Delaware Bay
Delaware River
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06/19/2010
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| 116 nautical miles of tidal waters from the Delaware
Capes Henlopen and May) to Trenton, and above the Falls another 198 statute miles of
small-craft river to Hancock NY; major cities and seaports; fishing, commercial shipping,
and a busy pleasure boat scene -- that's the Delaware. Here are some of the books and
charts that will help you find your way around this fascinating destination. |
NOS charts are the "official" government charts. They are
the largest,
clearest, and most up-to-date charts available, though not the handiest. With every NOS
chart, Pilothouse gives you a free ANMS (Automated Notice to Mariners)
printout to help bring it up to date. $20.75
each.
| NOS 12304 |
Delaware Bay |
| NOS 12316 |
Little Egg Harbor to Cape
May. Includes the Delaware Bay entrance to the Cape May
canal |
| NOS 12216 |
Cape Henlopen to Indian
River Inlet. Includes Roosevelt Inlet and a detailed inset
of Breakwater Harbor |
| NOS 12311 |
Delaware River, Smyrna
River to Wilmington. |
| NOS 12277 |
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Includes Salem harbor |
| NOS 12312 |
Wilmington to Philadelphia |
| NOS 12313 |
Philadelphia and Camden
Waterfronts |
| NOS 12314 |
Philadelphia to Trenton |
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Licensed by NOS, Water Resistant POD charts are
up-to-date at time of purchase. Order by NOS number. Prices are $20.75
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Photocopies of NOS charts, rearranged for the benefit of small-craft skippers, often
reduced in scale.
ISS-48 Delaware Bay and C&D Canal Waterproof chart from International
Sailing Supply. 1999. Printed both sides. Reduced scale. Cape May to Chesapeake City, and
to Philadelphia. $24.95 T2257
HPC-28 Delaware River from Home Port Charts. June 2002. Laminated,
reduced scale. two sides. Wilmington to Trenton. Some additional information
for the fisherman. $19.95 T12973
HPC-1 Delaware Bay. 2001.
Laminated. two sides. Delaware Bay, with
enlargement of "The Rips" off Cape May. For the fisherman. $19.95
T3222
DEL-117 Delaware Bay and Delaware River
Captain Seagull's Sport fishing Chart. Cape Henlopen to Betsy Ross
bridge. Laminated, two sided 20" x 26". $18.95 T16276
ADC Delaware Bay and Coast.
1999. From Alexandria Drafting.
Folded waterproof chart. $9.95 T2403
Chesapeake Bay
& Delaware Bay ChartKit, 11th ed, 2009. 22x17, with companion
CD.
$116.95 T2086 |
DRB Delaware River. 1991, from Delaware River Basin Commission. The river
above Trenton Falls. 10 waterproof charts, Hancock NY to Trenton NJ. $39.00
T7204
DRB Schuylkill River. 1982. The Schuylkill above
Fairmont Dam. $12.50. T7205
EMB
47 Delaware Bay and C&D Canal Embassy chart from Maptech.
2001.
Waterproof, flip-folded. $19.95. T16677
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Tide Tables 2010 East Cost of North and South America.
For the vertical rise and fall.
$13.95 T15312 |
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Tidal Current Tables 2010 Atlantic Coast of North America. For the
horizontal ebb and flow.
$13.95 T15316 |
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Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book 2010
Sandy Hook tides (with differences for the Delaware) and C&D
Canal
and Delaware Bay Entrance currents.
Small and handy.
$14.00 T16469 |
Tides and Currents (East) for Windows.
The computer program we use to
produce our hand-out tide tables. Complete tide and current information to the year 2100,
Nova Scotia to the Caribbean.
$119.00 T12188
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United States Coast Pilot 3 2010 Sandy Hook to Cape Henry. National Ocean
Service.
$30.00 T2883 |
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Waterway Guide Chesapeake 2010 Includes the Delaware Bay
and Delmarva Coast. Cruising tips, navigation data, marina listings.
$39.95 TC18737 |
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A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters
by Donald Launer. 2nd
Edition, 2004. Describes
all three of Jersey's coasts: the Hudson River, the Atlantic shore, and the Bay and River
Delaware. Now in paperback.
$19.95 T14820 |
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Gazela:
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Port o' Call Memories of the Portuguese White Fleet in
St. John's, Newfoundland by Priscilla A. Doel.
Philadelphia’s Tall Ship Gazela was a leading member of the fleet
that traveled every year from Portugal to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
to fish for cod. Here
are interviews of the Portuguese seamen and their Canadian hosts who knew
her in her working days. Photos.
204 pages, paperback.
$36.00
T10308 |
Olympia:
Moshulu:
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The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby.
She's just a Philadelphia dockside
restaurant now, but Moshulu was one of the last of the great Cape Horn
square riggers. Eric Newby was at the time an eighteen-year-old
apprentice. Here is his personal account, in text form. 285 pages, soft.
$12.95
T147 |
S.S. United States:
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SS
United States - Lady in Waiting Documentary film by Robert
Radler. Tells the story of the great American ocean liner, using
never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with crew,
passengers, and historians. DVD, 57 minutes.
$24.95 T7296 |
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Picture History of the SS United States by William H. Miller,
Jr., Dover Publications. 118 pp., 8x11, PB, many black & white photos.
$16.95 T17465 |
Kalmar
Nyckel:
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Mallets, Chisels & Planes, The Building
of the Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel from Vision to Launch,
Charles E. Ireland, Jr.. PB, 7 x 9 ½, 64pp. Many color photos.
$23.95 T11327 |
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A Man and His Ship, Peter Minuit and the
Kalmar Nyckel, C..A. Weslager.
The 17th century origins of New Sweden,
which later became Wilmington. PB, 5 ½ x 8 ½, 225pp.
$15.95 T5046 |
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Ablaze
in Lewes Harbor, Last Cruise of the SS Lenape, Bob Kotowski,
2007. Danger, near tragedy, and valiant rescue. PB, 6 x 9, 112pp.
$9.75 T5839 |
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Philadelphia
Navy Yard - From the Birth of the U.S. Navy to the Nuclear Age by
Jeffery M. Dorwart with Jean K. Wolf.
271 pages, 8" x 10", hardbound, dust jacket.
$45.00
T13941 |
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Fort
Mifflin of Philadelphia, an Illustrated History
by
Jeffery M. Dowart. PB, 211 pp.
$24.95 T13549 |
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The National Waterway, A History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
1768-1985
by Ralph D. Gray. 2nd edition,1989. 300
pages, soft.
$13.95
T2432 |
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Harbor
of Refuge by Stephen Jones. Tales of a very green Coast
Guardsman's lighthouse duty on a tower in Delaware Bay. PB, 344
pp.
$19.95 T4970 |
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Lighthouses of New Jersey and Delaware by Bob Trapani, Jr.
20 Lighthouses with tales to tell, in text, modern photos and vintage
photos. PB, 117 pp.
$11.95 T18184 |
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Civil
War Ghosts at Fort Delaware
by Ed Okonowicz. PB, 145pp.
$11.95 T18198 |
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The City That
Launched A Thousand Ships, Shipbuilding in Wilmington, 1644-1997,
Richard Urban. HC, 6 x 9, 81pp.
$24.95 T9978 |
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Along
the Schuylkill River, Laura Catalano and Kurt Zwikl, 2009.
PB, 6 x 9, 127pp.
$19.95 T18712 |
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Delaware Lighthouses and Range Lights, Judith Roales, 2007.
PB, 6 x 9, 1126pp
$19.95 T18709 |
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Delaware River Port Authority, Cheryl Baisden, 2009. PB,
6 x 9, 127pp.
$21.95 T18711 |
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New Jersey’s Fishing Streams and the Delaware River
edited by Steve
Perrone, 1998. PB 8x11, 164 pp. $12.95 T8934
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Fishing the Delaware Valley by George H. Ingram Jr., Robert F Marler Jr.,
and Robert R. Smith. Hidden treasures of the Delaware. 248 pages hardback.
$18.95 T15109 |
Delaware Bay Fishing Guide
by D.H. Olsen and B.E. Straub, with foreword
by Eric Burnley. 128 pages paperback. New Jersey edition $9.95
T7304
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