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Book on Delta cruising
- Thread starter Arnold
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I'd check with the Delta Chamber; they may even sell it!
Everything you ever wanted to know about the CA Delta can be found at the website!
http://www.californiadelta.org/
Everything you ever wanted to know about the CA Delta can be found at the website!
http://www.californiadelta.org/
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This might be the one that you are referring to:
http://www.sacboating.com/
My wife picked one up while visiting with friends over the weekend. She knows that I would want any book that has to do with the Delta, so she got it for me.
I'm not a fan of the writing style, but the book does cover the basics and then some. Lots of newbie type stuff, but that's okay.
I'll add it to my other Delta books in my library, but it won't be one that I would bring out to show visiting guests what the Delta is all about.
http://www.sacboating.com/
My wife picked one up while visiting with friends over the weekend. She knows that I would want any book that has to do with the Delta, so she got it for me.
I'm not a fan of the writing style, but the book does cover the basics and then some. Lots of newbie type stuff, but that's okay.
I'll add it to my other Delta books in my library, but it won't be one that I would bring out to show visiting guests what the Delta is all about.
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Yeah, Hal was one of a kind.
As I understand the term, double anchoring is using two anchors off the bow. One to port and the other to starboard, from about a 60 to 90 degree angle, in addition to a stern anchor as well. Some boaters will do the opposite. They will use two stern anchors and one bow anchor. You see that a lot in the Delta where a boat will be anchored in shallow water at the bow and then reverse away from shore a little and then use two stern anchors to keep the boat from swinging and to allow for tidal movement.
You usually see the process in larger boats where they want to keep the bow from swinging from side to side in deeper water. Trawlers or large cruisers will have two anchors and two windlasses at the bow and then will use one stern anchor.
The next time that you are walking the docks where larger boats are berthed, take a look. You might be surprised at how many boats have two bow anchors and windlasses.
But I certainly agree with you that most Delta River Rats would conclude that "double anchoring" would mean using two anchors, one at the bow and one at the stern.
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As I understand the term, double anchoring is using two anchors off the bow. One to port and the other to starboard, from about a 60 to 90 degree angle, in addition to a stern anchor as well. Some boaters will do the opposite. They will use two stern anchors and one bow anchor. You see that a lot in the Delta where a boat will be anchored in shallow water at the bow and then reverse away from shore a little and then use two stern anchors to keep the boat from swinging and to allow for tidal movement.
You usually see the process in larger boats where they want to keep the bow from swinging from side to side in deeper water. Trawlers or large cruisers will have two anchors and two windlasses at the bow and then will use one stern anchor.
The next time that you are walking the docks where larger boats are berthed, take a look. You might be surprised at how many boats have two bow anchors and windlasses.
But I certainly agree with you that most Delta River Rats would conclude that "double anchoring" would mean using two anchors, one at the bow and one at the stern.
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I currently have the following books on the Delta. Hal's Dawdling on the Delta, Hal's Cruising the California Delta, Bob Walters The Delta, Earl Stanley Gardeners The Wonderful World of Water and a smaller pictorial by Hal that I believe was called Delta Images. Anyone know of others that I can look for.
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Nice list!
In addition to your fine collection, here are a few others that I have:
Drifting Down the Delta, by E.S.G
Gypsy Days on the Delta, by E.S.G
Cruising the California Delta II, (re-make of "Delta" by Bob Walter's) (Hal's book is titled "Cruising California's Delta", which I have in hardcover as well as soft-cover)
The California Delta, by Carol Jensen w/Hal Schell's archives
Hal Schell's Guide to Cruising and Houseboating the Delta
Sunset Magazine's "Where to go Boating in California" 1973 (Hal wrote for Sunset for quite some time)
And of course, no collection would be complete without one of Hal's Delta Maps.
On top of that, I have every copy of the Bay & Delta Yachtsman going back to May 1976, which of course, featured Hal's monthly column, "Dawdling on the Delta". I have an enclosed room in the garage just for storing my "collectables". LOL
My wife knows how to keep me around. She's told me that if I ever even think of leaving her, she just might give me my guns, but she will be keeping my Delta collection of books and magazines!
I guess I'm hers for life!!! [:-love]
In addition to your fine collection, here are a few others that I have:
Drifting Down the Delta, by E.S.G
Gypsy Days on the Delta, by E.S.G
Cruising the California Delta II, (re-make of "Delta" by Bob Walter's) (Hal's book is titled "Cruising California's Delta", which I have in hardcover as well as soft-cover)
The California Delta, by Carol Jensen w/Hal Schell's archives
Hal Schell's Guide to Cruising and Houseboating the Delta
Sunset Magazine's "Where to go Boating in California" 1973 (Hal wrote for Sunset for quite some time)
And of course, no collection would be complete without one of Hal's Delta Maps.
On top of that, I have every copy of the Bay & Delta Yachtsman going back to May 1976, which of course, featured Hal's monthly column, "Dawdling on the Delta". I have an enclosed room in the garage just for storing my "collectables". LOL
My wife knows how to keep me around. She's told me that if I ever even think of leaving her, she just might give me my guns, but she will be keeping my Delta collection of books and magazines!
I guess I'm hers for life!!! [:-love]
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Wow.....I am impressed. I will scan ebay and Amazon and my used book stores for some of those. I found a fiction mystery that takes place on the Delta that while not great fiction, is fun to read because it mentions all the legendary places on the old swamp. I think I had one more ESG book on the Delta but it went away somewhere with his great book about Baja. Oh well..
DBH
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