Cruising Guides - France - Channell (La Manche)

The Shell Channel Pilot - South coast of England, the North coast of France and the Channel Islands

For more than 80 years The Shell Channel Pilot has been the ultimate authority on English Channel navigation and pilotage. Following the pioneering work of the legendary Adlard Coles, the book was passed to Captain John Coote RN in 1982.

In his comparatively short, ten-year tenure, John Coote expanded the coverage from the English coast to include northern France. He also applied a characteristic humour to the shoreside aspect of the text which has been enthusiastically adopted by Tom Cunliffe, the present and third compiler of this unique work. This is a revised 8th edition published by Imray under Cunliffe's hand.

'Shell' is more than a harbour guide. It also provides a reassuring hand on the shoulder for Channel navigation, with useful passage notes gleaned from the compiler's personal experience of more than 40 years running the tides and finding the eddies. His frank remarks regarding harbour and recreational facilities have long been relied upon by sailors of all generations and nationalities.
Working with harbourmasters and a dedicated group of carefully selected yachtsmen and women, Cunliffe has kept this pilot as up to date as is humanly possible. More than being technically sound, which is to be expected from a Yachtmaster Examiner, the book is also a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Channel Islands, Cherbourg Peninsula, North Brittany

This revision of the RCC Pilotage Foundation's pilot updates the combined volume for this area which encompasses the Channel Islands and extends from St Vaast La Hougue on the east of the Cherbourg peninsula, and works westwards along the Normandy and Brittany coasts to Ouessant.
Coverage includes the Plateau des Roches Douvres as well as detailed sections on the navigable rivers.

The navigator benefits enormously from the painstaking approach with which Peter Carnegie has documented his own explorations of these, his home waters. His numerous annotated photographs and the many accompanying charts detail the network of transits between the off-lying rocks and islands of the region.
Waypoints are used judiciously to further inform, but the emphasis remains on time-proven and trusted methods of safe navigation in these waters of high tidal range and fast-moving currents.

Yachting Monthly's Channel Havens - The Secret Inlets and Secluded Anchorages of the Channel

A cruising guide with a difference. Recognising that many of us would like to sail away from the crowd, Ken Endean introduces the reader to beautiful, unfrequented places within the Western English Channel, from the Solent to the West Country, Channel Islands and Northern France.

Here are sandy bays, coves, reef anchorages and the upper reaches of river estuaries - places neglected by most pilot books - where one can experience the sense of discovery and adventure that is more usually associated with faraway cruising.
Anyone who is attracted by the dramatic scenery of unspoilt coastal waters will treasure this guide from an experienced sailors who has gone before.

La Manche - Côtes française et anglaise et îles anglo-normandes et (Guide Imray Vagnon)

Pour chaque port, île ou baie, le lecteur trouvera une description complète et détaillée, la cartographie, les approches de jour et de nuit, les amarrages et les mouillages, les équipements et services, ou encore les visites à faire à terre.

Ce guide couvre la côte anglaise des Scilly à Ramsgate, les îles anglo-normandes (Jersey, Guernesey, Aurigny, Sercq et Herm notamment) et la côte française de Dunkerque à Ouessant.

Les guides Imray sont l'adaptation française des ouvrages de la prestigieuse maison d'édition anglaise Imray, référence mondiale dans le domaine de la cartographie marine. Ils décrivent avec une précision inégalée les ports, les marinas, les mouillages...
Leur présentation claire, avec beaucoup de photos complétant de nombreuses cartes et plans détaillés en font des ouvrages indispensables pour des croisières réussies.