The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation
'The definitive work on Pacific crossings'
Cruising

The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, this comprehensive new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart.

Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers. Part 1 covers thorough preparation for both East-to-West and West-to-East crossings and Part 2 covers Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals.

Updated with new charts and photographs, the new 4th edition focuses on ports of entry rather than secondary anchorages, and expands the North Pacific coverage, making it a valuable resource for sailors doing a North Pacific circuit, particularly US and Canadian sailors from the Pacific North.
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The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation
'The definitive work on Pacific crossings'
Cruising

The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, this comprehensive new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart.

Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers. Part 1 covers thorough preparation for both East-to-West and West-to-East crossings and Part 2 covers Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals.

Updated with new charts and photographs, the new 4th edition focuses on ports of entry rather than secondary anchorages, and expands the North Pacific coverage, making it a valuable resource for sailors doing a North Pacific circuit, particularly US and Canadian sailors from the Pacific North.
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The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

by Francis Hawkings
The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

The Pacific Crossing Guide 4th edition: Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

by Francis Hawkings

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'The definitive work on Pacific crossings'
Cruising

The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, this comprehensive new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart.

Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers. Part 1 covers thorough preparation for both East-to-West and West-to-East crossings and Part 2 covers Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals.

Updated with new charts and photographs, the new 4th edition focuses on ports of entry rather than secondary anchorages, and expands the North Pacific coverage, making it a valuable resource for sailors doing a North Pacific circuit, particularly US and Canadian sailors from the Pacific North.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399407021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/10/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 260 MB
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About the Author

The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation was founded in 1976 with the objective of advancing 'the education of the public in the science and practice of navigation'. Its members write and continually update pilot books.

Francis Hawkings has owned the Tradewind 35 Plainsong since 1992, in which he has sailed some 35,000 ocean miles in the North and South Pacific, the South Atlantic and the Caribbean. He has rounded Cape Horn and sailed singlehanded from Hawaii to Japan.
Francis Hawkings has been sailing in the Pacific for over thirty years. His cruises have taken him to the South Pacific, Chile, Hawaii, Japan and Alaska from his home base in California.

Table of Contents

About the Author
Preface and Acknowledgements
The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation
Route Map

Introduction

Part 1 Preparations
1 Casting Off
2 The Pacific Ocean
3 Preparing the Boat and Yourself
4 The Balance of Power
5 Maintenance, Spares and Laying Up
6 A Home Away from Home
7 Keeping Healthy
8 Staying Safe
9 Navigation
10 Communications
11 Protocol, Paperwork and Pets

Part 2 Passage Planning
12 Pacific Weather
13 Pacific Itineraries
14 Routes to French Polynesia
15 French Polynesia
16 Westwards in the South Pacific
17 New Zealand and Australia
18 The South-east Pacific
19 South and west through Hawaii
20 Routes to Japan
21 Alaska and the Pacific North-west to California

Appendices
Index
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