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Written by George Curtis
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Wednesday, 02 November 2005 |
SOME CRUISING GUIDES FOR INDIAN OCEAN & ASIA
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Obtainable |
| Andaman Sea Pilot |
The Andaman Sea Pilot covers Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, The Andamans and Cambodia. To be treatrd with slight caution; the 2004 version seemed to have a fwe errors. |
Image Asia Events Co Ltd pilot@image-asia.com
http://www.andamanseapilot.com/ |
| Anchorages Information |
Two books by Gulshan Rai ‘Breeze in the sails’ and ‘From Southampton to Bombay’ give a detailed account of anchorages on both the west and east coasts of India. |
Email: gulshanrai27@hotmail.com |
| Pilotage Information |
Imray, East Africa Pilot. A new pilot covering the East African Coast - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa as far as Durban. The guide also covers Madagascar and the Comoros. |
ISBN 085288 251 3. Available from Imray |
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Imray, Indian Ocean Cruising Guide., 2nd Edition (2007)
Rod Heikell, 2nd edition. Subtitled ‘A yachtsman’s handbook for the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and South East Asia’, also covering tropical cruising, provisioning, local politics, weather etc as well as harbours and anchorages. Indispensable for both planning and passagemaking. |
ISBN 0 85288 295 5 |
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Lucas’ Red Sea and Indian Ocean guide’ is reasonably accurate |
Said to be out of Print |
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Imray, Red Sea Pilot, 2nd Edition (2002). Authors Elaine Morgan and Stephen Davies. This pilot covers the entire stretch of the Red Sea from Aden to Suez, the Canal, Egypt, Israel, and Cyprus. Invaluable |
ISBN 085288 554 7. Available from Imray |
| World-Wide Nautical Information |
See also the Cruising Information Service listing of links to sites with world-wide information, including on-line port information for 1596 ports in 191 countries, retailers for charts and pilot books, tidal and weather information. |
See CIS World-wide Sources in the General Information section of the Cruising Information Service |
| More Pilotage Information? |
Please inform us of the titles and area covered by your preferred Cruising Guides |
George Curtis +44 1235 850794 or see Members only part of site for e-mail address
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 April 2008 )
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