Facts, Facts, and more Facts + 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 regional Guides are being published sequentially. The two regional volumes, ACC's Guide to New England Marinas and ACC's Guide to Long Island Sound Marinas were very well received and the third regional volume, the Atlantic Cruising Club's Guide to Florida's East Coast Marinas, is now complete. 226 Marina Reports and thousands of photos cover Fernandina to Key West. 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 226 marinas covered in the ACC's Guide to Florida's East Coast Marinas and 15 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 the Lower Keys 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 in the Miami area that have a supermarket within walking distance, that welcome pets, have a spa nearby, and that have handicapped access to the docks." Or "Show me all the Marinas on Lake Worth that can manage an LOA of 120 feet, and also have a boatyard onsite, a laundry, pool, and restaurant." Or "Show me all the marinas in Jacksonville that have 50 amp pedestals, an on-site diesel engine mecha
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这本关于佛罗里达东海岸码头的指南书,着实让人眼前一亮,尤其对于我们这些热衷于在阳光海岸线间航行的老水手来说,简直是如获至宝。书的装帧和纸张质量都非常扎实,拿在手里很有分量感,一看就是能经受住海风和盐雾考验的实用工具。里面的插图和航拍照片精度高得惊人,那些关于入港航道和避风港布局的细节描绘,细致到让人感觉自己已经身临其境地在驾驶舱里瞭望了。我特别欣赏它对各个码头设施的全面评估,不仅仅是停泊费用的罗列,更深入到洗浴间的清洁度、洗衣房的运营时间,甚至是岸上交通工具的便捷性,这种“船员视角”的深度挖掘,是很多官方手册里缺失的宝贵信息。记得有一次我们在西棕榈滩附近犹豫停靠点,就是靠着书中对某个小型社区码头隐蔽优点的描述,才避开了人潮汹涌的主港口,享受了一次宁静的夜泊。这本书的地图绘制也堪称一绝,不仅有清晰的深度标记,还巧妙地融入了当地的潮汐信息图,使得复杂的水域导航变得直观易懂。对于计划进行跨季航行或者仅仅是周末短途探险的船主来说,这本书提供的策略性建议远超一般的“景点介绍”,它更像是一位经验丰富的领航员在你身边耳语,提供最实用的生存智慧。
评分如果要说这本书有哪些“不寻常”的价值,那一定是它对历史和文化背景的穿插介绍。它将枯燥的码头信息与当地的航海历史、重要的灯塔故事结合起来,使得每一次靠岸都变成了一次文化探访,而不是简单的补给任务。比如,在介绍基韦斯特周边的停泊点时,书中花了相当的篇幅讲述了海明威时代的水手生活和当地的走私历史,这为原本严肃的导航信息增添了浓厚的浪漫色彩。这种叙事手法的运用,极大地丰富了阅读体验,让那些漫长的备航夜晚变得不再沉闷。此外,书中对淡水获取和垃圾处理的细致指导,体现了对现代航海可持续性的关注。它不仅告诉你哪里可以加水,还评估了不同码头水质的硬度,这对于船载水处理系统的维护者来说是个非常实用的细节。总而言之,这是一本充满人文关怀和专业深度的作品,它成功地将技术手册的严谨性与旅行文学的吸引力完美融合,是每艘计划在东海岸巡航的船只仪表盘上都应该放置的权威参考资料。
评分作为一名偏爱帆船,对机动艇兴趣一般的航海者,我原本担心内容会偏向大马力船只的停泊需求,但事实证明我的顾虑是多余的。这本书非常均衡地照顾到了不同类型船只的需求,尤其在提及航道水深和吊车设施时,标注得极为清晰。例如,它专门开辟了一个章节,详细解析了圣奥古斯丁附近几个历史悠久的内陆水道的通航限制,这对于我们吃水较深的单桅帆船来说至关重要,避免了无数次因搁浅而带来的尴尬和损失。更值得称赞的是,它对环境友好型停泊实践的倡导,书中提供了许多关于如何最小化对红树林生态系统影响的建议,这显示出作者团队对当地脆弱海洋环境的尊重与责任感。我喜欢它那种朴实无华的叙事风格,没有华丽的辞藻,每一句话似乎都凝聚着实打实的经验教训。它没有试图向你推销任何东西,它的唯一目的似乎就是确保你的旅程安全、愉快,并且对这片水域保持敬畏。这种真诚的态度,让这本书在众多旅游指南中脱颖而出,成为我航行工具箱里不可或缺的一部分。
评分我通常对这类“指南”持保留态度,因为很多出版物的内容往往停留在表面,充斥着通用信息和过时的商业广告,但这本书显然是下了大功夫去实地考察的。最让我印象深刻的是它对佛罗里达州“人情味”的捕捉,你知道,在茫茫大海上航行久了,最渴望的就是找到一个真正能让你放松下来的地方,而不仅仅是一个冰冷的泊位。这本书详尽描述了不同码头社区的氛围——比如哪个码头是钓鱼爱好者的聚集地,哪个码头更受帆船爱好者的青睐,甚至提到了某些码头老板的性格特点和他们乐意提供的帮助范围。这种细微的社会生态描绘,对于我们这些希望融入当地水上社区的航海者来说,价值千金。此外,书中关于船只维修服务的推荐列表也极其可靠,它没有简单地罗列所有商家,而是根据“响应速度”、“专业水平”以及“对过往船只的友好程度”进行了分级评价,这极大地节省了我们在紧急情况下寻找可靠技工的时间和精力。阅读过程中,我感觉作者团队一定是在不同的季节、不同的天气条件下反复体验过这些港口,才能写出如此富有洞察力的文字。这已经超越了一本工具书的范畴,更像是一部充满生活气息的“东海岸船长生活手册”。
评分这本书的结构设计非常便于在航行中快速检索信息。他们没有采用简单的字母顺序排列,而是巧妙地根据地理连续性和航道复杂程度进行了分区。例如,将南部的礁石海岸线与北部的深水港口群落分开讨论,并为每个区域设置了“快速应急电话列表”和“最近的医疗设施指引”。这种预见性的信息组织方式,在真正遇到突发状况时,能帮船主迅速镇定下来,获取关键数据。我尤其欣赏书中对“替代停泊点”的介绍,那些在恶劣天气来临时,官方港口人满为患时,可以作为救命稻草的秘密锚地。作者对这些隐蔽地点的描述,精确到了经纬度,并且附带了关于底层地质和最佳抛锚深度的专业建议,这些信息是任何免费网络论坛都无法提供的。读完这本书,我感觉自己对佛罗里达东海岸的水域有了更深层次的理解,不再仅仅是知道“哪里可以停泊”,而是明白了“为什么要在那里停泊”。这是一种从“游客”到“熟悉水域的航行者”的心态转变,而这本书是实现这种转变的催化剂。
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