Norwegian Cruising Guide 8th Edition Vol 5

Volume 5: Svalbard and Jan Mayen

The original, most complete and most up-to-date guide for mariners to the coasts of Norway, and Svalbard (Spitsbergen).

• Continuously updated since 1978.
• General Cruising Information volume online and free.
• Over 900 pages in 4 Harbours & Anchorages volumes, in print or eBook.
• Over 1000 ports and anchorages described in detail.
• Over three times more information than any competing guide.
• Tips on cruising northern destinations gathered by the authors during 35 years and over 100,000 miles of North Atlantic cruising. Insider's perspective from Norwegian authors Hans Jakob and Eli gathered in 50 years of cruising Norway.
• Planning maps and over 1500 photographs.
• Includes a harbours and anchorages waypoint file for loading into your plotter or navigation software.

This not a glossy picture book, but rather a real guide filled with up-to-date information to help recreational mariners have a great cruise.

Phyllis has sailed over 40,000 offshore miles with John on their McCurdy & Rhodes 56, Morgan's Cloud, most of it in the high latitudes, including cruising the coast of Norway and Svalbard for 2 years, and has crossed the Atlantic three times.

John was born and brought up in Bermuda and started sailing as a child, racing locally and offshore before turning to cruising. He has sailed over 100,000 miles, most of it on his McCurdy & Rhodes 56, Morgan's Cloud, including eight ocean races to Bermuda, culminating in winning his class twice in the Newport Bermuda Race. He has skippered a series of voyages in the North Atlantic, the majority of which have been to the high latitudes, including cruising the coast of Norway and Svalbard for 2 years.

Hans Jakob has cruised the coast of Norway for over 50 years, including three voyages to Svalbard in three different sailboats. He has an unparalleled and intimate insider's knowledge of the coast.