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| EXCELLENT REVIEW FOR CRUISING THE SECRET COAST
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August 21, 2008. We were pleased to find this review in the Sept./Oct. edition of Pacific Yachting Pacific Northwest. Naturally, it’s a positive review, or we wouldn’t be reprinting it here. More than positive, however, the review reflects accurately how, as editor and publisher of the book, I feel about Cruising the Secret Coast. Emily Mansfield, the co-editor of PYPNW, wrote the review. She reveals herself as a skilled and thoughtful writer in the process (she also knows how to use semicolons, a rare ability). Emily graciously granted permission for the review to be reprinted here. – Bob Hale
It’s not unusual for books to be written about trends. Books that start trends are rather more rare – but this is one of them. Jennifer and James Hamilton’s Cruising the Secret Coast is inspiring cruisers to explore islands and inlets they’ve never noticed before, from Esquimalt near Victoria right up the Inside Passage to Queen Charlotte Sound.
With gas prices so high, boaters who like to head to the wild shores of Alaska have been looking for destinations closer to home. In this book, the Hamiltons show that remote and beautiful anchorages can be found in abundance on the B.C. coast.
“We’re selling more charts of those areas than ever before, “says Brindy Bundesmann, owner of the nautical bookstore Armchair Sailor in Seattle. “And I think that’s largely thanks to this book.”
Published by Weatherly Press, Cruising the Secret Coast forms part of the venerable Waggoner series. However, rather than covering a large area with an eye to the facilities available, the Hamiltons offer an in-depth approach to small, unpopulated anchorages and unexplored inlets. Here you wind the tidal currents to beware of in narrow entrances; the holding, depth and wind protection in anchorages; trails and historical sites to explore on shore; and full-color photos of cloud-wreathed mountains and hidden lagoons.
This cruising guide succeeds in being both thoroughly informative and at the same time charismatic. If you want to explore a B.C. coast you’ve never seen before, it will be indispensable.v
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