Pacific Northwest Cruising Guides

Bunzel, Mark, editor. Waggoner Cruising Guide: Washington, British Columbia & Alaska. 2025 ed., Fine Edge Nautical & Recreational Publishing, 2025.

Annual, full-color guide covering marinas, anchorages, and routes from Olympia, Washington, through British Columbia to Ketchikan, Alaska. Includes detailed harbor diagrams, updated services, and local knowledge notes highlighted for safe passagemaking.

Publisher: Waggoner Books

Scherer, Migael M. A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: Olympia to Port Angeles. 2nd ed., International Marine / McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Classic narrative cruising guide with clear piloting instructions, harbor ratings, and local notes for every port and anchorage from Olympia north through Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands to Port Angeles.

Publisher: McGraw Hill / International Marine

Yeadon-Jones, Anne, and Laurence Yeadon-Jones. Puget Sound: A Boater's Guide. Dreamspeaker Publishing, 2013.

Dreamspeaker-series guide focused on Puget Sound from Port Townsend to Olympia, including Lake Washington and Hood Canal. Features hand-drawn harbor plans and concise notes on marinas, parks, and anchorages.

Publisher: Dreamspeaker / Harbour Publishing

Douglass, Don, and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands: Cruising Paradise of the Pacific Northwest. 3rd ed., FineEdge.com LLC, 2011.

Detailed pilotage and anchorage guide for the San Juan Islands (USA) and Gulf Islands (Canada), with route suggestions, anchorage notes, and marina details for this popular 70-mile archipelago.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books

Yeadon-Jones, Anne, and Laurence Yeadon-Jones. Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide, Volume 1: The Gulf Islands & Vancouver Island: Victoria & Sooke to Nanaimo. 4th ed., Harbour Publishing, 2018.

Dreamspeaker volume covering the Gulf Islands and southeastern Vancouver Island, with hand-drawn harbor plans, local attractions, and practical notes on marinas, parks, and sheltered anchorages.

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Yeadon-Jones, Anne, and Laurence Yeadon-Jones. Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide, Volume 2: Desolation Sound & the Discovery Islands. Rev. 5th ed., Harbour Publishing, 2023.

Companion Dreamspeaker volume for Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, providing detailed anchorage sketches, route ideas, and notes on popular marine parks and remote coves.

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Douglass, Don, and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia: Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound to Broughton Archipelago and Blunden Harbour. Rev. 4th ed., Fine Edge Nautical & Recreational Publishing, 2022.

Comprehensive Douglass-series guide for the sunny south coast of British Columbia, linking the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Desolation Sound, and the Broughtons with detailed anchorage descriptions and route planning advice.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books

Vipond, Anne, and William Kelly. Best Anchorages of the Inside Passage: British Columbia's South and Central Coast from the Gulf Islands to Fitz Hugh Sound. 2nd rev. ed., Ocean Cruise Guides, 2023.

Photo-rich anchorage guide from Victoria north through the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Desolation Sound, and the central coast to Fitz Hugh Sound, focusing on scenic, well-protected anchorages with clear sketch charts.

Publisher: Ocean Cruise Guides

Hamilton, Jennifer, and James Hamilton. Cruising the Secret Coast: Unexplored Anchorages on British Columbia's Inside Passage. Weatherly Press, 2008.

Focuses on lesser-known coves and inlets along the BC Inside Passage, with an emphasis on off-the-beaten-path anchorages, hydrographic quirks, and practical local knowledge for slower, exploratory cruising.

Publisher / distributor: Waggoner Books

Douglass, Don, and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Exploring the North Coast of British Columbia. Rev. 4th ed., Fine Edge Nautical & Recreational Publishing, 2024.

Detailed guide to the north coast of British Columbia, including the channels, fjords, and anchorages between Cape Caution and Dixon Entrance, with special attention to weather, remoteness, and fuel stops.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books

Douglass, Don, and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Exploring Vancouver Island's West Coast. 2nd ed., Fine Edge Publications, 1999.

Specialized cruising guide for the more exposed west coast of Vancouver Island, from Victoria and Sooke north to Winter Harbour, with emphasis on bar crossings, ocean swell, remote anchorages, and weather windows.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books

Wood, Charles, and Margo Wood. Charlie's Charts: North to Alaska: Victoria, B.C. to Glacier Bay, Alaska. 6th ed., Paradise Cay Publications, 2020.

Route-planning cruising guide using simplified chartlets and waypoints for the Inside Passage from Victoria to Glacier Bay, including suggested routes, harbor notes, and overview planning information for each leg.

Publisher: Charlie's Charts / Paradise Cay Publications

Douglass, Don, and Reanne Hemingway-Douglass. Exploring Southeast Alaska: Dixon Entrance to Skagway. Rev. 4th ed., Fine Edge Publications, 2022.

The standard Douglass-series guide for Southeast Alaska, covering the Inside Passage from Dixon Entrance through Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Tracy Arm, Juneau, and north to Skagway, with extensive anchorage details and route notes.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books

Bunzel, Mark, et al. Ports and Passes: The Pacific Northwest Tide and Current Guide. 2025 ed., Fine Edge Nautical & Recreational Publishing, 2025.

Annual tide and current guide covering inside waters from Olympia, Washington, to Prince Rupert, BC (with companion volumes extending to West Coast Vancouver Island and Southeast Alaska). Provides primary and secondary station tables plus explanatory notes on using local currents.

Publisher: Fine Edge / Waggoner Books