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Cruising the Virgin Islands, 2nd Edition
By Joe Russell and Mark Bunzel
ISBN: 978-1-932310-29-0
Price: $39.95
Expected Release Date: May 2009

The warm tropical waters and easy sailing make the US and British Virgin Islands one of the most popular cruising destinations in the world. “Exploring the Virgin Islands, 2nd Edition” provides newly updated information on all of the coves and anchorages in both Island chains including many never published before. Many anchorages are illustrated with color aerial photos and diagrams showing the best means for entry and where to anchor. GPS waypoints for each harbor are provide along with the best routing to get there. Local sites, restaurants, beach bars and hiking trails are included along with suggested itineraries and tips on how to prepare for your trip to this Caribbean paradise.

Dreamspeaker Volume 6: Vancouver Island
By Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones
ISBN: 978-1-932310-38-2
Price: $49.95
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With its rugged, rock-studded shoreline, relentlessly crashing ocean swells, miles of sandy beaches, diversity of wildlife and countless coves and bays, Vancouver Island's western shoreline, usually referred to simply as the West Coast, presents a challenging and thrilling adventure. Intended to complement official hydrographic charts, Dreamspeaker Cruising Guides feature informative and charming hand-drawn shoreline plans of selected marinas and small boat anchorages, ranging from safe all-weather havens to secluded picnic spots and marine parks. With charts, tips and data, this guide pinpoints both popular and little-known highlights to enhance the enjoyment and safety of any voyage to the West Coast. Written in the personal style of boater's logbook, here you will find the best spots from Port Hardy and Cape Scott to Victoria to anchor your boat, share a sunset, browse a gallery, find a hot shower or enjoy a fine meal, with full-colour scenic photographs that showcase the splendour of the Pacific Northwest coast.

Exploring the Pacific Coast, 2nd Edition
By Don & Reanne Douglass
ISBN: 978-932310-22-1
Price: $69.95
Expected Release Date: May 2009

The Exploring the Pacific Coast, 2nd Edition contains recently researched information of all the places to tie up or anchor your boat from the Mexican border to Seattle. Over 500 of the best marinas and anchor sites are detailed with chart numbers, GPS waypoints, entrance and harbor diagrams, as well as specific information on marinas, complete with phone numbers and websites. The entrance bars of the northern coast are detailed with Proven Cruising Routes, numerous aerial photographs and key local knowledge. Covered in exacting detail are all the boating areas: San Diego to Santa Barbara, every anchor site in the outstanding Channel Islands, the greater SF Bay Area, the lower Columbia River, and the greater Puget Sound. Every gunkhole along the entire Pacific Coast offering temporary or overnight shelter is documented, including attractions in the San Juan Islands and lower British Columbia. Also included are excerpts from the Coast Pilot, first-hand accounts of Fine Edge research trips on Baidarka and significant contributions by well-known cruising experts Bob and Carolyn Mehaffy, Ann Kinner, Roderick Nash, Kevin Monahan and Michelle and Jerry Gaylord. With the local knowledge in this breakthrough guidebook, the entire Pacific Coast becomes "local boating". Nearly every boater can now plan coastal day trips or a voyage up the coast to Alaska or down to Mexico.

Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia, 3rd Edition
By Don & Reanne Douglass
ISBN: 978-1-932310-23-8
Price: $69.95
Expected Release Date: May 2009

This new 3rd Edition features entrance waypoints, as well as anchor-site waypoints! The South Coast of British Columbia is designed by experts to give small boat skippers the kind of accurate, up-to-date information they need to cruise the unmatched natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Its complete descriptions of anchorages are based on the authors' personal experience of each location and on information from local skippers not available anywhere else. With 200 diagrams, over 200 photographs of promising features, 2000 GPS waypoints, and extensive quotes from Canadian Sailing Directions, nautical adventurers can get underway to hundreds of pristine coves and inlets from the balmy Gulf Islands to the unspoiled fishing grounds off the north end of Vancouver Island.