In addition to the hazard guide, I've also included chapters on getting ready to cruise that been expanded from what's posted on the blog. The guide tops out at 195 pages (there are a lot of hazards on the ICW!) I submitted my first draft to Amazon last night and hopefully will get approval within a week. I have to first publish in paper before publishing in ebook format. The guide is formatted to be read on an iPad or equivalent, one page per hazard with a full color chart. There are around 50 links which only work in ebook format, of course, that make finding the many references to apps and internet resources much easier.
The book will be in full color as will the ebook but I doubt the charts will come out well on a Kindle, you'll need a tablet to take advantage of the color charts and photos. I might mention that this is hardly a money making proposition. The ebook conversion comes with upfront charges and I hope to recover the cost modestly through Amazon sales. I picked Amazon mainly for the convenience cruisers would have in obtaining an ebook copy of the guide. The pricing is not settled yet but it will be in the range of $4.99 to $9.99. I don't have a potential price yet for the hardcopy. It has 195 full color pages so it will cost a little.
To give you an overview of what's included I've copied the table of contents below. In the ebook version each line of the table of contents will link to the referenced page in the guide. Look at the table and tap the hazard you're interested in and the ebook will jump to that location.
Table of contents
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Shoaling by Lockwoods Folly
Lockwoods Folly is a traditional shoaling area so you will
need to read the latest reports to see current conditions. There are four
hazard markers shown above, starting from the right and working to the left, as
if going south in the fall.
- Hazard marker 1:
Favor the red side by the first hazard marker, otherwise stay in the
middle of the channel per the Garmin charts, they are accurate through here.
- Hazard marker 2:
Continue in the middle of the channel per Garmin charts for 14 MLW. This
area has been dredged. Favor the green side by R36 for 9 MLW, the water is thin
100 ft before R36 and 500 ft after R36, then return to center of the channel.
After passing R40 (still in channel!), follow the channel around the bend,
don't aim visually for G41, follow the shape of the channel on your
chartplotter.
- Hazard marker 3:
Dredging was in progress in the spring of 2015, plenty of room to pass
by.
- Hazard marker 4:
Just follow the markers for at least 9.0 MLW in April 2015
14.3 MLW 100 ft off R46
9.0 MLW 50 ft off R46A
14.7 MLW 20 ft off G47
13.5 MLW splitting G47A and R48
Wilmington District ACOE hydrographic survey of 5/11 &
5/17/2015 is shown at right. You can see the curves the buoys will take you
through.
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Any comments and suggestions would be appreciated. It's been a gargantuan undertaking, more than I thought when I first started but I think it may be useful for cruisers on the ICW
Bob423
6 comments:
I appreciate the opportunity to see all your work in once place. Thank you for sharing your info with others!
It looks like the print edition will be priced at $29.95 due to all the full color charts and photos. I was hoping for a lower price but at least it will be available in hard copy. I'm focused on optimizing the guide for use on an iPad or equivalent. The pricing looks like it will come in at $9.95. The iPad will be able to display the full color charts and will have the adjustable type size option. I'm wading through the formatting of the iPad version today, more to do than I thought.
Hi Bob, - thanks for producing the Guide. I see how to buy the paperback and Kindle version, but where do i buy an iPad version?
Richard, the Kindle version will display on the free Kindle Reader for the iPad. It can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.
I got the Kindle App. Thank you
hi bob, this is cristina from the TADHANA blog. i post all of tom hale's magazine articles on the blog. blogspot sent me an email with the comment you posted on my blog (which i forwarded to tom and said that i would respond to it). unfortunately, the comment does not appear on the blog for me to respond to! it's not the first time either - a friend of mine told me she left a comment but it did not "take" and i didn't even get an email for that one. in any case, i could not find an email address for you so i am responding here on your blog instead. our mailing address is 411 walnut street, #7130, green cove springs, FL 32043-3443. tom's direct email is sailhale@gmail.com and mine is calleggra1@aol.com and thank you very much for your comment and your kind offer. for the next month we will be at dozier's regatta point marina at 137 neptune lane, #G-30, deltaville, VA 23043 if you care to send the book there. we are so looking forward to seeing it! oh, and just one question - how did you stumble across the tadhana blog? thanks again, cristina.
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