Atlantic Crossing Guide

The Atlantic Crossing Guide has become established as the standard reference work for all those planning an Atlantic passage.
Refined and developed over the past 20 years, this new edition, now in full colour, contains the latest information in three clear sections.
Preparations: advice on suitable boats and equipment, with details specific to ocean cruising and warm weather sailing - navigation - communications and crew issues - paperwork - provisioning -- watch keeping and safety considerations.
Passages and landfalls: detailed information on seasons and timing - wind and weather - hurricanes - currents and tides - plus clearly defined routes across the Atlantic, along the bordering coasts and between Atlantic island groups.
Port Information: comprehensive selection of ports and port information for destinations on both sides of the Atlantic, suitable for landfall or departure.
No other book contains so much information for planning and setting out across an Atlantic crossing. Whether you are contemplating your first ocean adventure or have multiple crossings under your belt, the Atlantic Crossing Guide will be an invaluable planning tool and an indispensable reference once underway.

A4 243 pages Full Colour.

About the Authors: Anne Hammick is also the editor of Atlantic Spain and Portugal, The Baltic Sea and co-author of Atlantic Crossing Guide. Editor of Flying Fish, the OCC magazine and author of other books. Grew up in Lymington. Three years Secretary to Des Sleightholme past editor of Yachting Monthly. Many Atlantic crossings the first being in 1975. Followed by two handed race with her sister. Awarded Royal Cruising Club Challenge Cup 1987.

Gavin McLaren also edited the 6th edition of North Biscay. He spent twenty years in the Royal Navy as a navigator and submariner before becoming a civilian. Then as Adventurous Sail Training Instructor for the armed forces, he skippered the well-known Nicholson 55, British Soldier, sailing her in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Gavin and his wife lived aboard their own yachts for many years in Scotland and on the south coast and have cruised extensively in home waters. In their current boat they have also completed two Atlantic circuits, including spending a year on the east coast of the USA. Gavin has skippered yachts on seven Atlantic crossings and many other long passages.
About the Reviser: The Late John Lawson was also the editor of North Brittany and the Channel Islands. He was editor of the RCC Song Book. After 33 years service in the Royal Navy, he was Master of the schooner Sir Winston Churchill and the barque Marques from 1980-83. He had sailed since the age of 10 and owned various offshore boats since 1958 which he raced and cruised extensively. The last ten years were spent mostly in the eastern Mediterranean with occasional returns to reconnoitre the French and Spanish coasts for Pilots and to visit his favourite area, the West coast of Scotland.

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