Under Wide and Starry Skies
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-1-3994-1375-6 (ISBN)
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If you own a sailing boat, chances are that you’ve wondered what it would be like to throw in your job, cast off and sail over the horizon.
Here are 50 out-of-the way destinations to encourage you to sell up and go (or enjoy a temporary escape) with practical tips including formalities, the prevailing weather and GPS positions. The selection of locations is based on over 70,000 miles of sailing. Some (St Helena, Cocos Keeling) are classic yet remote destinations that have been favoured by circumnavigators ever since the days of Joshua Slocum. Others (in Japan, Patagonia or the Pacific Northwest) have been chosen as perfect examples of the attractions of those regions. Common denominators are protection from the weather, scenic beauty and historic and/or human interest. And the fact that, while solitude is not guaranteed, you won’t be troubled by the arrival of a cruising flotilla or by a novice dragging anchor onto you.
Each anchorage is introduced with a lively account describing the place, its history and people (if any) as well as the author and his crew’s adventures. Each account is followed by a beautifully hand-drawn sketch of the anchorage and an information box.
Nick Coghlan and his wife Jenny have sailed 70,000 miles offshore in two successive 27-ft sailboats: Tarka the Otter and Bosun Bird. Their adventures include a circumnavigation of the world and a year in Patagonia. Nick is the author of Winter in Fireland: A Patagonian Sailing Adventure and is a frequent contributor to Sailing Today magazine. When not sailing, Nick has pursued a successful career as a diplomat; he was the first Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan. Both he and Jenny hold Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross in recognition of their evacuation of Canadian citizens from Juba, South Sudan in 2013.
Introduction
NORTH PACIFIC
1) OFFSHORE MEXICO
Guadalupe Island
Clarión Island
2)THE GULF OF PANAMA
Coiba Island
3) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
Ponape
4) THE MARIANAS
Guam
5) JAPAN
Goto Retto archipelago
Mitarai (Inland Sea)
Shimoda
6) ALASKA
Kodiak
Geographic Harbour, Alaska Peninsula
Cordova, Prince William Sound
7) BRITISH COLUMBIA
SG_ang Gwaay Llanagaay (Haida Gwaii)
Seymour and Belize Inlets
Sea Otter Cove (Vancouver Island, West Coast)
SOUTH PACIFIC
8) CHILE
Puerto Williams (Beagle Channel)
Caleta Brecknock (Tierra del Fuego)
Puerto Edén
Isla Juan Fernández (Robinson Crusoe)
Easter Island
9) FRENCH POLYNESIA
The Gambiers
Raivavae
10) COOK ISLANDS
Aitutaki
Palmerston
11) TONGA
Niuatoputapu
12) VANUATU
Tanna
Vanua Lava (Banks & Torres group)
13) THE SOLOMONS
Santa Anna Island
The Marovo Lagoon
Gizo
14) AUSTRALIA
Middle Percy Island
Cooktown
In the Endeavour Strait
INDIAN OCEAN
15) THE AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS
Christmas Island
Cocos/Keeling atoll
16) THE MASCARENES
Rodrigues Island
Mauritius
La Reunion
17) SOUTHERN AFRICA
St Helena and Saldanha bays
Luderitz (Namibia)
SOUTH ATLANTIC
18 THE BRITISH OUTPOSTS
St Helena
Ascension Island
19) BRAZIL
Fernando de Noronha
Rio
Angra dos Reis
20) ARGENTINE PATAGONIA
Mar del Plata
Puerto Deseado
Puerto Español (Beagle Channel)
CARIBBEAN
21) IN THE ISLANDS
Tobago
Montserrat
The Venezuelan islands
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Colour photography and chartlets throughout |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3994-1375-9 / 1399413759 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3994-1375-6 / 9781399413756 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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