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Solent Cruising Companion

A Yachtsman’s Pilot and Cruising Guide from Keyhaven to Chichester

Author:	Derek Aslett
Published:	2025
Size:	303 × 214 × 15 mm

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Your Guide to the Solent’s Harbours

An updated pilot and cruising companion to the Solent, with charts, photos, and detailed guidance from Keyhaven to Chichester.

Solent Cruising Companion is a yachtsman’s pilot and cruising guide to ports and harbours from Keyhaven to Chichester.

The Solent is the spiritual home of sailing and one of Britain’s most popular cruising grounds. In this, the only pilot guide dedicated to the Solent, Derek Aslett provides an authoritative and practical companion to an area he has loved and sailed for over 50 years. Whether you are a local sailor or visiting for the first time, it will help you make the most of your time in these waters.

Centred on Cowes and covering the area from Keyhaven and Yarmouth in the west to Chichester and Bembridge in the east, the book offers comprehensive pilotage and nautical information, along with historical insights and ideas for things to see and do ashore. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including striking aerial shots of ports, harbours, and anchorages.

This fully updated edition includes over 100 new photographs, 40 revised charts, and new QR codes linking directly to harbour and marina websites. Annual updates are available 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

“The Solent is probably the 'most sailed' water in the British Isles and this book covers the ports, harbours and anchorages from Keyhaven to Chichester. 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

“The book is simply set out with text illustrated by many photographs that give not just the detail but also the flavour of the area. There is something for everyone, either the crew who think they know everything about the area, or the visitor sailing in for the first time. 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. All round, a useful addition to the bookshelf of any Solent bound cruising craft.” – Royal Cruising Club

About the Author

Derek Aslett, a photographer and designer, has cruised the Channel extensively and spent over 45 years exploring and racing in the Solent. His deep familiarity with these waters shines through in this detailed and practical cruising companion.