Italian Waters Pilot

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Italian Waters Pilot is the only guide for yachtsmen in English that covers the coasts of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian 'heel' and Malta in one volume. 

This new eleventh edition has numerous updates throughout, with contact details, plans and text undergoing a thorough revision. Care has been taken to research the details of marina developments. Where available, information is given on proposed changes and extensions to yacht harbours. Marine reserves are an important feature of the coasts and off-lying islands, particularly in Sardinia and Sicily, and this edition provides updated details of the latest regulations. Climate change and extreme weather events are becoming a major issue and this edition includes a section on the how climate change might affect sailing in the Mediterranean. 

Italian Waters Pilot is the last word on the area for yachts cruising there and on their way between the eastern and western Mediterranean. 

Rod and Lucinda Heikell have also authored companion guides on France, Greece and Turkey, acclaimed as the best pilot books available. 

Recommended by the Royal Cruising Club and The Cruising Association.

Amazon customer reviews:

We sail the Med summers and keep the Heikells' pilot books by our side. We update them as they are published. Last summer we sailed to Italy and consider their books a necessary part of both our planning and charting. Can't do without them! PH

The Heikells have produced a very informative volume again. Great details of coast and up to date marina details. A must if you are sailing in the area. IB

Ideal for our purposes. Detailed with useful comments about weather, safety, services, officials, eating and drinking ashore. C

It not only provides the necessary information for the sailor but also gives the most interesting local and historical information. A most interesting book. CC

Genre: Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Sailing (fancy, right?)