Your Complete Guide to Coastal Cruising from the Gold Coast to Cooktown
Format: Paperback | Pages: 649 | Weight: 1.2 kg
Dimensions: 18 cm (W) x 24 cm (H) x 2.3 cm (D)
Published: 18 April 2023

🌴 Navigate with Confidence Along One of the World’s Most Spectacular Coastlines

Whether you’re planning your first coastal voyage or you’re a seasoned cruiser looking to refine your passage planning, Cruising the Queensland Coast is the definitive reference for yachties navigating Australia’s northeast seaboard.

This comprehensive guide covers 13 distinct cruising regions, from the bustling waterways of the Gold Coast to the remote reaches near Cooktown. It's a practical, chart-rich, and thoroughly researched publication that belongs on every cruiser’s bookshelf—or, better yet, in the cockpit.

🗺️ What’s Inside

🛰️ Tech-Enhanced Navigation

• eBook Integration: Compatible with Navionics and C-Map apps for real-time GPS plotting

• GPX File Access: Clickable download links in the eBook for anchorages, passages & key locations

• Print Edition Bonus: Includes access to a comprehensive archive of GPX files for use with chart plotters and navigation apps

📖 Additional Resources & Planning Tools

The guide also provides essential background to help cruisers plan and adapt:

• ⚓ Skills & Safety: Recommended qualifications, VHF protocols, night navigation

• 📲 Tech & Apps: Essential mobile apps and websites for weather, navigation, and cruising support

• 🌤️ Climate & Weather Systems: Understanding tropical weather, monsoons, cyclones and seasonal cruising

• 🐠 Marine Parks & Zones: Practical guidance on navigating and anchoring within the Great Barrier Reef, Moreton Bay, and Great Sandy Marine Parks

• ⚙️ Cruising Preparation: Outfitting your yacht, provisioning tips, spares, and repairs

Who It’s For

• First-Time Cruisers looking to plan their inaugural trip up or down the Queensland coast

• Experienced Yacht Owners seeking updated charts, tools and consolidated reference material

• Sailing Families preparing for extended liveaboard adventures

• Charter Skippers & Delivery Crew needing fast access to accurate, practical local knowledge

• Marine Educators & Schools using it as a teaching resource for coastal cruising fundamentals

Specifications

• Format: Paperback

• Pages: 649

• Weight: 1.2 kg

• Dimensions: 18 cm x 24 cm x 2.3 cm

• Publication Date: 18 April 2023

• Publisher: [Insert publisher name if known]

Why This Book Matters

More than just a guidebook, Cruising the Queensland Coast is a trusted companion for safe, enjoyable, and informed cruising. With its fusion of cartographic clarity, local insight, and digital connectivity, it takes the stress out of coastal navigation and helps you focus on what really matters—the joy of life at sea.