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Look elsewhere for your winter sailing fix. I bought this hoping for magazine sized stories about great sailing locations around the world. But the text falls woefully short.
What's interesting is how many of the places we've already ticked off. I only wish that I had thought of this concept. We received this book as a gift after crossing the North Atlantic in our own boat. The brilliant aspect of this book is the choice of legendary sailors whose opinions were solicited. It would have been a great opportunity to meet all the folks who inspired the dream to shove off in the first place. It was intended to inspire us to keep going, which we seriously plan to do. It's not intended as a sailing reference, yet it does keep the dream alive with places still on the list.
I would not buy this book again. It did not Lonely planet guides have much better information. This book has very little to no up todate information or charts. My wife and I are avid sailors. Save your money The title sucked us in. The author of this book is not, he is a Marketing Consultant. My wife gave me this book, hoping that it would give is some out of the way anchorages.
Overall, a fun coffee table book. It's certainly not an expert guide, though it gives some great descriptions, tips, and stories of sailing, including quotes and tales from professional and competitive sailors. We really like the book sitting on our coffee table so we can flip through it and dream of sailing in all the beautiful places. The only complaint we have is that the images are often poor, with very low resolution and some of the 50 locations don't even get an image, which is sort of ridiculous for a book like this.
It's worth reading, but not owning. Other reviews more aptly describe the disappointing aspects of this book: dreadfully small quantity of photographs, not useful/practical information to travel to said location, etc.That said, the book has made fair bedtime reading. Just do as I did, check it out from the library instead.
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