The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California

Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-07-137464-4
Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

"An exceptional book."--SAILThe Definitive Guide for Sailors and PowerboatersThe coast of Central and Southern California offers some of the most extraordinary--and challenging--cruising in the world. Whether you're planning a cruise of the Channel Islands, a weekend on Catalina Island, or an offshore passage around Point Conception, you'll want expert guidance. The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California provides comprehensive coverage of all the anchorages and harbors from the Golden Gate Bridge to Ensenada, Mexico, including the offshore islands. It includes historical background, information on local weather and cruising conditions, passagemaking strategies for sailors and powerboaters, and photographs of all ports and anchorages as they appear from the water. Brian Fagan has sailed these waters for over thirty years and has visited every port and anchorage in the book, most of them many times. His Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California will give you all the information you need for a safe, comfortable, and spectacular cruise."One of the best cruising guides we have ever seen."--National Fisherman"This is the most complete set of sailing directions to come off the presses since the first coast surveys were attempted in the early 1800s."--SEA magazine

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fagan, Brian M

Fagan, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Schiffbau, Seeverkehr
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceBackgroundThe Fog Hangs OnWeather and WindPassagemaking StrategiesExploring Southern California Waters in Small CraftRegion 1. Golden Gate to Point ConceptionGolden Gate to San Simeon BayMorro Bay to Point Conception and Cojo AnchorageRegion 2. Santa Barbara Channel and the Northern Channel IslandsMainland: Cojo Anchorage to Santa BarbaraMainland: Santa Barbara to Point MuguSan Miguel and Santa Rosa IslandsSanta Cruz Island: North CoastSanta Cruz Island: South CoastAnacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and San Clemente IslandsRegion 3. Point Mugu to San Diego (Including Santa Catalina Island)Mainland: Point Mugu to Huntington HarborSanta Catalina IslandMainland: Newport Beach to Ensenada, MexicoIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Fagan, Brian
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Brian Fagan is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an internationally known archaeologist with more than thirty books to his credit. An avid sailor for four decades, Brian has sailed many thousands of miles in California, Europe, and the Caribbean.