The Solent Cruising Companion
By Derek Aslett
To be published by Wiley Nautical, February 08
This new edition of The Solent Cruising Companion covers one of the world’s most popular stretches of water and includes ports and anchorages from Poole to Littlehampton. With his eloquent blend of pilotage and cruising information, Derek Aslett’s book provides a fascinating slant on cruising in these busy and challenging waters.
Enhanced with full colour photography, including many new aerial views, chartlets and port side street guides, and a wealth of absorbing local history and general interest, this book is essential reading. This new edition includes sections on Cowes week and hazards in the Solent. The Solent Cruising Companion will certainly help make a more interesting and exciting stay in this most famous of cruising areas and prove to be a worthy and much used addition to the ship’s library.
The book:
• Passages on tides, weather, hazards, shipping, coastal detail, planning, tactics and waypoints
• Pilotage advice for approaches, harbours and anchorages from Poole to Littlehampton, including Chichester Harbour.
• Buoyage, lights, hazards, tides, local regulations, VHF channels, waypoints and local knowledge.
• Easy to read chartlets in full colour - including portside street guides.
• Port Guides: Berthing facilities, marinas, charges, fuel, provisions, showers, chandlers, repairs, eating and drinking ashore and a host of other onshore attractions.
ISBN: 978-0-470-98828-2: Hardback: £24.99 / €35.00
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