Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, Including the Offshore Islands

by Brian M. Fagan, McGraw-Hill

Overview

Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide combines and updates two smaller, long-trusted regional books to provide seamless coverage of the entire California coast from just outside the Golden Gate Bridge to Mexico, with special attention given to the popular offshore islands between Point Conception and San Diego. Brian Fagan draws upon more than three decades of experience sailing those waters under all conditions to offer the definitive cruising guide for both sailors and powerboaters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071374644
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/06/2001
Edition description:	List
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	1,133,659
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brian Fagan is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an internationally known archaeologist with more than thirty books to his credit. An avid sailor for four decades, Brian has sailed many thousands of miles in California, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vi
	Background	1
	The Fog Hangs On	3
	Weather and Wind	18
	Passagemaking Strategies	45
	Exploring Southern California Waters in Small Craft	62
Region 1	Golden Gate to Point Conception	77
	Golden Gate to San Simeon Bay	79
	Morro Bay to Point Conception and Cojo Anchorage	106
Region 2	Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands	123
	Mainland: Cojo Anchorage to Santa Barbara	125
	Mainland: Santa Barbara to Point Mugu	151
	San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands	171
	Santa Cruz Island: North Coast	195
	Santa Cruz Island: South Coast	227
	Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and San Clemente Islands	247
Region 3	Point Mugu to Ensenada, Mexico (Including Santa Catalina Island)	269
	Mainland: Point Mugu to Huntington Harbor	271
	Santa Catalina Island	298
	Mainland: Newport Beach to Ensenada, Mexico	334
	Index	369