[Public-List] Chesapeake Cruising Guide?

Tue Apr 2 15:01:28 PDT 2019

David, they're novels.

On 4/2/19 1:51 PM, david swanson via Public-List wrote:
> Are the Barth books really cruising guides, or are they just novels set on the Bay?
> David
> 
>      On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 1:48 PM, Rolph and Joan Townshend via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>   
> 
>   FYI -JOHN (JACK) BARTH WAS MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE AND HAS REMAINED A GOOD
> FRIEND EVER SINCE. HE LIVES IN FLORIDA WITH HIS WIFE, SHELLY.  i HEAR FROM
> HIM EVERY CHRISTMAS.
> TOWNEY
> 
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:51 AM George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> While I love Sotweed Factor, I think Tidewater Tales is a better
>> cruising guide. :-)
>>
>> John Barth is, in my opinion, the greatest living American fiction author.
>>
>>    - George
>>
>> On 4/1/19 9:49 PM, Joseph Balderson via Public-List wrote:
>>> Sotweed Factor, John Barth
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 6:47 PM zira--- via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Thank you, looks like the library has it so will definitely check it
>> out.
>>>>        On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 2:34:07 PM EDT, David Foote via
>>>> Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    It is no cruising guide, but Brewington’s 1953 pictorial maritime
>> history
>>>> of Chesapeake Bay is a slim classic that has given me hours of pleasure.
>>>> Many used copies available for under $5.
>>>>
>>>> David F
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 06:07 Mike Lehman via Public-List <
>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you subscribe to Chesapeake Bay Magazine? It is not a cruising
>> guide,
>>>>> but it has some interesting topics and destinations.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:27 AM Paul Wilson via Public-List <
>>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hard to go wrong with the Gunkholer's Guide to the Chesapeake. It's
>>>>>> encyclopedic in scope and packed with historical goodies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But, there are two caveats: the book's marina information is getting a
>>>>>> little long in the tooth (the fourth edition dates from 2013), and
>> it's
>>>>>> printed on low quality textbook-grade paper. The rendering of the
>>>>>> illustrations and charts is a little disappointing as a result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 9:59 AM david swanson via Public-List <
>>>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    We don't live on the Chesapeake, we are in North Carolina, but with
>>>>>>> retirement less than a decade away we are starting to do some
>>>> planning,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> one thing I would like to do if I get the opportunity is spend a few
>>>>>> months
>>>>>>> cruising on the bay.  To that end, can someone suggest a good
>>>> cruising
>>>>>>> guide that I can start reading?  Preferably one that includes some
>>>> good
>>>>>>> historical and geographical information, rather than just navigation
>>>> or
>>>>>>> marina info.  We MIGHT be in a boat with less draft than the A30
>>>>>>> (3-1/2'-ish), so info on places less visited due to shallow water is
>>>> a
>>>>>> plus.
>>>>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>>>>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>>>>>> Please support them.
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Public-List mailing list
>>>>>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>>>>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>>>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>>>>> Please support them.
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Public-List mailing list
>>>>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>>>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike Lehman
>>>>> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>>>> Please support them.
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Public-List mailing list
>>>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>>> Please support them.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Public-List mailing list
>>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>>> Please support them.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Public-List mailing list
>>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> These businesses support your Association:
>>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>>> Please support them.
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Public-List mailing list
>>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> These businesses support your Association:
>> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
>> Please support them.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Public-List mailing list
>> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
>> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
>>
> _______________________________________________
> These businesses support your Association:
> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> Please support them.
> _______________________________________________
> Public-List mailing list
> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
> 
> 
>     
> _______________________________________________
> These businesses support your Association:
> http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> Please support them.
> _______________________________________________
> Public-List mailing list
> Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
> 

-- 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
   So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
                'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------