The Pacific Crossing Guide
RCC Pilotage Foundation with Ocean Cruising Club
Adlard Coles Nautical (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2011
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-4081-1381-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart. This is the definitive reference on the subject, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers
This edition has been updated to include new developments in communications, new sources of weather information, changes in transiting the Panama Canal, as well as new photos.
`The definitive work on Pacific crossings' Cruising
`A magnum opus of excellence' Flying Fish
This edition has been updated to include new developments in communications, new sources of weather information, changes in transiting the Panama Canal, as well as new photos.
`The definitive work on Pacific crossings' Cruising
`A magnum opus of excellence' Flying Fish
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Edition
reprinted with amendments
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Hardback (stationery)
Illustrations
75 color maps + 40 photos
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-1381-3 (9781408113813)
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Persons
Michael Pocock and his wife spent three and a half years cruising in the Pacific as part of an unhurried circumnavigation. They sailed over 20,000 miles within the Pacific visiting countless islands. Ros Hogbin is a writer and journalist who has recently returned from a 3-year circumnavigation with her husband on their Nicolson 43. She has written on cruising and racing for Sailing Today and Yachting World.