The Atlantic crossing guide

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A complete reference for anyone planning an Atlantic passage in their own boat, this guide covers ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, provisioning, regional weather, hurricanes, currents and tides, departure and arrival ports, facilities and paperwork.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Atlantic crossing guide / RCC Pilotage Foundation.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.
Edition:6th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Adlard Coles Nautical
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : : color illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1408113821, 9781408113820
oclc:ocn904228295
LC Classification:VK811
Dewey Decimal:623.89223

I Preparations -- Thinking in through -- Preparing the boat -- Creating a home from home -- The crew -- Navigation and communication -- Protocol, paperwork and procedures -- Dealing with risk -- Contribution to science -- II: Passages and landfalls -- Overview of the North Atlantic -- The Atlantic Coast of Europe -- Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Coast of Morocco to Maderia and The Canaries -- Cape Verdes, Senegal and The Gambia -- Atlantic Ocean -- Trade Wind routes -- Landfalls in the Caribbean -- Routes across the Caribbean and landfall in Panama -- The Caribbean Islands to Florida -- Landfalls on the Atlantic coast of the USA including entrances into the Intracoastal Waterway -- Passages in the middle latitudes of the north Atlantic including landfalls in Bermuda and the Azores -- Passages and landfalls in the high latitudes of the North Atlantic.