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"The Atlantic Crossing Guide" has become established as the standard reference for anyone planning an Atlantic passage, whether via the trade wind route to the Caribbean or to Europe from the United States.

Refined and developed over the past twenty-five years, this new edition is now divided into two sections:

PREPARATIONS:
- Advice on suitable boats and equipment
- New emphasis on planning and budgeting
- Updated information on electronic navigation
- Communications and crew dynamics
- Paperwork
- Provisioning
- Watchkeeping and safety considerations

PASSAGES AND LANDFALLS:
- Detailed information on seasons and timing
- Wind and weather
- New information on tropical weather systems and hurricanes
- Guide to French Meteo coverage and terminology
- Currents and tides
- Clearly defined routes across the Atlantic, along the bordering coasts and between Atlantic island groups
- Comprehensive selection of ports and port information for destinaions on both sides of the Atlantic, suitable for landfall or departure, including new ports between the British Virgin Islands and Florida and along the east coast of North America (including New York)

This new edition has a much wider geographical scope, and includes introductory information on peripheral cruising grounds, routes down the coast of Morocco and via West Africa, the route to Brazil, the whole Caribbean Basin (including port information for Colon to access the Panama Canal), an overview of the Intracoastal Waterway and possible routes via Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

No other book contains so much information for planning and setting out on an Atlantic crossing. Wheter 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 a indispensable reference once underway.



Índice:

Foreword to sixth edition
The RCC Pilotage Foundation
Preface
Acknowledgements
Index of plans
Introduction

I. PREPARATIONS

1. THINKING IT THROUGH
Asking the right questions
Being self-sufficient
Joining a rally

2. PREPARING THE BOAT
Hull, deck and through fittings
The rig
Sails
Ground tackle
Fendering
Automatic steering
The engine, electrical system and electronics
Alternative power generation
Dinghies and outboard engines
Maintenance and spares

3. CREATING HOME FROM HOME
Awnings and screens
Below decks
Food and water

4. THE CREW
Crew dynamics
Onboard routine
Keeping healthy

5. NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION
Ship's log
Navigation equipment
Communication

6. PROTOCOL, PAPERWORK AND PROCEDURES
Formalities
CITES
Documentation
Entry procedures
Money
Duty-free imports
Insurance
Traffic Separation Schemes

7. DEALING WITH RISK
Falling overboard
Gales, hurricanes and line squalls
Lightning
Emergency steering
Collisions
Fire
Liferafts and grab bags
Flares
EPIRBs
SARTs
Security and firearms
Pests
Other risks

8. CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

II. PASSAGES AND LANDFALLS

- OVERVIEW OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Route timing
Weather forecast transmissions
Port information

9. THE ATLANTIC COAST OF EUROPE
Crosshaven, Cork, Ireland
Falmouth, United Kingdom
Brest, France
La Coruña, Spain
Baiona (Bayona), Spain
Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal

10. STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR AND THE ATLANTIC COAST OF MOROCCO TO MADEIRA AND THE CANARIES
- Harbours in the Strait of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
La Linea, Spain
Ceuta (Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast)
- Harbours on the Atlantic coast of Morocco
Mohammedia
Agadir
- Harbours in Madeira
Porto Santo
Quinta do Lorde
- Harbours in The Canaries
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

11. CAPE VERDES, SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA
Porto Grande, Mindelo, Cape Verdes

12. ATLANTIC OCEAN - TRADE WIND ROUTES

13. LANDFALL IN THE CARIBBEAN
Bridgetown/Port St Charles, Barbados
Chaguaramas Bay, Trinidad
Rodney Bay, St Lucia
English Harbour/Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
British Virgin Islands

14. ROUTES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND LANDFALL IN PANAMA
Colón, Panama

15. THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TO FLORIDA
Luperon, Dominican Republic
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Georgetown, Great Exuma, Bahamas
Marsh Harbour, Abacos, Bahamas
Fort Laudercale, Florida, USA

16. LANDFALLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE USA INCLUDING ENTRANCES INTO THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
Beaufort/Morehead City, North Carolina
Norfolk, Virginia
Annapolis, Maryland
New York, New York
Newport, Rhode Islands
Portland, Maine

17. PASSAGES IN THE MIDDLE LATITUDE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC INCLUDING LANDFALLS IN BERMUDA AND THE AZORES
St George's Bermuda
Porto das Lajes, Flores, Azores
Horta, Faial, Azores
Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores

18. PASSAGES AND LANDFALLS IN THE HIGH LATITUDES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK

Appendix A. Charts
Appendix B. The Atlantic Hurricane Season
Appendix C. Glossary of Meteorological Terms
Appendix D. Weather Forecast Areas
Appendix E. Weights, Measures and Conversions
Appendix F. Coping with Complete Electronic Failure

Index