Solent Cruising Companion

Derek Aslett's pilot guide to the Solent. Centred on Cowes, it covers the area from Keyhaven and Yarmouth in the west to Chichester and Bembridge in the east, with pilotage and nautical information for each harbour, historical notes, and suggestions for where to eat and what to do ashore.

It is illustrated with colour charts and photographs, including aerial photographs of the ports, harbours and anchorages.

What's in this edition

This edition has been fully updated, with over 100 new photographs and 40 updated charts. QR codes link to the main harbour and marina websites, and updates are published each spring on the Fernhurst Books website.

Praise for Solent Cruising Companion

"This very successful book has been re-issued in its third edition and is bang up to date. It goes methodically through all the harbours in the Solent which one could possibly enter and its factual information on the facilities in each harbour is second to none."

– Classic Sailor

"Aslett provides clear navigation and pilotage advice for each location and a separate panel of useful information (fuel, gas, showers, places to eat etc). A good companion and the photos and chartlets are excellent."

– Yachting Monthly

"There is approach information well illustrated with chartlets and a good range of contact details from coastguard to dental helplines. There is a good selection of information on transport, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants."

– Royal Cruising Club

About the author

Derek Aslett is a photographer and designer who has cruised the whole of the Channel. He has spent much of the past 45 years cruising the Solent or racing around the cans.

About Fernhurst Books

Fernhurst Books was founded in 1979 to publish books on dinghy racing. Since 2013 it has again been an independent nautical publisher, owned and run by sailors, with over 140 titles on sailing and other watersports.