Cruising Guide to Florida's Big Bend [Paperback]

Captain Rick Rhodes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2003

Explores the waterways of four major rivers and the adjacent Gulf Coast.

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From the Back Cover

Covering more than 300 nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico, this book guides cruisers along Florida's gulf coastline from Apalachicola to Anclote Key. Capt. Rick Rhodes also explores the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint, and Suwannee rivers. By including numerous historical anecdotes, Cruising Guide to Florida's Big Bend gives insight into the region's past, along with current marina, restaurant, and entertainment recommendations. Like all of Pelican's cruising-guide series, this book contains up-to-date and thoroughly researched information about the area, including 26 NOAA chart extracts 500 miles of inland river research 13 river, lake, and canal sketches 11 town street maps 66 GPS way points 60 fueling locations 90 boating facilities 160 boat-launch ramps hundreds of phone numbers

About the Author

Capt. Rick Rhodes' expertise as a sailor is strengthened by his love of travel in general. By the time he was twenty-two, he had visited all forty-eight contiguous states, mostly by motorcycle. Later, he served with the Peace Corps in Ecuador. From 1981 to 1999, Rhodes lived aboard his thirty-three-foot sailboat and his twenty-eight-foot powerboat. He is especially knowledgeable about river cruising, having held a U.S. Coast Guard Master License for inland waters since 1986. Rhodes is also the author of Cruising Guide from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake: The Heartland Rivers Route, which covers an important segment of the Great Loop.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing (March 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589800729
• ISBN-13: 978-1589800724
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,166,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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