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GUIDE TO SEA KAYAKING CENTRAL & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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(award-winning) We  Wrote  the ^ Book  on Kayaking in Northern California! ..............................................................................................
Winner: National Outdoor Book Award Honoring the best in outdoor writing & publishing  (NOBA web site for information on other award-winning books)

Table of Contents, Sample Chapters & Photos
Magazine Reviews    Book Updates     New Book: Sea Kayak Rescue

ONLINE SOURCES
Amazon.com  ($15.95 $12.76 discount price plus shipping). 
Barnes and Noble,    Borders.com, Sea Kayaker magazine Bookshop

KAYAK STORES & BOOKSHOPS
Monterey Bay Kayaks, Western Mountaineering, REI, Riptides & Rapids, Kayak Connection, California Canoe & Kayak, Central Coast Kayaks, Southwind, Marin Outdoors, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Cafe, Borders, others.

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NOTE: Please call first to make sure we are not still in Baja for the season!

The book includes maps, photos, and route descriptions for 40 of our favorite local trips as well as destinations in Northern California. Most trips have options for beginner, intermediate and advanced kayakers so that well over 100 trip options exist. Our background teaching all skill levels of paddlers has given us good insight on what beginners can handle and what more experienced paddlers are looking for. This is a book that someone just starting out can buy and continue to enjoy throughout their paddling career--as their skills increase, so does the area available to paddle.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Sample Chapters and Maps)
( *Book Updates: Book Owners: Look below for updated information and changes. We'll do our best to keep you posted. Please let us know if you come across anything in your travels (like the closure of the Rubis Creek dock at Elkhorn Slough) that we should post here. Thanks and happy paddling.

Part 1: Paddling the Pacific Coast 
Introduction
Trip Planning, Water safety and Sea Sense 
Hypothermia, Rescues and Reentries, Boats and Gear 
Weather: Tips for Paddling in Wind, Seasonal Weather Patterns 
Tides and Currents, Swell and Surf, Open Coast Paddling
Basic Kayak Navigation, Minimum Impact
How to Use this Book: Guide to Route Descriptions 

Part 2: The Lost Coast and Mendocino   Photos
1  Shelter Cove to Bear Harbor
2   Bear Harbor to Usal Beach and Beyond 
3   Russian Gulch to Point Cabrillo 
4   Big River
5   Van Damme State Beach 
6   Albion to Dark Gulch 

Part 3: Point Reyes National Seashore and Vicinity 
7   Russian River 
8   Bodega Harbor 
9   Estero Americano 
10   North Tomales Bay—Nicks Cove to Tomales Point and Beyond (Sample Map)
11   Central Tomales Bay—Inverness to Hog Island 
12   South Tomales—White House Pool to Millerton Park 
13   Drakes Estero (soon available)
14   Drakes Beach to Chimney Rock and the Point Reyes Headlands 
15   Point Reyes National Seashore Outer-Coast Camping Tour 
16   Bolinas Lagoon and Duxbury Reef 

Part 4: San Francisco Bay 
17   China Camp 
18   Richardson Bay to Angel Island
19   Golden Gate to Point Bonita and Beyond
20   Bair Island Reserve and Corkscrew Slough
21   Newark Slough Wildlife Refuge 

Part 5: Montery Bay Marine Sanctuary and Vicinity 
22   Lexington Reservoir 
23   Loch Lomond (soon available)
24   Pillar Point Harbor and Beyond 
25   Pigeon Point to Franklin Point Rock Gardens 
26   Santa Cruz Harbor to Natural Bridges State Beach and Beyond 
27   In the Lee of Pleasure Point: Capitola, New Brighton and Seacliff   Photos
28   Elkhorn Slough National Reserve: Moss Landing to Rubis Creek (see UPDATE)
29   Upper Elkhorn Slough: Kirby Park Area 
30   Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge 
31   Monterey’s Cannery Row to Pt Piños and Beyond 
32   Stillwater Cove 
33   Point Lobos State Marine Reserve 

Part 6: Big Sur Coast to Morro Bay 
34   Andrew Molera State Park to Point Sur and Beyond
35   Mill Creek to Lopez Point   Photos
36   San Simeon Bay and Beyond 
37   Cayucos State Beach to Point Estero 
38   Morro Bay Estuary 
39   Morro Rock to Spooners Cove in Montaña de Oro 
40   Port San Luis, Avila Beach and Beyond 

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Sea Kayaker magazine review by editor Chris Cunningham 
"The coast of California has some spectacular scenery, but it is not a place for the uninformed paddler.... Roger Schumann and Jan Shriner have both the experience to know what skills are required to paddle the more demanding stretches of the coast and ... a knack for matching paddlers of various abilities with appropriate challenges..... [so that] paddlers of all abilities will find rewarding outings that will be well matched to their skills."

Paddler magazine review by publisher Eugene Buchanan 
"From detailed site descriptions to practical planning advice [this book] is a Northern California sea kayaker's classic."

Canoe & Kayak magazine's review by editor Bryan Chitwood
"This real-world guide provides exacting detail and thorough coverage of one of the world's most spectacular coastlines. Don't paddle there without it."

BASK (Bay Area Sea Kayakers club) Newsletter review by Penny Wells
"If there is one word to describe [this] nifty new book, it is balance. There is as much meat here for the advanced kayaker as there is for the novice .... There is no drivel to wade through to get to the good stuff.... Clearly, Roger and Jan have done their homework ... and it shows ... they write concisely and well. You'll want a copy ... right on the shelf between your calendar and your tide log."

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