If North West Europe is in your sights for cruising next year, then you can’t go wrong with the Cruising Almanac, first published in 1909 and updated annually. Covering NW Europe from the Shetlands in the north to Gibraltar in the south and from the Baltic in the east to the west coast of Ireland, it remains the perfect onboard companion for cruising sailors.

Based on first-hand experience and official data, all the content, including text, plans and tidal data, is checked and updated for each new edition. Over 750 port entries sit alongside readily identifiable blue boxed passage notes, enabling easy access to the information you need, both for passage planning and whilst at sea.

The 2024 edition is available soon and introduced by Mike Golding, OBE, who reminds us that “The Cruising Almanac provides that ‘hard copy’ information which today’s electronic navigators so frequently lack.”

This new edition includes some changes to the presentation of essential information to make it more readily accessible. A new chapter for Northwest Spain has been created to allow more extensive overall coverage of the Spanish and Portuguese Atlantic coasts.

Updating of the Almanac continues throughout the year, with corrections published monthly on the Cruising Association website Almanac corrections page.

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