Reed's Nautical Almanac East Coast (USA)

Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications

Publication Date: 2007

Covering over 5,000 miles of the coastal waters of North America from Nova Scotia (and the Bay of Fundy) south along the Atlantic Coast to Florida and then north and west along the Gulf of Mexico to Texas. Tide and coastal current tables comprise just over half its 790 pages. Includes hundreds of GPS waypoints, coordinates and characteristics for lights, buoys and other aids to navigation. Hundreds of harbour and approach chartlets. Port and harbour profiles, repair services, provisions, dockage, safe anchorages and distance tables.

With such a large area of coverage detail is limited so the use of local pilots is recommended. The 6” by 9” format, is easier to handle than the UK’s A4, but the book self-closes if left open on the chart table. Colour is restricted to 15 pages although the 27 chartlets have been specially converted from colour to a drab grey scale. A tour through the almanac is available at www.reedsalmanac.com - R