The Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to Miami: The Complete Cockpit Cruising Guide, Sixth Edition

I purchased an earlier edition of the same publication and therefore knew the quality of what I was getting. I wanted a guide through the ICW, not an advertisement for attractions along the way. Although, this book did provide a bit of local lore as well. The only reason I did not give it a 5 star rating was because it was a bound paperbak. My earlier version was a spiral bound book which is much easier to open and refer to during the voyage. I also got excellent service. The book was delivered in 3 days without any special request or cost for expedited handling.A happy camper (or should I say sailor)

This is a good supplement to info you can mostly find online. I used it primarily for planning a trip North on the ICC from Oriental NC to mile zero near Hampton Roads. The information on bridges, anchorages and marinas is helpful and is presented sequentially as you go along. I had to use the book backwards as it was designed for cruises southbound but that was not a huge problem. The publishers encourage you to buy their chart book which I did,and found to be useful as well. This is a good summary of what you're going to find on the ICC

Wonderful. I first did the Icw by myself in 1980 in a 22 foot sailboat and had the old version next to me the entire way. We just bought this book and my wife read it. It will be in the cockpit With us on our trip from Baltimore to south west florida next month. I am wondering if their chart book is adequate and able to replace paper charts. We have a catalina 350.

While the updated information is most welcome, the old copy we've used for years is much easier to use.In particular, it has a smaller page size with more pages, and it has a smooth, flip-around spiral binding.These two characteristics are remarkably valuable in the cockpit or at the chart table. With the old version,one simply flips pages through it as the trip progresses and it stays open where it is left. It is alsocompact enough to stay within reach without being in the way. As a result, when trying to sort out some situation,the old guide is always at hand and at the ready, providing the needed information without having to jugglethe guide to find one's place and then hold it open while trying to steer and read.In defense of the new issue's form factor, the additional information may well have forced the larger page sizelest the thickness get out of hand. Even so, a flip-around spiral binding would still be more desirablethan the "perfect binding" of the new issue.Summary: the new information is a most welcome improvement, but the standard paperback form factor is not.

This is a definite must for anyone planning to "Do the ditch." Specifically, ALL pertinent information concerning traveling up and down the Intracoastal Waterway is contained within these pages. Even if you don't have such plans, now or in the future, it is still a really interesting book to scan through. You cannot help but admire the detail that went into such an undertaking. Charles Reap ReadAReap.Com

great resource...detailed info, colorful pics and maps...will be valuable as I travel this waterway over the years.I give it 4 1/2 starsBW

Was a wonderful publication when traveling on the ICW for the first time on a new boat to our family.

a good read even if you aren't boating on the ICW. As a travel companion resource this book can stimulate your problem solving and navigation solving brain even if the specific info becomes obsolete.

Bought for a sailing friend for his 60th birthday and he thought it was wonderful going to use it next Jan. MBDoherty

i found it to be a very informative book ,full of important guides as to how to navigate those waters