Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida (Cruising Guide Series) [Paperback]

Claiborne Young (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cruising Guide Series | Publication Date: December 31, 2004

Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida is the most thoroughly researched and comprehensive source for details on the facilities and waters of the Sunshine State's eastern shore, from Fernandina Beach to Miami.

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Hailed by sailors as the standard and best guide on the subject. In this updated third edition, the reader will find firsthand information on water and port conditions including navigation depths and dockside facilities. The author also includes the history and folklore of the area, and recommends restaurants and shoreside attractions. Young has personally checked every item out. Best of all, it is in the inimitable style of Claiborne Young. Sailors have come to trust his as the last word on the subject. He is also the author of Cruising Guide to Western Florida, Cruising Guide to the Northern Gulf Coast, and Power Cruising, all published by Pelican. -- From the Publisher --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"The best book we could find covering Florida's east coast is Claiborne Young's Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida." --Practical Sailor Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida is the most thoroughly researched and comprehensive source for details on the facilities and waters of the Sunshine State's eastern shore, from Fernandina Beach to Miami. In this updated fifth edition, the reader will find a wide range of up-to-date information, including: current navigational data, marinas and other boating facilities, water depths, shoreside dining and other attractions, anchorage locales along the entire shore

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing; 5 edition (December 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589802551
• ISBN-13: 978-1589802551
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #880,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good East Fla Book, February 17, 2006

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John D. Winter "jdwinter4" (Mooresville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida (Cruising Guide Series) (Paperback)

Super book and a must have book. If Claiborne says be cautious in an area, you better be cautious. We used it extensively and it is a must have book. A little more information on best places to stay for taking a trip to the Bahamas would be a good tie-into that route. St. John's River

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cruising MUST, January 9, 2007

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C.W. Fowler ""CW"" (Dixie) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida (Cruising Guide Series) (Paperback)

If you want the best of the "local skinny" then study Claiborne Young's guides that range from NC down and around Florida to the northern Gulf of Mexico. He writes and reports from personal visits and calls them as he sees them . . with no advertising clients interests to serve or cater to.
Another MUST and his Florida Keys guide is really up to date covering storm impacts from 2004 and 2005.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Note on direction, December 17, 2010

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Joerg Schodl (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida (Cruising Guide Series) (Paperback)

There is one thing about the book that bothers me a bit. It is written exclusively in North - South direction. All the descriptions, details and warnings work wonderfully if you intend to sail southbound on the ICW, but things get a lot more complicated when changing direction. This may sound silly at first, but when considering that the author has really detailed descriptions in the book, sometimes from marker to marker, reversing everything turns into a real piece of work. You basically end up re-editing significant portions of the book, having to start at the end of a chapter, working your way backward and turning every starboard to port, every East to West, and so on. So here is a challenge for the author: How about publishing the same book in reverse? You could earn double the money, and it would be much easier to follow when traveling in the opposite direction.