Cruising Guides

Cruising Guides

Our video cruising guides help you plan your voyage and get the most out of your visit. Learn about weather, navigation, anchorages, shore facilities, activities ashore, clearing in and out of customs, and much more.

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Cruising Guides
  • First Timer's Guide to the AICW with Wally Moran

    Movie

    A Video with Canadian sailor, Wally Moran, Charter Skipper and writer.
    A Waterways Guide contributor, Wally is a highly regarded expert on cruising the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) along the southeast U.S. seaboard from Norfolk, Virginia to Miami, Florida. In In recent years he has orga...

  • Cuba: Forbidding...Forbidden with Wally Moran

    Movie

    A video with Wally Moran, charter skipper and writer.
    This forbidden Caribbean isle has become an elusive destination for U.S. cruising sailors. But Wally is Canadian and has cruised to Cuba several times.

    "Varadero and Santa Marta were my first taste of large, urban civilization since I'd ar...

  • Cast Off for Catalina

    Movie

    The indispensable Video Guide to Catalina Island for boaters (and landlubbers too!) This video is a must-see before you sail and while you're there. It includes everything you need to know about cruising to tranquil Catalina island, just 20 miles from busy Los Angeles off the California coast. Th...

  • Cast Off for Mexico

    Movie

    The indispensable Video Guide for boaters entering and exiting Mexican waters. This video is a must-see before you sail and while you're there. It includes everything you need to know about visiting Baja's northernmost Port of Entry, Ensenada.

    During the video, you'll learn about immigration p...

  • U.S. West Coast - Mexico Cruising

    Movie + 4 extras

    Take four California - Mexico west coast cruising adventures: San Francisco Bay, the Sea of Cortez, the Channel Islands, and Ensenada, Mexico. A Master Collection from the Sailing Quarterly Video Magazine series.

    The Extras contain the individual segments of the full video so you can interacti...

  • Around Santa Cruz Island

    Movie + 4 extras

    A film by Marc Hersch.
    This is THE video cruising guide to southern California's Santa Cruz Island positioned in the middle of the Channel Islands National Park just 25 miles off the Santa Barbara coast. Often referred to as "the Galapagos of North America," Santa Cruz Island is home to twelve s...

  • Bluewater Destinations: Ep2 - Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands

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    BLUEWATER DESTINATIONS
    EPISODE 2: Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands
    A film by British Sailor, TV director, and circumnavigator, Michael Briant. From his 6-part series.

    A must for anyone intending to transit the Panama Canal. All three methods of locking are shown – side wall, alongside, ...

  • U.S. East Coast Cruising - North Carolina to Maine

    Movie

    Take four sailing adventures along the diverse east coast of the USA from North Carolina to Maine. Hosted by Gary Jobson. From Sailing Quarterly Video Magazine.

    Your voyage begins with cruising guide author, Claiborne Young as he navigates the ICW and Barrier islands of North Carolina.

    Nex...

  • Cuba: Forbidding...Forbidden with Wally Moran

    A video with Wally Moran, charter skipper and writer.
    This forbidden Caribbean isle has become an elusive destination for U.S. cruising sailors. But Wally is Canadian and has cruised to Cuba several times.

    "Varadero and Santa Marta were my first taste of large, urban civilization since I'd arriv...

  • TRAILER: Cuba: Forbidding...Forbidden with Wally Moran

    A video with Wally Moran, charter skipper and writer.
    This forbidden Caribbean isle has become an elusive destination for U.S. cruising sailors. But Wally is Canadian and has cruised to Cuba several times.

    "Varadero and Santa Marta were my first taste of large, urban civilization since I'd arriv...

  • Dry Tortugas
    Movie + 3 extras

    Dry Tortugas

    Movie + 3 extras

    Sail aboard the tall ship, Unicorn to the Dry Tortugas National Park 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico from Key West, Florida. Explore the historic U.S. Civil War era Ft. Jefferson with Bob Bitchin and his Lats & Atts TV co-host, Courtney Haas. This 100-square mile park is mostly open water with...