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The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands
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Author: Brian M. Fagan
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book

List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 122861

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 388
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6

ISBN: 0071374647
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.1097949
UPC: 639785801825
EAN: 9780071374644
ASIN: 0071374647

Publication Date: September 6, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide combines and updates two smaller, long-trusted regional books to provide seamless coverage of the entire California coast from just outside the Golden Gate Bridge to Mexico, with special attention given to the popular offshore islands between Point Conception and San Diego. Brian Fagan draws upon more than three decades of experience sailing those waters under all conditions to offer the definitive cruising guide for both sailors and powerboaters.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great guide to cruising California   November 6, 2007
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I found this book to contain many useful tidbits of information, especially about prevailing weather conditions. The author gives insightful and non obvious ways for determining the approach of Santa Ana's which itself is probably worth the price of the book


2 out of 5 stars Disappointing   October 4, 2007
  4 out of 5 found this review helpful

After cruising in the Pacific NW for the past two years using the Douglass and Hemingway guides and the Waggoner Guide, we were admittedly spoiled. If that's the quality you expect, you won't get it here. On the other hand, we couldn't find an alternative, and this is better than nothing. The harbor diagrams were nice, but there aren't enough of them and what there are don't provide enough detail. The landmarks mentioned in the text often don't appear in the diagrams. We also noticed inaccuracies, but this could be due to time. For example, the fuel dock in Morro Bay wasn't where the guide said it was. However, the woman at the Visitor Information Center also thought it was in the direction indicated in the book. (For others looking for it, it's across from marker 12, not beyond 18.)


4 out of 5 stars Older book but good information   July 26, 2007
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a good book for those interested in cruising the west coast, you can always get something out of the book if you plan to make that trip up the coast, lots of good information to research and make plans from.


5 out of 5 stars Outstanding and unique   November 9, 2002
  8 out of 8 found this review helpful

We have used Brian Fagans guidebooks from SD to SF for many years, but this is the best of the lot. We recently led a cruise to the Channel Islands, and made this a "must" for the cruisers, all of whom praised it highly. Really THE guidebook to coastal cruising in Central-Southern California---and a bargain!


5 out of 5 stars Excellent coverage of the channel islands   January 3, 2002
  7 out of 7 found this review helpful

From a recent sailing trip out of Santa Barbara through the channel islands I can tell you that this book is invaluable. His treatment of safe ports and refuges (arranged very well but conditions) was fantastic and kept us out of danger.


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