If we wanted tangible evidence of the way that Ireland is changing in prosperity, then this energetically revised 11th Edition of the Irish Cruising Clubs East and North Coast Guide provides more than enough to be sailing along with. Describing it as a revision is under-stating the case. Edited with prodigious dedication by Norman Kean, the book may be in the same style as its predecessors of 2002 and 1999.
But in effect it is a completely new work, drawing on the latest official information combined with much voluntary input of local knowledge from club members along the coast, and based on thorough investigation made by Norman himself and his wife Geraldine during a detailed cruise with their ketch Xanadu in the summer of 2007, when they called at 161 places between Bloody Foreland and Carnsore Point.
Like the ICCs companion volume for the South and West coasts, the new book is greatly enhanced by the aerial photos of Kevin Dwyer. He has a deserved international reputation in this field, but it is coastal photography which is his special forte. And as he is an ICC member of long standing, he brought to this project the experienced eye of the sailor and a level of voluntary dedication which well matched the enthusiasm of the crew of Xanadu.
A handsome volume in A4 size with 214 pages, the East & North Coasts of Ireland is excellent value at e50 or £37.50 sterling. It is distributed in Ireland by Argosy Books of Dublin (tel 01 806 8466, email [email protected]) and is available for sale through all good chandlers and bookshops.
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