North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion

The long-awaited update of this best-selling cruising companion covering the whole spectacular North Brittany coasts, the Channel Islands and the fascinating harbours on the west side of the Cherbourg peninsula. Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore: an authoritative guide designed to help you make the most of your visit to this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages. Share Peter & Jane's joy of cruising in this fabulous area which has enabled them to create a text which will inspire and inform you and help you love the area as much as they do.

Praise for North Brittany & Channel Islands Cruising Companion

"This book contains all that a good pilot should... but it is the style of the book that sets it apart. Reading it feels like having a conversation with an old friend during which he reminisces about places he has been or sailed to."
— Royal Cruising Club

"A sailing book that epitomises the best qualities of a cruising companion. It's thorough, well-informed, full of good suggestions and possesses the invaluable quality of intensifying enjoyment without bossily directing it… It's an absolutely desirable purchase and memorial to a cruising lifetime well spent."
— Yachting Monthly

"This cruising companion has re-invigorated my appetite to explore in more detail and at a leisurely pace the offerings of this unique cruising ground."
— Moody Owners' Association

"A must-have for yachtsmen cruising these waters."
— Julian Stockwin

"A book that one could read for pleasure as well as information. The text is enhanced by the excellent quality of the photographs and there is a good balance between navigational information, domestic needs for longer-term cruising and tourist information."
— Cruising Association

"Packed with comprehensive pilotage and nautical information as well as suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore; an authoritative guide designed to help you make the most of this fabulous area. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of ports, harbours and anchorages."
— Sailing Today

"Peter's enthusiasm for the sailing area pours out of every page – he does not just tell you about a port but gives you a feel for it."
— Channel Islands Guide

About the Authors

Jane Cumberlidge started sailing with her sister and brother-in-law on a trip to Copenhagen in their converted 1920s lifeboat when she was at university. Jane and her husband Peter have cruised widely under sail and power, but always return with affection to Brittany and the Channel Islands.

Peter Cumberlidge was a well-known cruising and travel writer and the author of several books on pilotage and seamanship. For nearly forty years he wrote for most of the UK yachting magazines and he also took and sold photographs on mainly watery subjects. He was never happier than when at the helm of any type of boat, from smart motor boats to narrow boats but best of all Stormalong, the gaff cutter he bought in 1972. Stormalong was designed by William Kelly and built as a yacht in 1936 at Gostelow's, a small yard at Boston on the Wash.

About Fernhurst Books

Fernhurst Books was founded in 1979, initially publishing books related to dinghy racing. The list soon expanded to include cruising and other watersports. In 2006 the business was sold to John Wiley, but in 2013 a group of sailing enthusiasts (including the original founder) bought the list and name back, once again creating an independent nautical publisher owned and run by sailors. Fernhurst continues to publish books that instruct, inform and inspire those with a passion on, in or under the water. Their 140+ titles range from how-to guides to narrative to coffee-table books, covering sailing, surfing, canoeing, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, swimming, diving and fishing.