Description

Name: Charlie's Charts North to Alaska 6th Ed.
Brand: Margo Wood
SKU: BAN030

Victoria, B.C. to Glacier Bay, Alaska by Charles E. and Margo Wood This guide starts in Victoria, B.C. providing cruising information leading, sailor along the Inside Passage to Glacier Bay, Alaska. It is divided into eight sections with full-color photographs and a sketched chart indicating marinas or anchorages where, cruising boat with speed of a knots can find moorage as it travels along the coast. Each location has a detailed sketch and description of a safe approach, recommended anchorage areand shore facilities. Crucial portions such as the transit of passes and the passage of Cape Caution are given particular attention with guidelines for timing and recommended routes. customized weather map provides excellent information. For cruisers unable to make the entire trip to Alaska shorter trips to spectacular areas on the coast are described such as to Princess Louisa Inlet, Desolation Sound, Greenway Sound, Fiordland Recreation Area, Kitimat and the Kitlope. Spiralbound. 1/2", 11". 249 pgs. 2007. "If you're going north this coming year, don't even think about leaving without this book. It is one you can't do without. It also is a great book to keep around the house to answer all those questions that come up when you're planning, cruise to Alaska." Review by Richard W. Hammond in Northwest Yachting, January 2001

Specifications

Features of this guide include:

Overview planning chart of the Gulf Islands
Overview planning chart of Broughton Archipelago to Drury Inlet and Minstrel Island
Fuel facilities seen at a glance on every "chart" F
Pump-out stations identified on every "chart" P
Updated marina websites, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers
Where are the artificial reefs? What is the story of the sunken vessels? Where is the sunken Boeing 737? It's here!
Expanded US weather information including "Dial-a-buoy" website
What is the fascinating story of the two Metlakatlas? It's here!
Complete update of all facilities from Victoria to Glacier Bay
The "Whale Trail" that orcas follow on their way to Robson Bight
The same "user-friendly" and practical approach to safe boating on this spectacular coast illustrated with beautiful color photographs and sea-view landscape profile sketches.