CCA Cruising Guides to Maine, Atlantic Canada and The Viking Route

CCA Cruising Guides to Maine, Atlantic Canada and The Viking Route

About 75 years ago the Cruising Club of America published a guide to Nova Scotian waters, a sailing destination that was then viewed by many as an “adventure cruising” destination. Charlie Bartlett of the Boston Station put that first guide together with contributions from about a dozen CCA members, recording local knowledge that did not appear in the official pilot books. 

 

Since then, the CCA guides have expanded to five print volumes covering Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Viking Route from Europe to North America via Iceland and Greenland plus a free on-line guide to Maine. These guides contribute to safe, enjoyable and adventurous cruising through the efforts of more than 125 contributors and a dedicated cadre of volunteer CCA editors supported by a lot of help from friends and fellow sailors. 

 

The CCA online Cruising Guide to Maine is a free on-line resource that provides completely up to date information about Maine’s top harbors, marine and provisioning services, scenic, secluded anchorages, local weather and wind forecasts (via Windy.com), tide predictions (via US Harbors), insider tips on hiking, activities, and much more. Access this important resource for free through this link:  Online Cruising Guide to MAINE. 

 

The five print guides are available from quality marine booksellers across Canada and the United States, online retailers including Amazon or directly from the publisher, Paradise Cay Publications www.paracay.com.

 

If you have cruising information to share, suggestions or comments for any of the guides, or would like to become involved in any way, please email the Guides Committee guides@cruisingclub.org

CCA Cruising Guides
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The Viking Route Guide

This unique guide provides essential information for those adventurous souls who aim to follow in the wakes of the Vikings in northern waters from the old world to the new.
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Cruising Guide to Nova Scotia

Including New Brunswick’s Southwest Coast and the Saint John River, The Bras d’Or Lakes and Cape Breton, and the fabled Sable Island. Nova Scotia is a province of scenic beauty and warm, welcoming citizens of many origins and languages.
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Cruising Guide to Newfoundland

By far the most comprehensive guide to cruising the entire island, it encompasses over 200 harbors with chartlets and sketch charts for nearly all. From the dramatic fjords along the south coast to the beautiful seabird colonies along the east coast, and then to the isolated islands and rugged coastline and the historic abandoned outport villages of Notre Dame Bay, there is something for every adventurous cruiser. The guide also covers the very French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which are just a few miles from Newfoundland’s south coast.
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Cruising Guide to Labrador

Stretching from the Quebec Shore through the Belle Isle Strait to the Inuit coast of Nunatsiavut, this guide brings the adventurous cruiser to wild and isolated places where the sense of being alone and self-reliant is ever more present.
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Cruising Guide to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

This guide begins in the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City with its walled fortress and extends all along the Quebec shore to the Straits of Belle Isle. Harbors on the Gaspé Peninsula in New Brunswick are also included, as are ports on the scenic Islands of Ȋles de la Madeleine and Prince Edward Island. Not many cruisers know these waters, and this guide reveals many of the Gulf’s “hidden gems.”