A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
Acknowledgments
Preface
How to Use This Book
Introduction
Region 1: South Puget Sound
Olympia to the Tacoma Narrows
Region 2: Tacoma to Point Vashon
Including Gig Harbor
Region 3: Blake Island to Kingston and Edmonds
Including Port Orchard and Poulsbo
Region 4: Inside the Locks
Including Lake Union and Lake Washington
Region 5: Hood Canal
Region 6: Admiralty Inlet
Port Ludlow to Port Townsend
Region 7: The Strait of Juan de Fuca
Discovery Bay to Port Angeles
Region 8: Everett to Anacortes
Including Deception Pass and La Conner
Region 9: Cypress Island to Point Roberts
Region 10: The San Juan Islands
Appendices
Recommended Reading
Tidal Current Charts
Index
"Simply put, every local boater should have a dog-eared, well-thumbed copy [of this guide] as a permanent feature in the nautical library."—48° North
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands has earned an outstanding reputation for the accuracy of its piloting instructions, the clarity of its writing, and the high quality of its information. This second edition includes color photos and nautical chart segments throughout, as well as:
- Approaches and anchorages for hundreds of bays, harbors, and inlets—many with annotated charts
- Weather, tides, currents, and commercial traffic patterns
- Local history and attractions
- 240 full-color photos
- 75 color chartlets
- Larger size and lay-flat binding for ease of use
With at-a-glance ratings of every harbor and anchorage, A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands is the definitive resource for Pacific Northwest cruising.
"Everything a yachtsman's pilot ought to be: shipshape and workmanlike in its approach, unusually well written, very thoughtfully researched."—Jonathan Raban, bestselling author, Waxwings: A Novel and Passage to Juneau
"All the necessary nuts and bolts about navigating local waters is found in A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound. . . . A welcome addition to the library of any Puget Sound sail- or powerboat owner."—Seattle Times
"An elegant, beautiful book. . . . For even those few boaters who think they know all Puget Sound has to offer, this invaluable reference guide will introduce them to hundreds of new places yet to explore."—48° North
"So complete that veteran cruisers will discover cruising grounds they didn't know existed or didn't consider navigable."—SAIL
"An encyclopedic sailing guide to area waters, written with exhaustive first-hand research to almost every cove and inlet, and complemented with a remarkable series of maps, charts, and pictures."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Well written and full of tantalizing places."—WoodenBoat
"A keeper for my 'to take cruising' box."—Sailing
"A monumental book that gives minute details on every bay, waterway, and stretch of navigable salt water from Olympia to Port Angeles, including the San Juan Islands. It does an excellent job of explaining navigational hazards and anchoring peculiarities at each point along the way."—Bellingham Herald