About the Author

Contact Information: Mark Bunzel, Publisher Fine Edge 14004 Biz Point Lane Anacortes, WA 98221 360-299-8500; 360-941-3786 (cell) [email protected]

Local Knowledge: A Skippers Reference – Tacoma to Ketchikan For Every Captain Cruising the Pacific NW and Inside Passage

This reference guide for the pilot house is an assortment of valuable navigation tools including over 50 pages of handy distance tables between all of the major ports and anchorages for navigation planning between Tacoma and Ketchikan. It includes strategies for challenging the currents in places like Johnstone Strait and the Yucultas, conversion tables, time, distance and speed tables, weather reference data, radio procedures and frequencies, and a number of useful information resources to answer many of the questions that come up while underway. Written by Kevin Monahan, an officer in the Canadian Coast Guard, and former fisherman and delivery captain, this book provides the local knowledge to simplify navigation and safe passage from Tacoma to Ketchikan.

“A must-have reference for the captain of any boat traveling the Inside Passage.”

Local Knowledge The Skipper’s Reference Tacoma to Ketchikan Part of the Fine Edge Nautical Knowledge Series By Kevin Monahan ISBN: 1-932310-11-8 144 Pages – Color Cover – B&W Text Price: $19.95

Available through nautical booksellers, West Marine, and BoatU.S., in the US and Canada, and at www.FineEdge.com. Review copies are available on request. An electronic version of this press release, and images of the book cover are available in the Press Room area on our web site, www.fineedge.com/press_room.html.

Fine Edge, the leading nautical publisher in the Western U.S., with over 45 books and maps for the recreation industry including the popular, six-book “Exploring…” series of nautical cruising guides written by Don Douglass and Réanne Hemingway-Douglass, and the 4 volume Dreamspeaker series of color cruising guides by Anne and Laurence Yeadon-Jones. Fine Edge’s additional titles cover nautical knowledge, non-fiction nautical titles, and guidebooks and maps for kayaking and mountain biking.