"Tony Van" wrote in message
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Where you at?

If your in or around Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, or Jersey,
I would recommend "A Crusing Guide to The New England Coast" It's probably
out
of print but you may be able to get a copy on eBay.

But if you only want to carry just one book, it should be Chapman.

Chapman has gotten so much larger (larger type and more white space, I
think) it's going to be hard to carry. The Cruising Guide is in print in
its 12th Edition. I agree with another poster that the Annapolis Book of
Seamanship is an easier read than Chapman, and I like it more now than when
I first bought it. Nigel Calder's Cruising Guide is not for dummies, it's
dense and detailed, and I trust his information and opinions. (His favorite
anchor is a Delta, and that's one of the reasons I got one.) I'm a
bookworm, so one book on a subject would never satisfy me.

The Morrow Guide to Knots is the best little knot book I've seen.

I just read an excellent survival at sea story, In the Heart of the Sea,
about the sinking of a Nantucket whaling boat, but it could give you some
distasteful ideas...