Cruising Almanac or Reeds

[NextStopTahiti]

What is the wisdom of whether I continue getting a copy of Reeds for next year or would the Cruising Almanac be better?

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

I alternate them! The big advantage of Reeds is that it has a list of buoyage which makes it easy to correct out of date charts! The CA almanac is easier to store and has passage notes alongside the harbours rather than at the front of a section which is irritating. There is more detail in Reeds but the CA almanac has all you need and the info ms easier to find. Both issue corrections. 2012 I bought Reeds, 2013 CA Almanac. I will keep Reeds until I purchase the next one for 2014.

 

[robmcg]

CA almanac although good does not carry as comprehensive a selection of tide tables.

 

[Koeketiene]

What is the wisdom of whether I continue getting a copy of Reeds for next year or would the Cruising Almanac be better?

Depending on your cursing area, why not try Bloc Marine?
Cheaper than either you list.
Bi-lingual French/English and covers everything listed below:


NAVIGATION ESSENTIALS
• National flags
• International signals code
• Port traffic signals
• IALA buoyage
• Steering and sailing rules
• Beach buoyage
• Sound and distress signals
• Night and day shapes
• Charts symbols
• Motor yacht description
• Sailing yacht description
• International glossary

LOGBOOK

REGULATION

SAFETY AND EMERGENCY

SAILING
• Weather
• Navigational aids

LIGHTS AND BUOYS

TIDES AND TIDAL STREAMS

CRUISING

ATLAS

HARBOURS


• The Bloc Marine Harbour pages
• Fares
• River navigation
• England
• Belgium
• France - Nord
• France - Normandie
• Channel Islands
• France - Bretagne Nord
• France - Bretagne Sud
• France - Loire
• France - Charente
• France - Aquitaine
• Spain - Portugal
• Morocco

 

[Daydream believer]

Reeds every time except the one i got the ca almanac & wished it had been reeds

 

[Piers]

+ 1 for Bloc, but I also have Reeds.

What's really interesting is that Reeds tide tables can differ up to 1.5 hrs from local French harbour notices (yes, I've taken local time differences into account). So I've started using HW and LW times from the ports I visit rather than Reeds. I just call ahead and get them if they aren't downloadable from the net.

I'm on a mission to find out why.

 

[Sailfree]

Bloc actually has charts of the complete French coastline that are accurate for navigation instead of the disclaimers by reeds that it's not to be relied on for navigation purposes!!