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Second Edition Revised and Expanded

Diversity Special Interest Publishing Company - 240 pages

Spiral bound

Cost: $19.95

ISBN-55109-316-2

reviewed by Ronnie Scullion

"Cruising Nova Scotia" is intended as a companion guide to Nova Scotia's "Doer's and Dreamer's Guide" and Cape Breton's "Masterpiece". This expanded edition includes most of the information in "Cruise Cape Breton - the Yachter's Guide to the Bras d'Or Lakes,
Cape Breton" and the "Marina Guide to Nova Scotia". The information has been compiled and edited by a panel of seasoned cruisers, whose contributions lend both a familiar and experienced tone to the volume.

It is written with the mariner in mind, including specific and current
information on boating facilities and services, navigation and tidal activity. It is organized in chapters with reference to Canadian Hydrographic Chart Numbers and indexed by city, town or waterway name. Moving shore by shore around the province it details the
approach best taken into each harbour and waterway with attention to shallow waters, obstructions and changing tides. A brief description of onshore facilities and amenities are given at each stop. Where yacht clubs are located a welcome is often extended to visiting cruisers.
Docking rates, complete marina and mooring information is included.

Additional sections of the guide are devoted to boating events, customs regulations, fishing, scuba diving, climate, search & rescue and other general boating information. 

Amusing anecdote of many a Salty Dog are related. One such is the story of John MacNeil, whose dying wish was to be buried on a plot of land overlooking Isaacs Harbour. He took sick and died while sailing back from the Caribbean. The Captain of the ship had to figure out a way to preserve the body until they could reach the harbour and
honour MacNeil's dying request. It occurred to the Captain that if fish
could be preserved in salt, so too could MacNeil. His body was placed in the salt filled hold of the ship until the crew were able to bury him at Pioneer Cemetery in Isaacs Harbour. Local lore now refers to MacNeil as the "Salt Man".

Small vignettes describing Nova Scotia's rich sea-faring tradition are
interspersed with the textual information. The long standing importance of the port cities of Halifax and Dartmouth are detailed. The fishing and trading history of Canso, Lunenburg and many other towns and villages are examined.

Aerial photographs and reproductions of nautical maps help to locate and further identify many of the coastlines. And while treasure seekers will not be guided to the fabled buried treasure of Captain Kidd on Oak Island, the guide will prove indispensable to mariners out for a day's or lengthier cruise in Nova Scotian waterways.

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