Iain Laurence
12. Sointula Island Utopia by Paula Wild
13. Tranquility A Memoir of An American Sailor by Billy Sparrow 
14. The Golden Spruce A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant
15. The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay by Mike Vouri
16. Time, Tide, and Timber over a century of Pope & Talbot by Edwin Coman and Helen Gibbs
17. Through The Rapids: The History of Princess Louisa Inlet by Charles Hitz
18. Town on The Sound, Stories of Steilacoom (Steilacoom Historical Museum Association)
19. Washington Lighthouses by Sharlene & Ted Nelson
20. White Slaves of Maquinna John R Jewitt’s Narrative of Capture and Confinement at Nootka

 
Supplemental Reading-Pioneer Days/Memoirs

1. Challenge the Wilderness by George Tomlinson with Judith Young
2. Destination Cortez Island, a sailor’s life along the BC coast by June Cameron
   
3. Full Moon Flood Tide Bill Proctor’s Raincoast by Bill Proctor and Yvonne Maximchuk
   
4. Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon, Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge by Pat Ardley
5. Jedediah Days One Woman’s Island Paradise by Mary Palmer
6. Light Years Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper by Caroline Woodward
7. The Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchet
8. The History of Stuart Island by James Bergquist
9. The Inlet: Memoirs of a Modern Pioneer by Helen Piddington

1. Tide Rips & Back Eddies Bill Proctor’s Tales of Blackfish Sound by Proctor & Maximchuk