This guide compiles a list of about 70 recommended sailing destinations around the world, by sailors, travel writers, and editors. Entries describe the region and list best cruising months, local languages and currency, average temperature and prevailing wind, ratings on navigational difficulty, family friendliness, and facilities for diving, dining, and sightseeing, and relevant Admiralty charts. Destinations include the Mediterranean, Western Europe and the North Atlantic Islands, the Caribbean, North America, the Pacific, and Australasia and the Far East. Maps and color photos are included. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A flotilla of talented sailors reveal their favorite sailing destinations worldwide. Each entry includes maps, practical information, and gorgeous photos.
Essential Sailing Destinations brings together a flotilla of talented sailors who have lived the dream and between them sailed in practically every corner of the globe. They reveal their favorite sailing destinations and provide expert advice for less experienced sailors.
Essential Sailing Destinations explores a wide and varied range of sailing areas, including the multicultural Mediterranean; the havens, rivers, and bays of America's East Coast; and the balmy seas of Australasia and the Indian Ocean, peppered with some of the world's most stunning archipelagos.
Each entry includes a locator map and useful at-a-glance information, including best crusing months, local languages and currency. Destinations are rated as to navigational difficulty, family friendliness, facilities for diving, shoreside eating, and sightseeing.
"In essence, this is a richly illustrated sailing-specific guide book. The color photos are great and will definitely whet the appetite. But the text entries, which come from some of the world's best known boating writers, will make you even hungrier for adventure....All you need to do is add water!"--Yachting
