Product Description

An extraordinary value at the price, this compact, easy-to-use reference offers boaters a complete set of full-color navigation charts for the 1,090-mile Intracoastal Waterway, running from Norfolk to Miami, as well as charts for all the major Atlantic inlets en route. This edition has been fully updated through late 2001 and now features a larger size to allow chart segments to be presented at the same scale as the original NOAA charts from which they are reproduced.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #761252 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 288 pages

Review
"An outstanding example of economical, complete, no-nonsense chart compilation." - Practical Sailor; "An excellent compendium." - The Capital (Annapolis, MD)

From the Back Cover
Fourth Edition

"All the charts you need for the 1,000-mile 'Ditch' cruise for a fraction of the price."--Cruising World

"An outstanding example of economical, complete, no-nonsense chart compilation."--Practical Sailor

"An excellent compendium."--The Capital (Annapolis, MD)

The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook is a complete set of navigation charts for the 1,090-mile Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Miami, as well as charts for all major Atlantic inlets. (You'd spend over $350 to purchase the same coverage in government charts and publications.) The chartbook also includes a complete listing of waterway bridge and lock characteristics, anchorage listings, a waterway facilities listing, mileage charts, and even charts for a picturesque alternate route, all in a compact, easy-to-use format.

Statute miles are noted in five-mile increments in the chart margins, along with bridge, lock, and anchorage locations. A handy place-name index makes it even easier to go right to the chart showing your destination.

An ideal companion to The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook is The Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to Miami: A Cockpit Cruising Handbook, 4th edition, by Jan Moeller and Bill Moeller.

About the Author

John Kettlewell and Leslie Kettlewell are professional boating writers, editors, and photographers. They have authored The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook, The International Marine Light List and Waypoint Guide: Maine to Texas, and The International Marine Light List and Waypoint Guide: Alaska to Panama. John is a former editor for Reed's Nautical Almanacs of North America, Chart Kit, International Marine publishing, and Boating Industry International. They've cruised the waters between Labrador and the Caribbean for more than 20 years, and they are rear commodores in the Seven Seas Cruising Association.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source... More than a set of charts!
Very usable in it's small page spiral format. Flipping pages as one cruises north or south is easy, and takes very little space at the helm. The annotations indicating marina locations save looking in separate guides when a stopping point is desired. Some obvious side trips (e.g. Banana River) are omitted and would have helped increase usefulness if included.

Excellent up-to-date reference
The charts are well organized and very reliable. Only a minimum number of aids were missing or changed in number. Some of the bridge info is a little dated but generally did not cause any navigational problems.

Intercoastal Waterway Chartbook
Great book, you have to have them to run the intracoastal and it's MUCH cheaper at Amazon then in the bookstores - or boat stores!!