Description

The top-selling annual cruising guide to the Pacific Northwest, Waggoner Cruising Guide covers Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands, Princess Louisa Inlet, Desolation Sound, the west coast of Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, the Inside Passage North, and all of Southeast Alaska including Glacier Bay National Park. Comprehensive detail is updated annually regarding marinas, fuel docks, anchorages, and border crossing information. In addition are articles on VHF radio usage, navigation aids, charts and more. With 285+ easy-to-read marina maps, overview maps, and 500+ photos. The Waggoner Cruising Guide is often called "the Bible for Northwest Cruising.” Each year it is extensively updated to provide the latest information covering each cruising area, along with detailed listings of moorage and fuel facilities. There's text on anchorages, Local Knowledge, the "flavor" of each area, some history, and a list of things to see and do. The Waggoner maps, show the coverage of each chapter, the harbors, and detailed dock diagrams with guest moorage locations noted and individual float and slip labeling. Harbor maps show approach routes and facilities and take much of the anxiety out of entering a harbor for the first time. The Waggoner is an easy reference to use. To find the page you need, just turn to the index, table of contents, or the locator maps in the front of the book. The Waggoner's detailed listings of marine facilities are logically organized and updated each year by Editor Mark Bunzel, Managing Editors Lorena and Leonard Landon, and field correspondents. More than a catalog of listings and maps, the Waggoner is praised as a "good read." The Waggoner is full of navigation tips, weather resources, anchoring tips, and an extensive list of speed limit/no wake zones. Sidebar features explain tide-rips, reversing tidal rapids, and more. Each edition includes a series of themed sidebar articles ranging from historical information to wildlife, and favorite seaside eateries. These stories are intended to not only entertain, but also instruct, giving an "insider's look" at the joys and plain facts of Northwest boating. The annually-updated Waggoner Guide is usually published around the first of the year.