Ocean Cruising on a Budget

by Anne Hammick, O. H. Robinson

Release Date: July, 1997

Edition: Paperback

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An excellent addition to your pre-cruising bookshelf

A good book if you're planning a cruise. Anne does a good job of laying down some guidelines for future cruisers, and although the dollar figures are a little out of date the information is no less valuable.

Nice title, shame about the content

Plenty of general information is presented in a reasonably fluid style, but when it comes to the nitty gritty - like costs, as mentioned by another reviewer, Anne Hammick takes the easy route.

The book is also beginning to date, and some of her admitted personal bias is even less appropriate now than it was when the book was first written.

A capsize phobia is understandable (I suffer vertigo myself) but to dismiss multihulls so casually indicates a partiality that defeats the object of a book with this title. For example, a snide comment about Wharram cats spending time on the beach reveals her ignorance of the prime uses of shallow-draught multis.

If you are already determined to go cruising in the exact same manner as Anne Hammick, this book will reinforce your decisions, but it lacks the balance and depth to be a serious work of reference. Could do better.