The Yachtsman's Guide to the Bahamas continues to be the very first and number one all time best selling All Bahamas Cruising Guide published. This Guide has been updated every year since 1950 and has the distinction of being considered by the boating community the definitive Bahamas Cruising Guide for novice and seasoned Island skipper alike planning to sail their vessel from the US across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and The Dominican Republic. The Guide begins with good hard information in the "What the Skipper Should Know" section where everything from anchoring to garbage disposal is addressed. Things like flag etiquette,communications, medical needs and law inforcement and many tips to make your experience an enjoyable one. Once you start using the guide itself you will find plenty of very easy to read sketch charts as well as aeriel land and sea photographs. and in each geographical cruising section suggestions on not only the best way to enter an area but also what you can expect to find once you are at anchor. Island listings begin from The North and run South which is the way most cruisers will be doing it making it almost a quite simple to finde the next port of call, and the convient 6" x 9" size and spiral (lay flat) binding make it helm friendly while underway.