The Cruising Guide to Abaco, Bahamas: 2016

This twenty-seventh edition of the only annually updated cruising guide to Abaco includes updates for 16 of the 81 navigational charts and marina maps in the book including updates and expanded information on Sand Banks and Dont Rock passage. This edition also contains new information and suggestions for deep draft routes (9' draft). The accurate easy-to-read color charts are based on original hydrographic research and 40 years of local knowledge, and they are the only charts which show locations of submerged power lines and & do not anchor zones in the central part of Abaco. The book also includes recent color aerial photographs of all principal harbours and a proven system of GPS waypoints. Its organization makes it easy to use it is the clear choice of most cruisers and the best selling guide to Abaco. Includes tide tables for 2016, detailed snorkeling/diving charts, up-dated business directories for Abaco, articles on fishing, an offshore bathymetric fishing chart, a lunar calendar for 2016, a guide to the dolphins and whales of Abaco, a brief history of Abaco, and helpful local advertising

Steve Dodge is Professor Emeritus of History at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. He lives at White Sound, Elbow Cay for part of each year, and also has a residence in New Smyrna Beach, FL. He has been doing research and writing on the history of the Bahamas for over thirty years, and has published several books, including; Abaco: The History of an Out Island and its Cays.