"Armond Perretta" wrote in
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Wayne.B wrote:
"Armond Perretta" wrote:

Look for a copy of "Yachtsman's Guide to Bermuda." It's out of
print but you could get lucky. The first $10,000 gets my own
personal copy (smile).

Just bought one used on Amazon for $15, a saving of $9,985. :-)

The version to look for is the 1994 edition published by the Maritime
Museum. It replaced the Voegli edition mentioned on Amazon, but the
1994 edition is essentially impossible to find. It is no longer
available even in Bermuda. I once owned the original edition put
together by Voegli, who now runs a sailboat charter operation in
Bermuda. That book is long gone, and of course I wish I'd kept it. I
may never sail to Bermuda again, but I still intend to hold on to this
guide. A similar example I own is Loveridge's "Cruising Guide to the
Nova Scotia Coast." This is a superb guide from about 1997. I know
Pete Loveridge quite well and he inscribed my copy. But the book is
essentially unavailable, even in Nova Scotia, and when it is found
online the asking is often in the vicinity of $150.

I try to obtain everything in print when I am planning a cruise. Now
it looks like I should have bought multiple copies of each. However
when I was preparing for a Summer 2008 visit to Bermuda, I spent much
more than I intended on new Admiralty charts, electronic charts,
various publications, etc. Now I am the owner of a superb set of
Bermuda documents and charts that is just sitting around and doing me
no good.

Based upon the guide that I have in my hand, it's actually titled "Bermuda
Yachting Guide" ISBN 0-921560-06-0 published by the Bermuda Maritime Museum
Association, 1994.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org