Under Wide and Starry Skies

50 Sailing Destinations in Seas Less Travelled

Nicholas Coghlan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-1-3994-1375-6 (ISBN)

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Cast off the lines and discover 50 of the most fabulous off-the-beaten-track sailing destinations on our planet.

If you own a sailing boat, chances are that you’ve wondered what it would be like to throw in your job, cast off and sail over the horizon.

Here are 50 out-of-the way destinations to encourage you to sell up and go (or enjoy a temporary escape) with practical tips including formalities, the prevailing weather and GPS positions. The selection of locations is based on over 70,000 miles of sailing. Some (St Helena, Cocos Keeling) are classic yet remote destinations that have been favoured by circumnavigators ever since the days of Joshua Slocum. Others (in Japan, Patagonia or the Pacific Northwest) have been chosen as perfect examples of the attractions of those regions. Common denominators are protection from the weather, scenic beauty and historic and/or human interest. And the fact that, while solitude is not guaranteed, you won’t be troubled by the arrival of a cruising flotilla or by a novice dragging anchor onto you.

Each anchorage is introduced with a lively account describing the place, its history and people (if any) as well as the author and his crew’s adventures. Each account is followed by a beautifully hand-drawn sketch of the anchorage and an information box.

Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny have sailed 70,000 miles offshore in two successive 27ft sailboats Tarka the Otter and Bosun Bird. Their adventures include a circumnavigation of the world and a year in Patagonia. Nicholas is the author of Winter in Fireland and is a frequent contributor to Sailing Today magazine. Nicholas was the first Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan; both he and Jenny hold Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross for evacuating Canadian citizens from Juba, South Sudan in 2013.

Introduction

PART 1: NORTH PACIFIC & NORTH AMERICA
1) Isla Guadalupe – Mexico
2) Isla Clarion – Mexico
3) Isla Canal de Afuera – Panama
4) Pohnpei – Federated States of Micronesia
5) Guam – USA
6) Kabashima, Goto Retto archipelago – Japan
7) Mitarai, Inland Sea – Japan
8) Shimoda – Japan
9) Geographic Harbor, Alaska Peninsula – USA
10) Nellie’s Rest, Prince William Sound, Alaska – USA
11) Kliuchevoi Bay, Southeast Alaska – USA
12) Summers Bay, Alison Sound, British Columbia – Canada
13) Rose Harbour and S’Gang Gwaay, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia – Canada
14) Hollywood Passage, Bunsby islands, British Columbia – Canada
15) San Miguel Island, California – USA

PART I I : SOUTH PACIFIC
16) Caleta Brecknock, Tierra del Fuego – Chile
17) Puerto Eden – Chile
18) Isla Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) – Chile
19) Easter Island – Chile
20) Aukena, Iles Gambier – French Polynesia
21) Motu Haamu, Raivavae, Iles Australes – French Polynesia
22) Aitutaki – Cook Islands
23) Palmerston Atoll – Cook Islands
24) Niuatoputapu – Tonga
25) Apia – Samoa
26) Kavala Bay, Kandavu – Fiji
27) Port Resolution, Tanna – Vanuatu
28) Port Havannah, Efate – Vanuatu
29) Twin Waterfall Bay, Banks Islands – Vanuatu
30) Port Mary, Santa Ana Island – Solomon Islands
31) Lola Island, Vonavona Lagoon – Solomon Islands
32) Middle Percy Island, Queensland – Australia
33) Lizard Island, Queensland – Australia
34) Possession Island, Endeavour Strait, Queensland – Australia

PART I I I : INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICA
35) Christmas Island – Australia
36) Cocos Keeling atoll – Australia
37) Rodrigues Island – Mauritius
38) Kraalbaai, Langebaan Lagoon – South Africa
39) Luderitz – Namibia
40) Alkwasir Island, Khartoum – Sudan

PART IV: SOUTH ATLANTIC
41) St Helena Island
42) Ascension Island
43) Fernando de Noronha – Brazil
44) Praia Cantagalo, Angra dos Reis – Brazil
45) Puerto Deseado – Argentina
46) Spaniard Harbour, Bahia Aguirre – Argentina

PART V: NORTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN
47) Quebec Harbour, Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior – Canada
48) Anse aux Petites Iles, Saguenay Fjord, Quebec – Canada
49) Man O’War Bay – Tobago
50) Cayo Herradura, Isla La Tortuga – Venezuela

Appendix – A Note on Charts
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.1.2025
Zusatzinfo	Colour photography and chartlets throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer
ISBN-10	1-3994-1375-9 / 1399413759
ISBN-13	978-1-3994-1375-6 / 9781399413756
Zustand	Neuware