The Only Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Low-Latitude Cruising. Tropical Cruising Handbook provides everything you need to know about sailing the world's tropical oceans, including: Weather patterns and sea conditions, generally and region by region Reef navigation, anchoring, and other key tropical seamanship skills Tropical passage planning and passagemaking Equipping a boat for tropical sailing Maintaining gear in tropical environments And much more "What strikes me most is the wide knowledge and hard-earned experience that inform every page, and the smart, straightforward writing."--Tim Queeney, Ocean Navigator "An indispensable addition to the cruising yacht's technical library."--Boat Books (New Zealand) "Will have a permanent home on our boat...Thoroughly recommended."--Cruising Helmsman "Don't go cruising in the tropics without Tropical Cruising Handbook."--The Islands' Weekly "Condenses much of the information you'll need into one compact source."--Good Old Boat Yacht designer and geographer Mark Smaalders has been sailing for more than twenty-five years. Kim des Rochers is a geographer and editor.They live in New Caledonia, where they sail their 35-foot wooden sloop Nomad. Visit them online at www.tropicalcruisinghandbook.com.