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Our 75th Year

Editor-in-Chief’s Letter

2022 Explorer Magazine

As Waterway Guide and a champion of America’s inland waterways,
Media celebrates its 75th including promoting businesses and communities
year in business, now along the waterfronts covered in the guidebooks.
with its seventh owner
and publisher, it’s been By the 1970s another influential sailor and
somewhat of an obsession communicator aligned with the company. Noted
of mine since coming journalist and broadcaster Walter Cronkite
on board to research tendered his name and advice in each edition of the
and identify those who publications for almost twenty years. Since then
have influenced and authored Waterway Guide’s there have been hundreds of other superb writers,
publications over the decades. editors and contributors that make the pages of the
Waterway Guide volumes come to life with their
Company records have been lost or scattered as reflections and guidance.
publishers and employees have moved on. But for
the materials that survive, and that can be located Those who have gone before us in constructing this
in old bookstores and collections, I have been distinctive library of books and their constituent
able to trace the evolution of boating and luxury materials were, and remain, dedicated to a unique
cruising that was once a pastime of the affluent to lifestyle and pursuit of adventure that only a very
being within the means of many. Sailing, yachting few attempt. When we go to sea, whether in a
and cruising are more popular than ever. day sailor, center console runabout or substantial
yacht, the reasons are evident. Being on the water
Throughout its history the company’s editors is exhilarating.
and contributors have exhibited extraordinary
dedication to boating, travel and adventure The large and influential body of work that
on America’s waterways, and often beyond, to documents the magnificence of our waterways,
assemble advice and observations that comprise natural resources, communities and businesses is
Waterway Guide’s publications. The first the result of the efforts of many of our predecessors
documented yachtsman to place his mark on who made Waterway Guide Media the success
Waterway Guide was Charles F. Eaton. His legacy that it is today. This 75th anniversary edition of
lives on due to his extensive travels, diaries and our annual magazine was designed to tempt you
logs. As publisher he also was an avid collaborator into getting out there and discovering all that
our waterways have to offer. Here’s hoping to see
you on the water.

Ed Tillett

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Cover Photo: A stylized treatment
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A Publisher’s Mark on 12
American Cruising
The Inland Waterway Guide, first
published in 1947, was dedicated to
offering advice and information to
adventurers about “all the places to stop,
all the places to see.” Now, as we celebrate
our 75th anniversary, Waterway Guide
takes a closer look at our storied history
and one family’s profound influence.

23 H ow to Choose Your Perfect Boat
Buying a boat can be stressful. Sail or power? Trailerable boat or long-distance

cruiser? Captains Chris & Alyse Caldwell discuss various options and features
to consider while keeping your mission in mind.

27 T he Magic of the ICW
W hether seeking new adventures, testing your boating or a Snowbird on your way

north or south, the pace along the protected inland waterway of the ICW is whatever
you want it to be. The “magic” is not knowing what to expect across the river or
around the bend.

34 Explorer Chartbooks:
40 Years of Excellence

Meet Monty and Sara Lewis, who
produce and maintain the gold
standard of Bahamas navigation,
Explorer Chartbooks. Their unflagging
commitment to precision and accuracy
have allowed countless visitors to spend
more time deciding where to go and less
time worrying about how to get there.

42 H ampton’s Most “Instagrammable” Locations
Incite major FOMO with your Instagram followers by taking a photo at each of

these worthy locations in the Hampton area. Tag and share to get reposted!
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47 F uses & Circuit Breakers: What They Can & Can’t Do
Marine Consultant Steve D’Antonio discusses over-current protection (OCP), which are

circuit breakers and fuses that protect wires in the case of a short circuit or overload. OCP is
not designed to protect appliances or equipment and knowing the limitations can potentially
save your boat or even your own life.

51 O nancock, VA: Worth the Journey
Getting to your destination is half the fun for most boaters, and the 5-mile trip up

picturesque Onancock Creek does not disappoint. At the end of the journey is the lovely
town of Onancock, one of the country’s oldest communities with a rich history and steeped
in nautical heritage.

56 D ancing With Boat Maintenance
Even the most ardent DIY captain may need the expertise and facilities of a boat yard to

complete a particularly large or cumbersome project. Lifelong boater Ed Tillett provides tips
on communicating with the boat yard regarding expectations, deadlines and budget, among
other concerns for successful completion of projects.

64 S ynchronizing Chicago Bridges
H ow do you get hundreds of boats through the 27 lift bridges between winter storage facilities

and Lake Michigan without disrupting downtown Chicago traffic? With scheduled spring
and fall boat runs, of course. Read more about the coordinated bridge openings and this
fascinating trip, which can take anywhere from 2 to 4 hours.

72 N avigating Then & Now
M odern boating apps provide everything from weather tracking to marina reviews, but the

one task that has evolved more than any other in the past 25 years is navigation. Contributing
editor Bob Sherer (aka Bob423) takes a look at the skills and tools used for plotting courses at
the turn of the 21st century compared to today.

78 A Chesapeake Bay Loop:
South to North & Back

There are countless coves, creeks and
anchorages in the 11,500+ miles of
shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay. We
offer you one tried and true three- to four-
week itinerary with which you can dodge,
skip, hunker down and gunkhole your way
to adventure and comfort.

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98 T he Captivating Sea Islands
T he Lowcountry of South Carolina is identified as much by its character as a precise spot on

the map. This is especially evident in the Lowcountry communities known as The Sea Islands,
which includes Lady’s Island, Beaufort and Port Royal. These communities are often separated
by less than a mile of creek or marsh, but each has a unique flavor of its own.

106 Sound Advice

Not much has changed from this Long Island Sound cruise, which originally appeared in the
premiere issue of Waterway Guide Magazine in 2006. We travel alongside cruisers Ken & Pat
Chattell from Manhasset Bay to Oyster Bay and then on to Cold Springs Harbor with highlights
and tips on each of these destinations.

111 Western Gulf Fishing
Adventure

G ulf angler John N. Felsher
divulges the best places to
wet your hook in the Gulf
of Mexico from Mississippi
to Louisiana and Texas
for speckled trout, redfish,
flounder, Spanish mackerel
and more.

118 Preferred Destination: Apalachicola

Apalachicola on Florida’s “Forgotten Coast” is filled with old-fashioned charm, making it a
Waterway Guide Preferred Destination. Take a tour of the historic location, complete with
where to eat, drink and stay.

124 Cuba’s New Currency

The existence of two currencies in Cuba–the CUC and CUP–has been an ongoing
conundrum for travelers from land and sea. In 2020, a new exchange unit was introduced
(MLC) and 6 months later the CUC was retired from circulation, alleviating some of the
confusion. Contributing Editor Addison Chan walks us through this currency situation,
which (happily) has made Cuba a bargain destination once again.

131 Scope-Don’t Skimp
The fear of dragging anchor can keep even the deepest sleepers awake at night. The process

of properly calculating scope to prevent this is demystified by cruisers and liveaboards
Rudy and Jill Sechez.

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Advertiser’s Index

1000 Islands Harbor Hotel – 2 Greater Beaufort – Port Royal CVB – 97
Albemarle Plantation Marina – 32 Harbor Fuels – 11
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Isle of Palms Marina – 32
Association (AGLCA) – 9 Mystic Shipyard – 117
Aqua Map – 55 Parker’s Boat Yard – 11
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism – 8 Piccozzi’s Dering Harbor Marina – 53
Bluewater Yacht Sales – 10 Reefpoint Marina – 50
BoatUS – Inside Back Cover River Forest Boatyard/Shipyard – 32
Boston Waterboat Marina – 11 River Forest Yachting Centers – 50
Bridgeport Harbor Marina – 105 Safe Harbor Marinas – 3
Burlington Community Safe Harbor Wentworth by the Sea – 71
Boathouse Marina – 71 Shelter Cove Marina – 54
Canyon Club Resort Marina – 69 South Jersey Marina – 69
Captain Chris Yacht Services, LLC – 26 Southport Marina – 76
Castaways Yacht Club – 71 St. Petersburg Municipal Marina – 53
Cedar Island Marina – 68 Steve D’Antonio Marine Consulting – 46
City of Fort Lauderdale Marinas – 40 Suntex Marinas – Outside Back Cover
Constitution Marina – 38 Trent Port Marina – 53, 70
Dataw Island Marina – 31 Utsch’s Marina – 96
Explorer Chartbook – 123 Westrec Marinas – 41
Fishing Bay Marina – 77 Windward Marine Group – 33
Galleon Marina – 39 Winter Harbor Marina – 63

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merica’s late 19th and early 20th
century success combined with
focus on its ascending identity
created new opportunities
and a class of entrepreneurs that
the nation had not known prior.
Emerging during that period
in Boston, Massachusetts,
was a family that enjoyed
immense success attributed
to temperance, intellect and
determination. Their good
fortune had a profound
influence on Waterway
Guide Media’s success
that remains evident
a half century later.

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“Their good fortune had Our 75th Year

a profound influence As the nation struggled with
on Waterway Guide how to address the issue
Media’s success...” of prohibition, Thompson’s
Spa in Boston rose to
prominence as a soda
fountain, then lunch counter
and, ultimately, a chain of
restaurants. A destination
for customers who wanted
“soft drinks,” good food and
extraordinary service from a
loyal staff, the spa became a
landmark under the guidance
of Charles Sumner Eaton,
an engineer with
a degree from
MIT and an
eye for detail.
The temperance
movement, as
measured at the
end of the 19th century,
was instrumental in
the spa’s success.

A small empire widened
for the Eaton family who
joined the wealthy class of
Boston, enjoying yachts
and well-appointed homes
on the east and west coasts.
Valued at over $35 million
in today’s dollars, Charles S.
Eaton bequeathed enough
of his wealth to his three
sons, even as they worked
in the family enterprise,
that each of them was able
to enjoy life at an early age
reserved only for a few.

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NOMAD

The youngest son, Charles F. Eaton, was born in 1895. He graduated from Harvard, served
briefly in the Army during WW I and by 1927 began yachting and cruising with his wife
Melba aboard a new 43-foot Dawn Corporation boat that he named NOMAD. They were
married for forty-seven years until her death in 1968. Along the way they traveled the east
coast in four different boats named NOMAD, entertaining, documenting and exploring.

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Elegantly depicted in Charles’ diaries, journals and logs, the Eatons cruised from
harbor to harbor and various anchorages along the way. Days were spent swimming
and visiting towns, and nights at local yacht clubs, movie theaters and restaurants
with friends who joined them or that they met while voyaging. Charles purchased
NOMAD II (his second Dawn Corporation cruiser) just before the stock market’s
crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. Even so, it was not until 1932 that
he took a hiatus from yachting. Business was off, a brother had died and, while not
reflected in his papers from the time, the depth of the Depression must have taken
its toll. Charles kept NOMAD II tied to the dock for four years.

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By 1936 they were back aboard. The excursions were now longer,
and Charles and Melba were touring farther south, discovering
Florida and in between with their two sons, Randolph and Richard,
born 1923 and 1925, respectively. Charles and his family visited
and logged scores of ports and anchorages aboard the 47-foot
NOMAD II while transiting the increasingly popular Intracoastal
Waterway (ICW) through the late 1930s. With the onset of WW
II, focus shifted from pleasurable pursuits.

LCDR (USNR) C. F. Eaton was stationed for a time in the
Panama Canal Zone while Melba was at home in Boston. In
1943 they received a telegram that their eldest son, Randolph,
had been killed at the Mareth line sector in Tunisia after leaving
Bowdoin College early to volunteer as an ambulance driver
with the American Field Service. Little more was written about
journeys aboard NOMAD II, which disappears from the official
USCG documentation records in 1947.

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By 1948 NOMAD III was the new boat for Charles and Melba. The few organized accounts
remaining of their travels on the 39-foot Matthews cruiser include notes in logbooks related
to fuel and destinations. Charles was a dedicated diarist, and his penciled notes inhabit
numerous scratch pads and journals. Perhaps lost to time and from moving about, the
leather-bound typewritten, orderly and photo-filled editions that were assembled in the
early years are not to be found after 1938. But there are delightful photographs from those
years, albeit few with dates.

NOMAD III

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Beginning as Inland Waterway Guide,
the book dedicated to offering advice and
information to adventurers about “all the
places to stop, all the places to see,” was
published initially by Marina Publishing
House in Wilmington, NC in 1947. Little
is known about the original title, but copies
from the 1948-49 edition have been located
and the first publisher, Allen C. Ewing, has
been identified. He transferred (or sold)
the rights to Charles F. Eaton in 1951.
As the new owner, C.F. Eaton organized
his enterprise, set up an office in Fort
Lauderdale and acquired NOMAD IV, a
66-foot Lawley yacht built in 1929. Signing
his name with (Aboard NOMAD IV) in his
forewords, on the publisher’s pages and in
editorial submissions of the early years’
editions, the company was off to a new
future under his guidance.

NOMAD IV

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His son Richard joined the company
as advertising manager. Eaton
also called on other writers and
publishers to work with him in

making the guidebooks relevant and
accurate, including the prolific and
respected author of cruising guides,
Fessenden S. Blanchard, a fellow

Harvard graduate. An advisory
board was established comprising
leading marine industry
executives and maritime officials.

New titles were released,
including a Northern and
Great Lakes edition.

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Then in 1961, after owning four yachts named NOMAD within a span of over thirty-four years, at the
age of sixty-six Eaton took a 21-foot open power boat from Maine to Florida to conduct research and
publicize the Inland Waterway Guide. His indefatigable spirit of adventure was focused on promoting
America’s waterways as destinations worthy of exploration and boating as an alternative to idleness. By
1966 ownership of the Inland Waterway Guide was unsettled and once again changed hands. In 1980
Charles F. Eaton died a few weeks shy of his ninetieth birthday.

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That a temperance soft drink soda fountain in
Boston provided the means for a young man
and his family to take off in a yacht to explore
the waterfronts of the northeast in the Roaring
Twenties is an unimaginable twist of fate when
considering the success of today’s Waterway
Guide Media. As the company celebrates its 75th
year in business, now with its seventh owner and
publisher, we acknowledge Charles F. Eaton’s
contributions. His journeys and early manuscripts
reveal an enchanting time in America’s history
and serve as valuable reminders of Waterway
Guide Media’s rise to prominence among today’s
publishers of nautical advice and information. ß

Note: Photographs, diaries and logbooks from the collection of
Charles Francis Eaton were provided by his grandson, Randolph
Eaton, of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Additional genealogical
information was provided by Baird “Kim” Eaton of Dennis, MA,
a great nephew of Charles F.

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By Captains Chris & Alyse Caldwell

There is a boat out there for everyone, Some considerations before buying a sailboat
from first timers to old seasoned salts. include the deep-water draft keel for shallow
Sail or power are two obvious choices. waters and the mast height with accessories for
But before you can choose your perfect boat you the 65-foot fixed bridges when traveling on the
must decide how you will use this vessel. What Intracoastal Waterway. Occasionally you must
is the best boat for you….to go out fishing on stay in a channel and the wind does not cooperate.
a Saturday morning or spend the winter living Are you on the right track or shaking your head to
aboard in the Bahamas? clear your thoughts? No, not a sailboat.

First Make a Plan

Develop a Mission Statement for how you plan to
use your boat. What are your goals–waterskiing
on the lake or circumnavigation? Most of us are
somewhere in the middle when thinking about
boating. What do you want to do, how will you do
it and why? So, stop right now and imagine you
are aboard your boat….hmm.

Possibly Sailing in Silence

Glide along underway with only the wind filling
your sails. No sounds but the rustle of the breeze
and waves to keep the smile on your sun-kissed
face. You tack back and forth, taking advantage of
the wind speed and direction.

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If Imagination Took You Elsewhere

Perhaps you can hear the purring engines
of a power boat. Trawlers are the slower,
long distance cruising boats usually
powered by diesel engines, twin or single.
Trawlers and sailboats are popular
because of their economical slow cruising
speeds and they are perfect for liveaboard
and long-distance cruisers. Consider
equipment like a bow and stern thruster
or maybe autopilot.
A pilot house on a trawler is perfect
when the sun is too strong or the
northerly wind is a bit chilly. And there is
no better view than from your flybridge
helm. But are you traveling fast enough
to suit your goals? Maybe a planing hull
is more likely in your future. Keep your
focus on the Mission Statement when
making these important choices.

Keep The Mission In Mind

When aboard for overnight boating, more systems are involved to ensure creature comforts. And
the length requirement usually increases. When a trailerable boat won’t do, consider marina
options near your desired boating area for your larger boat. A marina with amenities such as a
pool, on-site restaurant or service facilities may be important to you and your guests.
Time is money. Which do you have more of ? More time allows a leisurely more economical cruise.
Less time requires a faster boat but more fuel expenses. Keep reflecting on the Mission Statement:
What do you want to do with your boat, how will you do it and why?

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Features That Bring You Joy

If you love to cook then a spacious
galley is essential. Do you want
a propane stove or electric?
If electric, then a generator
will be necessary to provide
that electricity.

Living quarters vary in levels of
comfort. Be honest in what you
can tolerate versus the things that
make you say “Wow!” A walk-
around owners’ berth allows for a
restful night. Consider a separate
shower stall or a wet head that
soaks the entire room when
showering. Joyful?

Captains Chris & Alyse Caldwell Extracurricular Activities
are USCG 100 ton Masters and
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boat anywhere! Build your cruising your destination, options other than boating might fill your time.
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filled with tons of tips for the boater maintenance. Engine room
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Questions? Ask Captain Chris: an oil change or cleaning of
[email protected] strainers. These are simple and
easy to accomplish tasks and any
owner should be able to service
these basic items.

So create a Mission Statement
to help you choose the perfect
boat. There is a boat out there for
everyone…That means YOU! ß

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or boaters the term alone arouses the senses and yearning
for adventure. Just say “ICW” to a friend and listen to them
either say they had always wished to make the trip or will
regale you with stories of their time afloat.
The Atlantic ICW (AICW) is a protected, inland waterway that spans
the entire length of the east coast–more than 1100 miles–from Norfolk,
VA, to Key West, FL. It’s a vital artery for recreational, commercial and
military vessels, and although it is often referred to as “the ditch,” what
awaits far exceeds that unimaginative name. And don’t forget there’s a
Gulf ICW (GIWW) and a New Jersey ICW (NJ ICW) as well.

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Boaters choose to travel along the ICW
for a variety of reasons. Some seek new
encounters and adventures, while testing
their boating mettle and learning new
skills. Snowbirds in all manner of vessels
move en masse north and south with the
seasons. Delivery captains and barges use
the AICW as the safest route to avoid
offshore passages and Diamond Shoals
at Cape Hatteras. Whether working
or for pleasure, the pace is whatever
you want it to be.

A trip on the ICW is always an adventure
and offers a little of every type of cruising.
In the first 200 miles headed south from
Norfolk you pass charming waterfront
towns; cross large, open rivers and sounds;
motor through narrow cuts and canals that
truly are man-made ditches; and bypass a
sandy, natural inlet at Beaufort, NC. Be sure
to pack binoculars and a field guide and
keep a sharp eye out for Bald eagles, osprey,
otters and owls and–as you proceed south–
pelicans, manatees and even the occasional
alligator or crocodile.

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“Doing the ditch” can be a solitary or a social affair. In some areas, you can go for miles
without seeing another soul along the tree-lined riverbanks, sometimes within a stone’s throw
of I-95 or other major highways. The only sounds you may hear other than the putt-putt
of your engine or far-away traffic is the occasional splash from curious dolphins or a loud
“squawk” from a passing heron. There’s nothing like watching the sun melt into the water or
sink behind the trees while holed up in a snug anchor. And sleep is definitely better with the
gentle lapping of water on the hull and a soft breeze wafting through the overhead hatch.

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Conversely, you can choose to tie up at a marina where the shared experience often leads to “docktails”
and a discussion about the day’s run. This usually culminates in an outing to a local restaurant, where
you can experience some of the freshest seafood possible. (Chances are it was caught that day and
offloaded while you were tying up.) After a nightcap on the dock, it’s off to your cozy berth to prepare
for the next day.

How far will you go? What will you see? That’s the “magic” part…You just don’t know until you go.

Lewis Carroll summed it up well: “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we
were afraid to have and the decisions we waited too long to make.” ß

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ECxhpalrotrbeoroks
40 Years of Excellence

edication to a single goal
has produced a body of work
that has become the gold standard for
charts of The Bahamas. When Monty
Lewis first visited the islands of The
Bahamas in 1974 it was evident that
accurate information for navigation was
difficult to come by. Ten years later he
and his wife Sara began their lifelong
pursuit of cruising and living aboard.
Monty and Sara have worked side-
by-side since to create the respected
Explorer Chartbooks series.

Monty says, “We were fascinated by the
Bahamas. There were no good charts
of the areas we were cruising so we
started making charts for ourselves. We
were in Long Island and there were no
detailed charts at all. We started sharing
information with other boaters and used
topographical maps as a reference to
begin creating charts.”

Monty & Sara Lewis

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As their journeys and exploration prompted them to travel
beyond the well-cruised waters of the typical destination to
George Town, and before GPS and other electronic wonders
of the 21st century, they sat down with local fishermen and
salty cruising sailors, tracing vague routes on tissue paper and
listening to stories of adventuresome travel to the Ragged
Islands and the Bight of Acklins.
With the help of topographical maps from a British aerial
survey in the 1960s and always a shoal-draft sailboat, trawler
or powerboat, Monty registered the land properly and began
making hydrographic soundings on a grid. Those initial
hand-drawn Explorer charts eventually translated into
digital versions that are the basis now for the entire Explorer
Chartbooks series of 238 charts of original data. It was a
labor of love and passion amid such pristine beauty that
opened up The Bahamas as a cruising ground to a very special
group of sea-lovers.

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Monty grew up in the waters around Ocean City, Maryland, and he and Sara conducted
summer day sailing trips for shoreside visitors in their sloop VIVACIOUS for 12 years.
Monty held a U.S. Coast Guard License for more than 40 years and is a past commodore
of the Eastern Shore Sailing Association and a retired Maryland State Police Sergeant.
Sara’s background in English and journalism contributed to the authoritative layout and
design of the chartbooks with the “Need-to-Know Info” and other articles embedded
throughout the publications.
The company has forged important alliances and data sharing arrangements with some
of the world’s leading electronic navigation chart (ENC) applications and cartographers
including Aqua Map, C-Map, iNavX, OpenCPN, and TZ iBoat. The latest edition
of Waterway Guide Media’s Bahamas cruising guidebook contains ninety new chart
extracts provided by Explorer Chartbooks that complement the advice and insight of
the Waterway Guide content. The chart extracts are identified by number and location
for easy cross referencing to master charts contained in the Explorer Chartbooks series.

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areas we were cruising so we started
making charts for ourselves.”

Overall, reports from The Bahamas are that new Sara says, “Monty has maintained the data
businesses are springing up. Entry requirements are and it’s the most accurate. As far as ongoing
relaxing and returning to some semblance of normalcy. updates he’s finding ways to check details
The Abacos is coming back as well following the with new satellite imagery and mapping
devastation of the Hurricane Dorian in September that we never had before. And today’s
2019. Cruisers are helping, marinas are rebuilding and technology provides us with good reporting
the Abacos is back on the itinerary for many boaters. from others on the water, which adds to
our knowledge base.”

Boaters and adventurers headed to The
Bahamas now have resources never before
available due to the unflagging commitment
to precision and accuracy contained in the
Explorer Chartbooks series. Combined with
Waterway Guide Media’s insight and details
contained in the publisher’s books, apps
and online platforms, a new generation of
visitors can spend a little more time deciding
where to go and less time worrying about
how to get there. ß

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Locations
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Hampton, VA, is filled with “Instagrammable” locations.
During your next visit, take a photo at one of these these and tag
@VisitHamptonVa to see your beautiful smile and photos online.

Downtown Hampton Murals

Located by The Historic Post Office,
Blue Skies Gallery, Salvage Boys and Fika
Coffeeshop, these colorful works of art show
off the unique talents of local artists.

Phoebus Clock Tower

A trip to Hampton is not complete without visiting
historic Phoebus. With rich and diverse historical
influences over the last 400 years, Phoebus has
blossomed into a unique, colorful crossroads
community that thrives today. The Phoebus clock
tower located on Mellen Street is the perfect
landmark to share your trip to Phoebus.

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Hampton Waterfront

Head over to the downtown Hampton waterfront at the
golden hour for the best lighting and a spectacular sunset
over the Hampton River.

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Fort Monroe National
Monument

At Fort Monroe, the options
for a spectacular photo are
endless. Stop by the Old Point
Comfort Lighthouse or wander
through the largest stone fort
in the United States. You might
even get lucky enough to catch
a dolphin or barge floating by in
the Chesapeake Bay.

Sandy Bottom Nature Park

Hampton’s largest park, at 456
acres, is filled with locations for
the perfect photo. From canopied
walkways to picturesque piers and
reflective lakes, you are going to
need a few hours to take it all in.
This park shows off for photos at all
times of the year so it is always an
ideal time to get your perfect photo.

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CHOOSE AND CRUISE WITH STEVE D’ANTONIO BY YOUR SIDE

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community for his technical buy a new or used boat without
expertise and his writing in first having Steve D’Antonio carry
PassageMaker, Cruising World, out an inspection.”
Professional Boatbuilder and other TWaaswlteerllC4o4nner
magazines, Steve will guide you as
you select or build a new boat or “Membership in your Captain’s Club
refit an old one, personally inspect adds an essential dimension to our
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sure it meets his standards, be your duplicate. In short, Sandy and I
advocate when dealing with vendors could not have had the success we
and boatyards and be your technical enjoyed over the last 13 months
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By Steve D’Antonio

Afew years ago, I received an email from simply being inserted into a twist lock receptacle
a reader, to which a photo was attached. without the added twist and then engaging the
The subject of the email was “Shouldn’t locking ring; partially inserted plugs have been
the circuit breaker have prevented this?” The the source of many a shore cord overheating,
photo depicted a boat and a marina owner’s worst failures and a few fires.
nightmare: a seriously burned (“charred” might be
a more apt description) shore power cord end and The dockside shore power source in this scenario, a
boat-side inlet. 50-amp 240-volt service, was capable of delivering
12,000 watts of energy, and it did just that,
The short answer to the question was “No, not dumping much of that into the high-resistance
necessarily.” With a few exceptions, circuit breakers connection. The average hair dryer is 1,500
and fuses–what’s known in the industry as over- watts, so just imagine how much heat could be
current protection or OCP–have but one mission generated by 8 times that amount. High-resistance
in life and that is to protect wires from being connections typically don’t cause dockside circuit
overloaded, either in the event of a short circuit or breakers to trip, as the breaker doesn’t “know”
in the event too much current is drawn. (The latter whether the energy is going to an electric range or
encompasses the familiar “You can’t run the water a smoldering connection.
heater, hair dryer and microwave simultaneously”
scenario.) Again, with a few exceptions, they are
not designed to protect appliances or equipment; if
that gear needs protection, it’s often built in.

The burned shore power connection, which is
among the most common causes of boat fires, falls
into an entirely different category. As it turns out,
the cord end had been previously dropped in the
water, retrieved, shaken out and pressed back into
service. The connections deteriorated and within
a few days the plug was crackling and smoking like
bacon on a hot griddle. The dousing in seawater
caused corrosion, which increased resistance,
which in turn led to heat generation, but not a
short circuit or overload. Even if cord ends don’t go
for a swim, they can still become a fire hazard by

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Circuit Breaker & Fuse Etiquette

While the previously described scenario isn’t one a circuit
breaker or fuse could have prevented, OCP is capable of
protecting the vast majority of wiring aboard a vessel. It’s
worth reiterating: The primary role of OCP is to protect
the wire in the event of a short circuit or overload. It is for
the most part not designed to protect electrical devices and
appliances. The size or value of a fuse or circuit breaker
must, therefore, be selected based on the ampacity of
the wire which, in turn, should be chosen based on the
anticipated load and desired voltage drop.

Among the most important regulations governing OCP is
the distance rule. While this tends be a DC issue, it applies
to AC and DC equally. With a few exceptions (i.e., wires
serving starters and wires shorter than 7 inches) every
positive DC wire must be equipped with OCP within 7
inches of the battery terminal. If the wire is sheathed with
corrugated loom, is inside a conduit or even wrapped with
electrical tape, the distance can be extended to 72 inches.
For wires connected to battery switches and starter posts,
the 7-inch rule remains; however, if sheathed, OCP needs
to be installed within 40 inches (rather than 72 inches).
For AC wires, the maximum distance a wire can travel
before OCP is installed is 40 inches, with a few exceptions,
which are detailed in American Boat and Yacht Council
Standards Chapter E-11, which covers AC and DC
electrical systems. Among the more common violations
are battery charger wires connected to batteries, many of
which include no OCP whatsoever. For shore power, OCP
must be installed within 10 feet of the inlet. Regardless of
the distance rule, every foot of wire between the battery
or AC electrical source and OCP is unprotected. If a short
circuit occurs, the wire will overheat and its insulation, and
possibly combustible materials around it, will burn. Thus,
the closer OCP is installed to the power source, the better.

Absent or improperly located OCP is the most common
electrical defect I encounter in the vessel inspections I
conduct. It is, above virtually all other maladies, the one
that keeps me up at night, and it should keep you up too.
If you are unsure about your vessel’s OCP, call an ABYC-
Certified marine electrician and ask him or her to carry out
an OCP review of your vessel. ß

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