Official Mexican Hydrographic Office charts (SEMAR
- Secretaría de Marina Armada de México) offer a great range of scales for ports
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TIDAL CURRENT TABLES

These are the 2003 editions of the classic tidal current tables that mariners have depended on since they

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Pacific Coast Route from Seattle to San Diego in a series of five maps covering motorcycle routes across the USA: along the Atlantic or the Pacific coasts, east-west across the northern or the southern states, & Route 66, produced in cooperation with Harley-Davidson & filled with extensive tourist information. The maps, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, are double-sided & provide in each title a more general overview map of the whole route plus several more detailed panels breaking it into shorter stages. Each panel highlights the route across the network of local roads & is overprinted with colour-coded numbers indicating places to visit, Harley-Davidson dealers & Best Western hotels, all with addresses & phone numbers. Also provided is information on the types of scenery along the route, road characteristics & driving instructions with stage by stage mileage. The maps also give information on motorcycle laws in each state, indicating helmet & eye protection requirements.* In this title:* the route is presented in seven stages & rather than just following the coast its first three stages meander across Washington State & Oregon, encircling the Olympic National Park & then moving to the interior & Mount Rainier, with the same pattern followed across Oregon. After crossing into California & a ride across the Redwood NP, the route moves closer to the coast, arriving in San Francisco via the Napa Valley & then follows the famous Highway 1 along the Pacific. From Santa Barbara it veers east to the mountains surrounding the LA conurbation & finishes in San Diego. ...

The essential, cut-to-the-chase handbook to the Pacific Crest Trail, based on the comprehensive Wilderness Press guidebooks to the PCT, has been completely updated. Packed with trail-tested features, it`s useful both on & off the trail, covering pre-trip planning for resupply stops, how to set daily on-the-trail mileage goals by knowing trail gradient & the locations of campsites, water sources, & facilities, & how to easily calculate distances between any two points on the trail, & how to planning both north-bound & south-bound hiking trips. ...

Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands & seas
- including New Zeal&, the east coast of Australia & many Pacific islands
- & tested all Cook`s skills as a navigator, seaman & leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, & they revealed to European eyes the mysterious & exotic lands, peoples, flora & fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science & exploration into the Pacific have been neglected & deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook`s work not only of charting but also starting to exploit & control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Laperouse & Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world`s leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin`s voyage in Fitzroy`s Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting & illustrating these achievements & legacies using fascinating text & beautiful illustrations & artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists & scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used & the colonial, commercial & imperial contexts of the voyages.

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Contemporary Pacific style is a blend of the cultures from the many islands of the Pacific & colonial influences. This is an exploration of both the traditional architecture & design of the region & the styles that incorporate traditional concepts, including exotic hideaways that imaginatively combine cool & colourful Pacific style with sumptuous history. The trademarks of Pacific Island style
- attractive & natural materials, practical environment-enhancing design, indoor-outdoor living
- are being found more & more all over the world. All these elements are traditional in the Pacific for climatic, practical & cultural reasons. Covering Samoa, Niue, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Fiji & the Solomon Islands, this volume looks at design & colour in the environment, use of local materials & techniques, traditional houses, painting & stencilling techniques, traditional colonial & modern houses, & other features such as the famous colour-code buses of Western Samoa.

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It was an age without GPS & the Internet, without high-tech monitoring & instantaneous reporting. & it was a time when women simply didn`t do such things. None of this deterred Sharon Sites Adams. In June 1965 Adams made history as the first woman to sail solo from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Four years later, just as Neil Armstrong very publicly stepped onto the moon, the diminutive Adams, alone & unobserved, finally sighted Point Arguello, California, after seventy-four days sailing a thirty-one-foot ketch from Japan, across the violent & unpredictable Pacific. She was the first woman to do so, setting another world record. Inspiring & exciting, Adams` memoir recounts the personal path leading to her historic achievements: a tomboy childhood in the Oregon high desert, an early marriage & painful divorce, & a second marriage that ended when her husband died of cancer. In the wake of his death & almost by accident, Adams discovered sailing. Six weeks after her first sailing lesson she bought a boat, & within eight months she set out to achieve her first world record.” Pacific Lady” recounts the inward journey that paralleled her sailing feats, as Adams drew on every scrap of courage & navigational skill she could muster to overcome the seasickness, exhaustion, & loneliness that marked her harrowing crossings. ...

Pacific Mexico: A Cruiser’s Guidebook, is the most up to date & comprehensive guide detailing the anchorages & harbors of the Pacific mainland coast. The guide contains in depth coverage of the harbors & anchorages used by cruising boats travelling along the Mexican mainland coast from Mazatlán to Zihuatanejo. For boats continuing south towards Central America, harbor charts are included for this more remote section of coast. In an area where the official government charts can be up to two miles off, boaters can travel with complete confidence knowing that the locations described in this guide are illustrated with 72 original GPS accurate chartlets featuring detail not available elsewhere. Chartlets are derived from current surveys, satellite photography, US & Mexican topographic & bathymetric data, as well as the author’s first-hand exploration. GPS waypoints including prime anchorage locations, approaches, & navigational hazards accompany each chartlet. Detailed charts don’t necessary tell the whole story, so the authors have also included stunning color photography, high resolution aerial photos, & annotated approach photos. & since the cruising life doesn’t stop once the anchor is dropped or the dock lines are made fast, detailed city maps, marina guides, fuel, stops, provisioning locations, surf breaks, hiking trails, dive & snorkel sites & much more are also included with each location, helping voyagers make the most of their time on this beautiful & friendly coast. Important cruising information such as weather, ham & SSB radio nets, customs & immigration information, marina locations & layouts, fuel availability, boat haulout facilities, & marine chandleries are among many of the features detailed throughout. Sample itineraries are also included to fit a variety of boater’s schedules to help insure that readers don’t miss a thing while exploring the Pacific mainland coast. ...

Compass American Guides: Pacific Northwest covers everything there is to see & do -- plus gorgeous full-color photographs; a wealth of archival images; topical essays & literary extracts; detailed color maps; & capsule reviews of hotels & restaurants. These insider guides are perfect for new & longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the Pacific Northwest. Created by local writers & photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture & character of America's most spectacular destinations. ...

Pacific Northwest
- Featuring National Parks in Michelin’s ‘ Must Sees’ series is a lightweight guide containing must see information,
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