Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands (Latitude 20 Books) |  | Author: Earl R. Hinz
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1356734
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Pages: 369
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0824821157
Dewey Decimal Number: 919
EAN: 9780824821159
ASIN: 0824821157
Publication Date: May 1999
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Product Description
This text provides information on customs and immigration procedures, together with revised harbour charts and updated descriptions of more than 75 ports of entry and many lesser harbours and anchorages. This edition also includes extensive treatment of island countries, with pertinent political, economic, social and geological information. Among the appendixes are a trilingual dictionary useful for port entry, a glossary of cruising terms and a section offering sound advice on the prevention and treatment of critical medical conditions.
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 A bit surreal April 6, 2009
John W. Howard (Okinawa Japan)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Earl wrote this book based on the voyages through the South Pacific he and his wife Betty undertook on "Horizon" their Morgan Out Island Ketch. It is a bit surreal as I sit on the deck of that same "Horizon" some thirty three years later and read of those voyages and places. The boat is still in the Pacific, granted a bit farther out on the rim, lying Kadena Marina, Okinawa Japan. The book is a great page turner even if you don't plan to voyage. It is a bit dated in some of the photos and data, but then again, the islands age slowly, in fact everything is a bit slower in this part of the world.
A Useful Resource November 5, 2006
Michael P. Fulmor (Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am planning to sail to the South Pacific next year, and this seems like a very valuable planning tool. It has some information about the history of European exploration, weather patterns, general geography, route planning, etc., but the bulk of the volume is devoted to specific info about the individual island groups, and individual islands in them.
I predict this will be open often during my trip, along with Charlies Charts and a few others.
the only one of its kind November 12, 2000
David Stanley (Canada)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
Considing the relatively small market for a book like this, it's not surprising there's virtually nothing comparable in print. And Earl's territory is vast - all of the Pacific islands from Hawaii to New Zealand and north into Micronesia. The numerous maps should prove useful for orientation and could save you a bundle on official charts (although the author and publisher disclaim any responsibility for errors). There's lots of useful 'passage planning', yacht entry, weather, and public holiday information here, but the country intros could be shortened and the yacht facility sections beefed up. The oversized B&W photos throughout the book occupy space that could be better utilized. An appendix provides four pages outlining the use of amateur mobil radios, but no mention of communicating over the internet is to be found herein. At times, the coverage is skeletal and uneven. For example, on Tahiti only Papeete is visited. Moorea isn't included (!) and the popular Leeward Islands merit only a few lines. In contrast the seldom-visited Austral and Gambier islands receive four pages of maps and texts. In Fiji, Earl only descibes facilities in the main ports of entry: Suva, Lautoka, Levuka, and Savusavu. Really out of the way anchorages are seldom discussed. All that said, these criticisms are mute as there simply isn't another South Pacific cruising guide to choose from. It's a credit to Earl Hinz that he has kept this book going through four editions, and hopefully the electronic revolution will allow him to rejuvenate his book. Meanwhile Landfalls of Paradise is a basic reference work every Pacific sailor will want to carry aboard.
 Landfalls of Paradise: Complete waste of money March 11, 2010
3eagles (SF, CA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you have lots of money and a big enough boat to bring every available book ever written on the South Pacific, then you should buy this book. But if you are like the majority of cruisers out there with limited space and budget, this is DEFINITELY a book you could do without. For starters, it covers far too large a geography to get into the details you would want to know information about (only three pages on the Marquesas, really?!) Additionally, the information is extremely outdated for having been updated in 2006 and has been out done by newer books (my wife and I sailed through the SoPac in 2009 and every time we used this book we found the information either non existent or incorrect). And finally, the book lacks the most important information you need as a cruiser, which is detailed charts and information on anchorages or passages through reefs. Without a doubt, this book would be an interesting read if you never make it to the South Pacific, but if you do get there you will want to look at the other books available on this subject. I would say this book was a complete waste of money for what we needed.
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