{"product_id":"the-gentlemans-guide-to-passages-bruce-van-sant-9781470146962","title":"The Gentleman's Guide to Passages South: The Thornless Path to Windward","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Tenth and last Edition of the popular directions for sailing south to the Bahamas and the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty years Van Sant repeatedly surveyed nearly 200 anchorages between Florida and South America. He racked up well over 80,000 sea miles doing it, mostly single-handed. Why? You'll find some interesting answers in his book of stories, \u003ci\u003eMargarita Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, but essentially, he did it because he \u003ci\u003eliked\u003c\/i\u003e doing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSailing up and down the chain of islands so much and so often, he got to looking for shorter and easier ways to navigate between each link in the chain, and he kept refining detailed nav plans for every leg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe has systematically taken the thorns out of the route they used to call the \u003ci\u003eThorny Path\u003c\/i\u003e. For example, he exploits the calming effects on wind and sea which result from land cooling on each side of an inter-island passage. Applying his many methods, both sail and power can make safe, comfortable and pleasant progress even against normally impenetrable trade winds and seas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassages South\u003c\/i\u003e offers an illustrated manual of instruction for specific passages and harbors down islands as well as a cruising guide for the Greater Antilles islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. It has sailed aboard tens of thousands of boats passaging between the Americas. It should sail with you too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Van Sant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1470146967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781470146962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d","brand":"Bruce Van Sant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048520282367,"sku":"9781470146962","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1dc973c-3dd5-4ae5-9114-0b4ee43579d9.jpg?v=1684996244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gentlemans-guide-to-passages-bruce-van-sant-9781470146962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}