Boater's Pocket Reference

Thomas A. McEwen
Anchor Cove Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0977405206
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (6/06)

This is a great pocket reference guide to boating.  It is amazing how much information can fit into one small book.  It is 3”x5”x1” and has 800 pages.  So you really can fit it into your pocket.   The reference guide is organized so that you can easily find information.  The topics include:  Boat design and construction; rules and regulations; navigation rules; boat operating and seamanship; piloting and navigation; ropes, lines and knots; weather; mechanical; electrical; communication; boat trailering; general reference tables; conversion tables; boating organizations and bibliography; and a glossary.  Really what more could you need?

There is an easy to find color coded quick reference guide to navigation.  I think that this will be the most valuable section for a boater.  There is a section in this part on national and international boating flags.  This would be really helpful to have around if you are going into a different area and not familiar with all of the signs.   As a novice boater, I like the idea of having this book handy so that I can refer to it as questions arise.  I don’t have to keep asking someone.  I think that an expert boater would appreciate as well, because they might just find the one piece of information in here that they need, but don’t know.  

This book would make a great gift for the boating fan that has everything.

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