Book Reviews

Four great boating books by Bloomsbury Publishing.

ADLARD COLES SHORE GUIDE: SOUTH BRITTANY

Everything you need to know when you step ashore

By Paul Heiney

($26.00 | Paperback | 9781472985736 |160 Pages| April 18, 2023)

Packed with beautiful photographs and practical information on local facilities, places to visit, and the best beaches within reach of the marina, Adlard Coles Shore Guide to South Brittany will steer you towards the essentials and the pleasures of this beautiful and popular region. Written especially for sailors and designed for planning enjoyable cruises, stretching from the rock-bound shores of western Brittany to the softer and warmer parts towards La Rochelle, this handy-sized travel guide is the perfect resource for anyone cruising this coastline.

READING THE CLOUDS: How You Can Forecast the Weather

By Oliver Perkins

($16.00 | Paperback | 9781399401425 | 128 Pages | April 18, 2023)

This book will give you a great understanding of why clouds are symptoms of weather patterns, not causes. Highly practical, it shows you how by reading these signs in the sky and referring to the explanatory color photos and diagrams, you will be able to tell exactly what those signs mean. After its very well-received first edition, this second edition is revised and expanded, including plenty of new photos to cover every possible view of the sky. With this at-a-glance guide to the clouds anywhere in the world, on land or at sea, you will be able to predict the weather by recognizing cloud types, shapes, colors, and behavior.

THE ADLARD COLES BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN CRUISING - 5th EDITION

By Rod Heikell and Lucinda Heikell

($35.00 | Paperback | 9781399404426 | 208 Pages| April 18, 2023)

Although the Mediterranean provides wonderfully diverse cruising opportunities, it can also deliver a few surprises to the unwary. This invaluable handbook provides sound advice on everything you need to know: anchoring and berthing; what weather to expect; facilities and the costs of keeping a boat there; as well as advice on navigation, popular routes, formalities and what to expect ashore. Each country around the Mediterranean is covered, and there is even a handy section on how to cruise the area on a tight budget.

THE COMPLETE OCEAN SKIPPER: Deep Water Voyaging, Navigation and Yacht Management

By Tom Cunliffe

($50.00 | Hardback | 9781399400527 | 272 Pages| October 18, 2022)

Following on from his bestselling The Complete Day Skipper and The Complete Yachtmaster, yachting legend Tom Cunliffe turns his attentions to the third strand of the RYA syllabus. With the same hugely popular, highly practical approach, The Complete Ocean Skipper covers everything a sailor needs to know when planning and preparing for an offshore cruise or ocean passage:

• Preparation: types of suitable boat, choice of rig, engine power, safety equipment, communication systems, crew preparation

• On passage: ocean weather systems, forecasting, deck routines, watchkeeping, self-steering, emergencies, heavy weather techniques

• Ocean navigation: electronic as well as celestial https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/non-fiction/nautical/

The second edition of this definitive handbook is fully updated, with new and revised content on multihulls, autopilots, radar, anchoring and software.

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