The Cruising Guide to the New England Coast: Including the Hudson River Long Island Sound and the Coast of New Brunswick Twelfth Edition

About this book

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 bad 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 authorswho know these great cruising grounds as old friendsrelate the histories of the towns ports vessels lighthouses and even rocks youll encounter. Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout