Facts, Facts, and more Facts + 1,800 Photos, Rates, Ratings, and Reviews Absolutely everything you need to know to decide where to tie up for a night or a week, packed into the only objective consumers' guide to marinas and marine facilities.
For more than a decade, the Atlantic Cruising Club has been providing highly detailed, objective marina information to the East Coast boating consumer. The latest Guide - the Seventh Edition - has now grown to nine regional volumes covering Bar Harbor, ME to Padre Island, TX in the East, and Point Roberts, WA to Chula Vista, CA on the West Coast. The Guides are being published sequentially over the next year. The first regional volume, the Atlantic Cruising Club's Guide to New England Marinas was very well received and the second regional volume, the Atlantic Cruising Club's Guide to Long Island Sound Marinas, is now complete. 232 Marina Reports and 1,800 photos cover Block Island, RI to Cape May, NJ, including the Fishers Island Sound, the Connecticut River, the Peconics, Long Island's South Shore Inlets and the New Jersey Inlets.
These are consumers' guides - marina advertising is neither solicited nor accepted and there is no charge to the marinas for inclusion.
The new edition has been expanded to an 8 ½" x 11" format to accommodate the addition of both photographs and 50% more information -- up to 300 facts on each marina. Every facility is now rated on three scales - 1 to 5 Bells for cruiser services, 1 or 2 Travelifts for boatyard services and a Sunset for very special places. Marina information covers contact info, marina operations, rates, services, facilities, megayacht services, navigation information, boat supplies (chandleries, propane, ice, CNG, bait), and boatyard capabilities (rates, certifications, specialties, etc.). The very detailed "what's near by" sections cover restaurants (names & price ranges, too), lodgings (rates), recreation (from golf and tennis to swimming and bowling), entertainment (cinemas to museums, tours, and live theater), provisioning (including the nearest chain supermarkets, gourmet shops, farmers' markets, fishmongers, etc.),general services (from bookstores and hardware stores to full-service laundries), transportation (rental cars, courtesy cars, airports and limos, cabs, bike rentals, water taxis, ferry services, local busses, rail, etc.) and medical services (from 911 and hospitals to massage therapists and vets). The "Review" section is comprised of three densely packed paragraphs (Setting, Marina Notes, and Notable), each chock full of even more useful information.
The Atlantic Cruising Club's Guides to Marinas are delivered in both print and CD-ROM formats (in one package). Each volume includes 1,600-2,000 photographs - one of each marina in the Book, and 4-9 full-color photos of each on the CD-ROM. The easy-to-use CD-ROM allows boaters to search on over 100 fields—location, rates, ratings, reported depths, etc., etc., etc - and it stores in a sturdy clear vinyl sleeve in the back of the book.
Both the Book and CD-ROM have been designed with easy navigation in mind. A Regional Map shows all 232 marinas covered in the ACC's Guide to Long Island Sound Marinas and 14 sub-region maps locate the marinas in a particular area. On the CD-ROM, the map is in full-color and all the marina "buttons" are "hot"; just click to display that marina's Report. Or use the very flexible CD search tool which makes searching on over 100 data fields very simple. For instance: "Show me all the marinas in Mid-Coast Maine that have slips with at least 6 ft. of reported depth at MLW, charge less than $1.50 per foot, and have at least a 3 Bell Rating." Or "Show me all the marinas
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这本书的编写团队显然对长岛湾的历史地理有着深刻的理解,这一点从他们对特定水域风险的描述中就能看出来。例如,在描述穿越塔潘齐(Tappan Zee)区域的航行建议时,他们不仅仅提到了繁忙的商业交通,还深入分析了过去几十年里该区域风向的季节性变化趋势,并结合了历史上的几次大型风暴记录来佐证他们的建议。这种基于数据和经验的深度分析,远超一般旅游向导的肤浅描述。当我看到他们对某些特定航道上潜伏的“幽灵渔网”的提醒时,我彻底信服了。这些信息需要长期的、持续的现场观察才能积累,绝非简单的地图信息叠加。CD-ROM中的交互式地图似乎也包含了这些历史事件的热点标注,让读者能够“看见”过去的风险点,从而在当前航行中提前规避,这是一种非常高级别的安全教育方式。
评分拿到这本航海指南,最让我感到惊喜的是它对休闲钓鱼点的关注度。我不是一个纯粹的赛船爱好者,更多时候是想找个安静的角落抛竿钓鱼,而市面上很多指南都过于侧重于大型游艇的停靠需求。这本书却非常细致地列出了几个公认的优质礁石区和沉船点,甚至连当地渔民推荐的鱼种和季节性洄游信息都穿插其中,这简直是为我量身定做的补充资料。翻阅那些关于“秘密海湾”的章节时,作者那种“与船友分享宝藏”的语气,让人倍感亲切。举个例子,书中提到一个位于格林波因特附近的隐蔽锚地,它详细描述了如何避开浅滩,以及从锚地划皮划艇上岸后可以找到的简易补给点——这些信息,你在官方的航运手册里是绝对找不到的。它不仅是一本指南,更像是一位经验丰富的老水手,在你耳边轻声细语地传授经验,充满了人情味和实用的生活智慧。
评分坦白说,第一次拿到这本书时,我有点担心它会过于侧重于某个特定的船型或航行风格。然而,随着阅读的深入,我发现它的包容性非常强。它为那些驾驶小型帆船的初学者提供了关于帆型调整的建议,同时也为驾驶大型动力艇的资深船主提供了关于深水港口承载能力的精确数据。这种多层次的信息架构,使得这本书的适用范围异常广泛。我特别欣赏作者在总结部分强调的“尊重水域生态”的理念。书中用相当篇幅讨论了如何负责任地处理船上垃圾,以及如何避免对敏感的潮汐湿地造成干扰,这体现了一种超越商业利益的责任感。这本书不只是教你如何安全到达目的地,它更在塑造一种负责任的航海文化,这种价值观的传递,比任何一张航图都要来得有价值,让阅读体验从单纯的工具书升级为一种全面的航海哲学入门。
评分这本书的封面设计着实抓人眼球,那钴蓝色的海浪和细致的船只插图,一下子就让人联想到在长岛湾乘风破浪的惬意。我拿到手的时候,首先翻阅的是它对于不同港口和码头的介绍部分。不得不说,作者在细节上的把握相当到位,从入口处的航道深度标注,到停泊位的具体大小描述,都详尽得令人称赞。比如,对于一些需要注意潮汐影响的小型海湾,书中会用非常直观的图表来展示最佳进出时间,这一点对于初次尝试进入这些水域的船长来说,简直是救命稻草。而且,那些历史背景的介绍也很有意思,不仅仅是罗列数据,而是将每个码头的故事串联了起来,读起来丝毫没有枯燥感。我特别喜欢它附带的那个CD-ROM,里面的电子地图信息似乎比纸质版更新颖一些,尤其是一些最新的航行警告和临时限速区域,都能在上面找到及时更新的标注,这点在瞬息万变的水域管理中显得尤为重要。总的来说,这本书给人一种非常专业、可靠的信赖感,仿佛是船上必备的“海图伴侣”。
评分从装帧设计上来看,这本书的实用性设计值得称赞。封面采用了防水且耐磨损的材质,这一点对于经常被海水打湿的船舱环境来说至关重要。内页的纸张厚度适中,既能保证墨迹清晰,又不会因为太厚重而占用宝贵的舱内空间。我注意到一个细节,就是所有关键的图例和符号说明部分,都被放在了书本最前面和最后面的扉页位置,使得在紧急情况下可以快速查阅,不需要翻遍整本书。此外,那些关于紧急情况处理的章节,比如“发动机故障排除的初步步骤”或“如何快速联系海岸警卫队”,措辞简洁明了,逻辑清晰,简直是教科书级别的范本。我尤其欣赏它在介绍不同码头的设施对比时,采用的并列排版方式,比如对比了三个码头的油价、淡水供应和维修服务评分,让决策过程变得异常高效和透明,极大地节省了我们在做靠岸选择时浪费的时间。
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