Taken By the Wind: The Northwest Coast: A Guide to Sailing the Coasts of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska

This book is very well researched and contains solid information that will be useful for anyone planing to explore the inland and coastal waters of the Salish Sea, Northern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska.under sail. The author strikes a good balance between discussion of basic weather patterns and their causes, practical cruise planning information, and entertaining cruising lessons learned in her "I remember when..."... stories. I have been sailing and cruising in the Pacific Northwest for over 35 years and felt like I had a pretty good understanding of how barometric pressue changes, shapes of land masses, widths of channels all affect how hard and from what direction the wind will blow from. After rreading Marilyn Johnson's book I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of the physical forces that influence wind,speed and direction and water conditions. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

Amazingly comprehensive guide to wind & weather in the coastal waters of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Provided lots of understanding for the conditions seen in this area. Can't recommend it highly enough!

One of my favorite areas - this covers it perfectly!

If there were a sailing book written just for me, this would be it. We've sailed in several of the areas covered in this book, and often wondered why so few sailboats are sailing. We've also been challenged by the difficult, rapidly changing wind conditions. So it's not easy, but it's certainly worth the effort, and this book has an incredible level of detail into how to do it.There's no other book I know of with this much local knowledge on wind and current conditions in the PNW. There are many charts, diagrams, and data tables in here. It goes into much more detail than I expected.There's a useful chapter on how wind forms and funnels in inland areas, including such effects as "wind cornering" which I hadn't read about anywhere else.It's a pretty advanced book, and I worry the level of technical detail may make it a bit less accessible for beginners. But that's precisely who it's most useful for. The book is pretty much the definition of "local knowledge", and it would take years to acquire local knowledge on all these places.It also makes me excited to get out there again this summer and try some of these tactics.