Product Description

Cruising the Queensland Coast Paperback Book

The most comprehensive book published since John Lucas wrote his cruising guides of the Queensland Coast.

Cruising the Queensland Coast is a cruising guide for yachts cruising the Queensland coast, written by Greg Luck, the owner of Curlew Escape.

Each of the 13 coasts, from the Gold Coast to the Cooktown Coast, is covered in detail, including marinas, anchorages, public and private moorings, passages, wind and wave averages, public pontoons and quick reference information.

It features hundreds of chartlets and high-resolution aerial photos of anchorages to take the guesswork out of anchoring. Each anchorage has information on depth, bottom, marine park zone, recommended wind directions and strengths, mobile reception, TV reception and Starlink.

It is also an extensive reference of useful information needed when preparing to cruise the Queensland Coast such as skills and experience, apps, charts and books, equipping the yacht for cruising, cruising logistics, climate and weather systems, marine hazards and the three marine parks and their rules.

In publishing this guide Greg has created a valuable resource for both the experienced and those who are new to cruising the Queensland Coast.In my opinion, this is a must-have guide for those who plan on spending time Cruising The Queensland Coast and want to make the most of the experience!

– John Hembrow, Down Under Rally & Ahoy Magazine

What’s New in the Third Edition?

The third edition is fully updated with:

• many new public moorings for the Townsville, Discovery and Cassowary coasts and the Whitsundays
• new anchorages, taking the total to 503 anchorages and moorings
• new public pontoons
• updates to the KGari Coast for the new Great Sandy Marine Park management plan
• Starlink land versus ocean status for each anchorage, mooring and marina along with the Telstra mobile reception
• digital TV reception strength for each anchorage
• latest marina changes including comprehensive information onsuper yacht berths and resultant marina berth layout changes
• S63 official Hydrographic chart references for each coast and how to useAustralian Hydrographic charts on apps and chart plotters along with other navigation data sources
• expanded coverage of the Gold Coast and Moreton Bay
• recalculated wave roses for recent Waverider buoy placements such as the Wide Bay Bar
• higher-resolution aerial images and photos in the print version
• numerous other changes and updates
• Added the Kobo eBooks platform for readers in countries not supported by the other eBook platforms. They operate in 244 countries and territories.