Download or read book The Cruising Almanac written by Cruising Association and published by Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cruising Almanac covers Northwest Europe from the Faeroes to Gibraltar and West Ireland to the Baltic. It includes over 500 charts of harbours and their approaches in full colour, details of tides, approaches, entry, berthing and contact numbers for most harbors frequented by cruising yachtsmen. The introduction includes brief sections on weather, coastal radio services, NAVTEX, notes on first aid, collision regulations and astro-navigation. The tidal section provides tidal stream diagrams and tidal curves for over 47 standard ports.