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No orders can be dispatched until Thursday March 25th

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NAVICARTE

LIVING ABOARD AROUND THE WORLD

Just published! - June 2006

If you are thinking about going long distance cruising then this is the book for you!

CHAPTERS:

1.     Which Boat and what equipment?

2.     The canal route to the sun.

3.     The sea route to the sun.

4.     Cruising the Mediterranean

5.     Crossing the Atlantic

6.     Cruising the Caribbean.

7.     Panama and Pan Pan

8.     The Canal and into the Pacific

9.     South Pacific Islands

10. Tahiti to New Zealand

11.  Helicopter Rescue

12. The Great Barrier Reef

13.  Pirate Attack

14.  Tragedy in the Red Sea.

15.  Homeward Bound

 you can purchase the Ebook version for £4.95 - HERE

you can purchase the Ebook version for £4.95 - HERE

Charts of the World

When you arrive in the Mediterranean at the end of your canal trip you have a very big area of sea to cruise.

The same is true if you are coming North from the Med to the English Channel or North Sea.

This Charts of the World CD contains C-Map type charts of the entire world including passage charts and detailed harbour charts for the Mediterranean Sea and all the other adjoining seas.

You can plan your passage in detail to or from the Channel Ports and then to or from Port St Louis, Sete etc to anywhere in the Mediterranean or indeed the World£34-99

If you have a laptop with  Charts of the World - CM-93 installed and you buy a little GPS puck receiver off Ebay for around £30 it will also do the navigation for you.  Display your position on the chart in real-time, display your actual Lat & Long, speed over the ground etc etc etc.

You can sit at home, with the system installed on your laptop, plan your routes and stopping places. If you put your cruising speed, draft etc into its data bank the display will warn you of running aground or simply tell you how many hours it will take to get from waypoint to waypoint or the entire proposed voyage.

Take the laptop to your boat, plug in the GPS puck and you can navigate along the pre-planned route with your position displayed on the chart plus Lat and Long on the side panel...

I came from Australia back to Europe via the Red Sea, using a similar system.  It allows you to print out charts, so you are not 100% reliant on electronics which you should never be.

Courtesy of the American Freedom of Information Act it also contains all the NOAA sailing directions for the Mediterranean area. 

If you are heading out to the Pacific it has the 12 months of Pacific Ocean Pilot Charts. There are numerous other USA government pilotage and navigation publications included in a bundle

more info HERE

£34-99

No orders can be dispatched until Thursday March 25th

  The entire series of Blue Water DVDs were shot by a professional film and television director during a circumnavigation.  They illustrate the experiences of a world cruising yacht crew - the places they visit - the countries and most importantly give a feel for the life style.

Many of the places are only visited by cruising yachts - sometimes impossible to get to in any other way - 

The Blue Water Destinations part one DVD is shot on board a yacht transiting the canal system and is the only professional film, shot from the point of view of a yacht using this facility in existence! It really does show exactly what is involved and will greatly help those planning to use this huge commercial stretch of water, joining the Caribbean with the Pacific Ocean.

It is almost impossible to visit many of the Pacific Islands except by yacht so much of these DVD's contain images and information impossible to source else where. Even the Australian episode has material many Australian sailors have never seen including a live helicopter rescue in a big blow with yachts on the reef and the crews in serious trouble.

The Asia DVD has visits to islands that seldom see strangers and dug out canoes are the local method of transport.  The entire series was shot by a sailor for sailors or those planning to experience the great adventure.

BLUE WATER CRUISING

 the original production

Blue Water Cruising was shot entirely in the Caribbean on board 'Bambola' a Moody 36.

It shows what living in a small boat and blue water cruising is really like. The equipment you need to make the boat comfortable and safe.

If you want to know the how, what and where of long distance cruising, particularly in the Caribbean, then this is the perfect guide. 

Visits the Dominican Republic, Martinique, Antigua,   as well as the main islands. It describes and demonstrates what sort of equipment is useful in a live aboard cruising boat. Details of how to contact HERB for Atlantic weather and CARIBWX  for Caribbean weather.

Approximately 40 minutes duration £15.50

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS

- part one

An essential planning aid for anyone thinking of sailing from the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean

This DVD covers the Panama Canal transit as well as the passage from Trinidad via 'Angel Falls' canoe visit in Venezuela, the deserted nature reserve islands all the way to the ABC's - Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao.

The passage to the Galapagos Islands with visits to all the places yachts are allowed in this very special group of 'Darwin' islands.

 Then 3200 miles, landfall at the Polynesian island of FATU-HIVA . Sailing North via the beautiful but isolated TAHUATA to visit the graves of PAUL GAUGUIN and JACQUES Brel –Wonderful ancient Polynesian tiki and Meae. From UA-POU  to the capital island of NUKU-HIVA with Comptrollers Bay where HERMAN MELVILLE (Moby Dick) landed as a young man from a whaling ship. The very dangerous Tuamotu Islands and a  BLACK PEARL FARM.

Approximately 70 minutes duration -  £19.50

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS

- part two

Sailing the magical Pacific Ocean from Tahiti to Tonga and Fiji to Australia and the far East

Anchored in same Lagoons Bligh in 'Bounty' and Cook in the 'Endeavour' we explore the magical Polynesian islands including  – Tahiti .  The fascinating ceremony of the 'crowning of the kings son' performed by  Polynesian warriors. The island of MOOREA  and cockfighting, Bora-Bora then on to the very special Cook Islands. In TONGA Bambola sails into Vavau and visits TONGATAPU, the burial sites and flying foxes. The culture shock of FIJI with its international hustle and bustle and kava markets.  

- I was so excited and proud to sail my own boat  Sydney harbour. Visit Bondi Beach and Kings Cross' then northwards, to the lagoon of LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND, where 60 knot winds drive two yachts onto the reef. The ensuing  HELICOPTER RESCUE. The WHITSUNDAY’S & NARA INLET and the fishing town of BOWEN with its murals.  COOK TOWN and the islands of the GREAT BARRIER REEF to  DARWIN.  West Timor and into the myriad of islands that is Indonesia - along the little visited north coast of Flores visiting the villages where they fish from dug out canoes. To Rimini and Komodo home of the giant dragons. Bali and 1000 mile up across the equator to Singapore. The Malacca straights with luxurious stops in Malaya and it's tax free island. Into Thailand and the cruising live-aboard centre of Phuket. Finally across the Indian ocean to Galle in Sri Lanka.

Approximately 70 minutes duration -  £19.50

BOTH  PRODUCTIONS

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS

 parts one & two

Special offer £38

BLUE WATER CRUISING

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS

- part one

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS

- part two

Special offer for all 3 DVDs £52.50

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IS DEDICATED TO BOOKS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND LATER PRINT OUT...

1) French Canal Routes

2) Living Aboard Around the World

3) The La Rochelle Guide Book

4) Build Your Own HOVERCRAFT

5) Build an American 16 ft Dory

6) Manuel for Handling TWIN SCREW boats

7) Build your own houseboat

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