Cruising the Northwest Coast
From the Golden Gate to Port Angeles
An Aid To Near Shore Cruising Along The Northwest Coast of the United States

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
THE AUTHOR AND HIS BOAT 10
THE AUTHOR’S NEAR-SHORE CRUISING STRATEGY 12
THE SOUTHBOUND CRUISER 14
TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE 15
CAVEAT 16
SHOALING CHARACTERISTICS 17
USEFUL PUBLICATIONS 19
ACTIVITIES ASHORE 20
BOLINAS BAY 22
DRAKES BAY 25
TOMALES BAY 27
BODEGA BAY 31
BODEGA HARBOR / SPUD POINT MARINA 33
THE COVES 35
DUNCANS LANDING 36
FORT ROSS COVE 38
TIMBER COVE 40
GERSTLE COVE / SALT POINT 42
FISK MILL COVE 43
FISHERMANBAY 44
HAVENS ANCHORAGE 46
ARENA COVE 47
CUFFEY COVE 49
ALBION COVE 51
LITTLE RIVER 54
MENDOCINO BAY 56
RUSSIAN GULCH 59
CASPAR ANCHORAGE 61
NOYO ANCHORAGE 62
NOYO RIVER 63
DOLPHIN ISLE MARINA 66
ROCKPORT LANDING 68
SHELTER COVE 69
THE BARS 71
HUMBOLDT BAY / EUREKA 72
WOODLEY ISLAND MARINA / EUREKA 74
TRINIDAD HARBOR 75
CRESCENT CITY HARBOR 77
CHETCO RIVER / BROOKINGS 80
MACK ARCH COVE 82
HUNTERS COVE 84
ROGUE RIVER REEF 85
PORT ORFORD 86
COQUILLE RIVER / BANDON 90
SOUTH COVE 94
COOS BAY 96
COOS BAY DOCKS 100
UMPQUA RIVER 101
SIUSLAW RIVER 104
YAQUINA BAY 108
DEPOE BAY 112
CAPE LOOKOUT 116
TILLAMOOK BAY 117
SMUGGLER COVE / CAPE FALCON 120
COLUMBIA RIVER 122
PORT OF ILWACO 123
WASHINGTON COAST 127
WILLAPA BAY 128
GRAYS HARBOR 129
DESTRUCTION ISLAND 131
LA PUSH 132
MAKAH BAY 135
CAPE FLATTERY 135
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA 135
NEAH BAY 136
CLALLAM BAY, SEKIU 139
CRESCENT BAY 141
FRESHWATER BAY 141
PORT ANGELES 142
GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 144
THE GOLDEN GATE 144
 
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