Tony Herrick's CRUISING CONNECTIONS

          Your contact on the Cape of Good Hope cruising route
                                         

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* New & Used Marine Charts
* New S.A. Navy Charts (SAN)
* Chart Kits 
* Vintage Charts 
* Marine Publications 
* Courtesy Flags
* Cruising Guides
* Books & Ebooks
* South African weather
* Sailing news  

NEW: SAILING NEWS

 

"Welcome to Durban - a Sailor's Guide" by Tony Herrick - an ebook to assist cruisers to make landfall when sailing to South Africa. Free download here from
CRUISING CONNECTIONS

Cruising Guides and Sailing Passage Notes for download as ebooks - be reading these marine ebooks in minutes.

More at EBOOKS

"South Africa Welcomes Cruising Yachts" sailing in from the Indian Ocean and islands. [Link] 
(Article by Tony Herrick) 

South African, East Africa and Mozambique Channel marine weather forecasts and tide tables - coastal, offshore, Indian & Atlantic oceans - for sailing, boating, fishing and surfing. Long range (2 day, 5 day & 7 day) forecasts, synoptic charts, satellite infra-red pictures and current wind graphs and barometric pressures are available.

See WEATHER 

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TONY HERRICK'S
CRUISING CONNECTIONS

Tony Herrick (at present "between sailing voyages") owns CRUISING CONNECTIONS in Durban's "sailing lane", South Africa, a central point along the Cape of Good Hope (Cape of Storms), Cape Town cruising route.   

NEW AND USED PAPER MARINE NAVIGATION CHARTS AND SAILING PUBLICATIONS (Worldwide)
**New South African Navy (SAN) charts
**Used B.A. charts (worldwide)

The new and used stock of Indian Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific marine navigation charts, pilots, books & ebooks, cruising guides and sailing passage notes is extensive and are shipped, couriered and mailed all over the world. 

Cruising Connections also offers a very useful marine navigation chart exchange service - exchange, sell or buy used charts, cruising guides & courtesy flags of ALL the areas you have come from for the areas you wish to go cruising.  

Chart kits are also compiled for you.

SOUTH AFRICA WEATHER FORECAST CENTER (MARINE) 

Daily South African coastal and offshore Indian Ocean & Atlantic weather forecasts, synoptic charts, satellite pictures and tide tables are printed and posted outside the Cruising Connections store for the benefit of local sailors and visiting yachtsmen. See the Weather page [Link] for details

CRUISING, SAILING & GENERAL BOATING MARINE BOOKS & EBOOKS

Tony Herrick has written the following booklets, cruising guides and sailing notes (also available as e-books for download) to assist cruisers with their passage planning for a voyage around Southern Africa.

• "WELCOME TO DURBAN - A SAILOR'S GUIDE" - FREE.
  To assist cruising sailors to make landfall in South Africa from the Indian Ocean. 
• "SOUTHERN AFRICAN CRUISING NOTES (East to West)"
  A passage planning guide and information to assist the increasing number of cruising yachts sailing in the Indian Ocean and along the coast of Southern Africa - from Richards Bay to Durban, to Cape Town (Cape of Good Hope) and beyond.
• "CAPE TO CARIBBEAN"
  Cruising Notes for the west Coast of South Africa, South Atlantic and N Brazil to Trinidad (Caribbean).

  Full details of these marine publications on the BOOKS page. 

  Tony Herrick has cruised (and still does) in many regions of the world and recognises and understands the needs of the cruising fraternity. Simply email your requests or queries directly to him - he will be happy to assist if he can. 

  Besides the SAILING FORUM on this CRUISING CONNECTIONS website, Tony also assists and contributes on the CRUISER LOG discussion forums. Visit all these sailing and cruising forums as they contain a wealth of information contributed by many sailors.

Copyright © Tony Herrick 2001/7 exists on ALL material on this website.

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Cruising Connections carries a large stock of new and used marine paper navigation charts and courtesy flags - Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean - ALL regions of the world. Vintage BA charts also available.

SAN CHARTS
(SA Navy)

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Full range of new and used cruising guides (worldwide), pilots, sailing & boating books and publications, etc.

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