Atlantic Spain and Portugal

A pilot for the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal, from the rías of Galicia to the Algarve and on to the Bay of Gibraltar. It serves yachts on passage to the Mediterranean or the Canaries as well as those cruising western Spain and Portugal.

What's in this edition

Harbour plans and navigational details have been updated from six years of new data, with a new selection of aerial, drone and sea-level photographs. Changes to safety, regulations, climate and proposed wind farms are included.

About the author

Henry Buchanan has worked for the RCCPF since 2009 and became sole author of Atlantic Spain and Portugal in 2012. He was an engineer in RN submarines and spent his holidays cruising between Norway and Gibraltar. After a circuit of the Atlantic islands in 2007–08 he cruised the Mediterranean for four years, returning to Britain by the Atlantic coast in 2013.

Praise for Atlantic Spain and Portugal

“The best-presented pilot guide I have had the privilege to review... Absolutely excellent.”

– Yachting Monthly

About the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation

Imray has worked with the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation since 1985. The Foundation is a charity which collects and researches pilotage, navigation and weather information for small boats, including from remote areas where other sources are scarce or non-existent. Imray draws the cartography and produces each book from the Foundation's researched and edited material.

About Imray

Imray has been publishing nautical information for recreational and professional mariners since the mid-18th century. Today it is part of FB Imray, a joint venture with the Austrian cartographers freytag & berndt. Imray is recognised by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as a chart producer, and publishes pilot books, cruising guides, almanacs and navigation handbooks alongside its charts.