Publisher 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.

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"An exceptional book."-- SAIL The Definitive Guide for Sailors and Powerboaters The coast of Central and Southern California offers some of the most extraordinary--and challenging--cruising in the world. Whether you're planning a cruise of the Channel Islands, a weekend on Catalina Island, or an offshore passage around Point Conception, you'll want expert guidance. The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California provides comprehensive coverage of all the anchorages and harbors from the Golden Gate Bridge to Ensenada, Mexico, including the offshore islands. It includes historical background, information on local weather and cruising conditions, passagemaking strategies for sailors and powerboaters, and photographs of all ports and anchorages as they appear from the water. Brian Fagan has sailed these waters for over thirty years and has visited every port and anchorage in the book, most of them many times. His Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California will give you all the information you need for a safe, comfortable, and spectacular cruise. "One of the best cruising guides we have ever seen."-- National Fisherman "This is the most complete set of sailing directions to come off the presses since the first coast surveys were attempted in the early 1800s."-- SEA magazine

Author Biography

Brian M. Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a leading authority on world prehistory. His many books include Floods, Famines, and Emperors.

Table of Contents

Preface

Background

The Fog Hangs On

Weather and Wind

Passagemaking Strategies

Exploring Southern California Waters in Small Craft

Region 1. Golden Gate to Point Conception

Golden Gate to San Simeon Bay

Morro Bay to Point Conception and Cojo Anchorage

Region 2. Santa Barbara Channel and the Northern Channel Islands

Mainland: Cojo Anchorage to Santa Barbara

Mainland: Santa Barbara to Point Mugu

San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands

Santa Cruz Island: North Coast

Santa Cruz Island: South Coast

Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and San Clemente Islands

Region 3. Point Mugu to San Diego (Including Santa Catalina Island)

Mainland: Point Mugu to Huntington Harbor

Santa Catalina Island

Mainland: Newport Beach to Ensenada, Mexico

Index

Review

"* "One of the best cruising guides we have ever seen." - National Fisherman * "An exceptional book providing the best descriptions of the nature and causes of the various Channel Island weather systems." - SAIL * "This is the most complete set of sailing directions to come off the presses since the first coast surveys were attempted in the early 1800s." - SEA

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