“A fine, new guidebook, a bona fide keeper.”
—Sailing
“Young’s warm and conversational writing style gives even a landlubber a comfortable trip through the navigational intricacies of sailing the coastal waters en route to the shoreside attractions that beckon all travelers.”
—Touring America
This completely updated cruising guide covers the waters that stretch from Apalachicola, Florida, to Grand Isle, Louisiana. For the first time, this edition includes additional access information to Grand Isle, Barataria, the Chandeleur Islands, and the Harvey Canal in the Mississippi delta. Like all of young’s guides, Cruising Guide to the Northern Gulf Coast combines expert navigational advice with candid evaluations of facilities, marinas, restaurants, and other shoreside attractions.
Now this edition of the cruising guide is cross-referenced to the current NOAA maps in Coastal Charts for Cruising Guide to the Northern Gulf Coast.
About the Author
Claiborne S. Young’s books for Pelican have become the gold standard for cruising guides. A resident of Elon College, North Carolina, Young edits the on-line cruising newsletter Salty Southeast. Also by Claiborne S. Young: Cruising Guide to Western Florida: Fifth Edition, Coastal Charts for Cruising Guide to Western Florida, Cruising Guide to Eastern Florida: Fourth Edition, Cruising the Florida Keys, Coastal Charts for Cruising the Florida Keys, Coastal Charts for Cruising Guide to Coastal North Carolina, Power Cruising: The Complete Guide to Selecting, Outfitting, and Maintaining Your Power Boat: Second Edition, and Cruising Guide to New York Waterways and Lake Champlain.
CRUISING GUIDE TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Fourth Edition
By Claiborne S. Young
SPORTS & RECREATION / Boating
TRAVEL / United States / South / South Atlantic
576 pp. 8 x 9 1/4
79 photos 42 maps
Index 4th ed.
ISBN: 9781589800939 pb