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Cruising the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's Guide

Cruising the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's GuideAuthor: William Shellenberger
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Category: Book

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Seller: prentissbooks
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
Sales Rank: 49034

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.2

ISBN: 0071363718
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.10975518
UPC: 639785801535
EAN: 9780071363716
ASIN: 0071363718

Publication Date: June 4, 2001
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Product Description
Acclaimed as the ultimate guide to uncrowded anchorages, Cruising the Chesapeake is the reference of choice among sailors and powerboaters seeking to avoid the beaten path. This new Third Edition has been expanded to include coverage of the Atlantic coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, including Delaware Bay. Readers get:

- A cruise planner for short or long itineraries - An expansive catalog of GPS coordinates - Major updates to all piloting and shoreside facilities


Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars The "Bible" of cruising the Chesapeake   June 13, 1999
28 out of 28 found this review helpful

We have used it for 5 years and finally have visited each of the 5-star rated anchorages. They were all worth the trip.

We could not have entered many of the best without the specific "local knowlege" this book provides, and have amazed friends when we entered a tricky entrance, making all the right turns as though it was our home port.

It's more comprehensive than any other guide and has no advertising. Get the other guides if you're primarily looking for restaurant reviews and the like, since he only mentions a few of the most outstanding "finds", but if you're looking for pristine anchorages, or where the closest fuel, food, hurricane hole or pumpout is, this is the book for you.


5 out of 5 stars The very best guide for the gunkholer   September 24, 2006
David H. Skolnick (Fairfax, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have two copies of the 2001 edition: one aboard my sailboat in Annapolis and the second in my office. Most of my use of the book has been in the middle Chesapeake. In crawling up and down the Magothy, Severn, South, West, Rhode, Chester, Wye, and Tred Avon Rivers this book has provided helpful insight into what I would find. This book and the Maptech chart book are all you need to find your way to and through the backwaters of the Chesapeake.


5 out of 5 stars Indispensible   January 3, 2007
Sam Blate (Montgomery Village, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Not to be trite, but this book is an absolute must for anyone who seriously cruises Chesapeake Bay including its approaches. Superb detail and illustrations compliment a clear, carefully worded text. I have and use two other cruising guides for additional information but always start and end with this book.


5 out of 5 stars The Better Cruising Guide   September 6, 2009
Colorist (Stockton, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

After using the other popular cruising guide for several seasons we bit the bullet and bought this one. Throw the other one away, this one has better descriptions of the places to go, how to get into the anchorages, what's there waiting for you, and where to anchor. Worth the $$.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent book   February 19, 2001
Robert E. Norton (Creedmoor, NC United States)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful

If you cruise the Chesapeake, you must have this book. I have read non better.

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