May 24, 2010 11:45
And here are a small sampling of emails we receive every day. And this proves???....that there are many people out there that have their own preferences for boating. That the prudent skipper and owner is going to use a variety of sources to gather the needed information to make informed decisions. And we did not write or solicit any of this.
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You guys are unreal! This is super terrific! (I like it).
Waterway Guide Planner
Morry M
I have been searching for weeks for exactly this type of information to plan our run from Lake Pontchartrain, La. to Fort Walton, Fla. This is by far the best website I have found. This information will allow me to plan route and overnight/fuel stops...
Wow. Being able to see marinas and anchorages and their data along with the nautical chart and satelite visual is outstanding. It gives me the ability to see the port in detail before entering the harbor. Also makes marina selection easier. Have you considered using GPS input for ships position?
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YOUR WATERWAY GUIDE HAS BEEN A DELIGHT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. NOW WHEN I BUY THE PAPER BACK I FEEL THAT I'M CONTRIBUTING TO A CAUSE. IF YOU COULD COVER THE NE USA, YOU'LL MAKE MY DAY.
RK
Ed Note: RK, we cover the NE in the Northern Edition, updated annually.
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We received this email from Terry M the other day.
I prefer your guide to marina.com . I have been in business for 36 years and they don't have me listed after repeated requests. Check out http://www.terrysmarina.com purchased in 1974 but not listed. Thanks for including my marina in your guide. Regards, Terry 586-709-9559
"Waterway Guide... Terry's Marina Is not a paid advertiser. We have almost 3,000 marinas listed in our guides for free that do not advertise."
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"When Gerald and I took one year to make the "Big Circle", the Waterway Guide was like a bible to us. The information was always very up to date and included the information we needed to make decisions. In many cases, these decisions had to be made instantly. We were never misguided. We bought a Waterway Guide for every region that you published and would not be without the one we needed. We cruised just as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway opened. There was no precedent at all. I assume we were the pioneers of the "Great Loop"."
I know you did not own this publication at the time, but I am sure you have kept your guides current and accurate. I highly recommend the Waterway Guides to all cruisers.
Ginger C
From the Press...
"If you plan on cruising anywhere along the East Coast, Great Lakes, and/or Bahamas, then don't leave the dock without one - or all - of these; they're the most comprehensive cruising guides I have ever used. The Waterway Guide was my best friend, both in good times and bad, during a recent cruise I did along Chesapeake Bay."
-Power & Motoryacht
"We could sum up Dozier's Waterway Guide: The Cruising Authority: Southern 2006 as ‘everything you want to know about the waters of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahamas in a spiral-bound format so you can lay it flat on your helm for easy reference,' but that would leave us with a lot of blank space on this page...The result is a veritable Encyclopedia Britannica of southern boating."
-Southern Boating
"Dozier's Waterway Guide is an indispensable cruising companion, featuring detailed navigational information, spectacular aerial photography with white-lined routes, and tips on what to do ashore. This well-known series, updated annually since 1947, provide the most comprehensive and current data available on nearly 4,000 marinas and boating-related businesses on the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, the Great Lakes, and America's Great Loop."
-MarineMax Lifestyles
"Waterway Guide was the first, to our knowledge, to give marina listings for each major harbor. A handy grid format is used...all keyed to charts to make them easy to find."
-Practical Sailor
"...The Waterway Guide: Great Lakes [edition] provides enough local knowledge to make a trip of a lifetime and eliminate any, ‘We missed something great,' regrets upon returning to our warm seas..."
-Southern Boating
From Boaters and Boating Organizatons....
"There is no more comprehensive set of guides on the Great Loop than Waterway Guides. The four regional guides are the only set of guidebooks that cover the entire Great Loop. The compendium of information is exhaustive, the aerial photography is stunning and the organization makes the guides easy to use...there is probably no other publication that covers so much for so little."
-Ron and Eva Stob, America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association
"We have been traveling the ICW for the past 14 years and simply could not have had the wonderful adventures we've had without your Waterway Guides. We have found that all of the information is pertinent and up-to-date. Your new Waterway Guide Magazine just adds to your great publications!"
-Kay Olinger, S/V Seaboard Tack, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida
"As a professional contract captain with over 160 Florida to New England transits, I only recommend Dozier's Waterway Guide to yacht owners I instruct, or assist in their vessel delivery. Having viewed all of the other guides available, it is my experience that Dozier's Waterway Guide is a must have for the yacht owner and professional captain. I never leave port without it."
-John Wampler, Master Mariner
"The Waterway Guide is one of the best Christmas presents I have ever received. As someone new to boating, it has come in very handy as we make our way along the Intracoastal. Its accuracy and information are the best. Waterway Guide is a must-have."
-Michael B. Cooney
"As a woman and first mate, your Waterway Guide is "to the nines." It helps us find great marinas and special points of interest."
-Charlene C. Lonick
"The Waterway Guide is as essential as the appropriate chart. I've found it to be an invaluable reference tool and by far the best on the market."
-Captain James Deibel, M/V Smitten
"We love you guys! Whenever underway, the Waterway Guide is a permanent fixture in the cockpit and is essential for our planning purposes."
-Brian and Heather, S/V Holding Pattern
"I am a captain that delivers boats to Florida and to Canada and need info when I am delivering a customer's boat. I have bean boating for 25 years. The info that I have received from the Waterway Guide has keep me out of trouble, never traveled until I check out up to date info. Once again thank you keep up the great work, my life depends on it."
-Captain Milton Ellison
"I'm not the captain, but he couldn't do his job without me, my eyes and my Waterway Guide!"
-Bobby Jo Viksne
"As soon as we bought our new C-Dory 25, we went straight to the marine store and bought Dozier's Waterway Guide. It's a great guide and we've always used it as our boating bible."
-Linda R. Lovelace
"Waterway Guide is an excellent publication. Anyone cruising should have one of these. Some of the cruising books I have seen have some of the information contained in the WG. However, Waterway Guides have it all. I would feel very comfortable boating to any location covered by this book."
-Norman Hoffman
________________________________________________
You guys are unreal! This is super terrific! (I like it).
Waterway Guide Planner
Morry M
I have been searching for weeks for exactly this type of information to plan our run from Lake Pontchartrain, La. to Fort Walton, Fla. This is by far the best website I have found. This information will allow me to plan route and overnight/fuel stops...
Wow. Being able to see marinas and anchorages and their data along with the nautical chart and satelite visual is outstanding. It gives me the ability to see the port in detail before entering the harbor. Also makes marina selection easier. Have you considered using GPS input for ships position?
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YOUR WATERWAY GUIDE HAS BEEN A DELIGHT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. NOW WHEN I BUY THE PAPER BACK I FEEL THAT I'M CONTRIBUTING TO A CAUSE. IF YOU COULD COVER THE NE USA, YOU'LL MAKE MY DAY.
RK
Ed Note: RK, we cover the NE in the Northern Edition, updated annually.
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We received this email from Terry M the other day.
I prefer your guide to marina.com . I have been in business for 36 years and they don't have me listed after repeated requests. Check out http://www.terrysmarina.com purchased in 1974 but not listed. Thanks for including my marina in your guide. Regards, Terry 586-709-9559
"Waterway Guide... Terry's Marina Is not a paid advertiser. We have almost 3,000 marinas listed in our guides for free that do not advertise."
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"When Gerald and I took one year to make the "Big Circle", the Waterway Guide was like a bible to us. The information was always very up to date and included the information we needed to make decisions. In many cases, these decisions had to be made instantly. We were never misguided. We bought a Waterway Guide for every region that you published and would not be without the one we needed. We cruised just as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway opened. There was no precedent at all. I assume we were the pioneers of the "Great Loop"."
I know you did not own this publication at the time, but I am sure you have kept your guides current and accurate. I highly recommend the Waterway Guides to all cruisers.
Ginger C
From the Press...
"If you plan on cruising anywhere along the East Coast, Great Lakes, and/or Bahamas, then don't leave the dock without one - or all - of these; they're the most comprehensive cruising guides I have ever used. The Waterway Guide was my best friend, both in good times and bad, during a recent cruise I did along Chesapeake Bay."
-Power & Motoryacht
"We could sum up Dozier's Waterway Guide: The Cruising Authority: Southern 2006 as ‘everything you want to know about the waters of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahamas in a spiral-bound format so you can lay it flat on your helm for easy reference,' but that would leave us with a lot of blank space on this page...The result is a veritable Encyclopedia Britannica of southern boating."
-Southern Boating
"Dozier's Waterway Guide is an indispensable cruising companion, featuring detailed navigational information, spectacular aerial photography with white-lined routes, and tips on what to do ashore. This well-known series, updated annually since 1947, provide the most comprehensive and current data available on nearly 4,000 marinas and boating-related businesses on the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, the Great Lakes, and America's Great Loop."
-MarineMax Lifestyles
"Waterway Guide was the first, to our knowledge, to give marina listings for each major harbor. A handy grid format is used...all keyed to charts to make them easy to find."
-Practical Sailor
"...The Waterway Guide: Great Lakes [edition] provides enough local knowledge to make a trip of a lifetime and eliminate any, ‘We missed something great,' regrets upon returning to our warm seas..."
-Southern Boating
From Boaters and Boating Organizatons....
"There is no more comprehensive set of guides on the Great Loop than Waterway Guides. The four regional guides are the only set of guidebooks that cover the entire Great Loop. The compendium of information is exhaustive, the aerial photography is stunning and the organization makes the guides easy to use...there is probably no other publication that covers so much for so little."
-Ron and Eva Stob, America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association
"We have been traveling the ICW for the past 14 years and simply could not have had the wonderful adventures we've had without your Waterway Guides. We have found that all of the information is pertinent and up-to-date. Your new Waterway Guide Magazine just adds to your great publications!"
-Kay Olinger, S/V Seaboard Tack, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida
"As a professional contract captain with over 160 Florida to New England transits, I only recommend Dozier's Waterway Guide to yacht owners I instruct, or assist in their vessel delivery. Having viewed all of the other guides available, it is my experience that Dozier's Waterway Guide is a must have for the yacht owner and professional captain. I never leave port without it."
-John Wampler, Master Mariner
"The Waterway Guide is one of the best Christmas presents I have ever received. As someone new to boating, it has come in very handy as we make our way along the Intracoastal. Its accuracy and information are the best. Waterway Guide is a must-have."
-Michael B. Cooney
"As a woman and first mate, your Waterway Guide is "to the nines." It helps us find great marinas and special points of interest."
-Charlene C. Lonick
"The Waterway Guide is as essential as the appropriate chart. I've found it to be an invaluable reference tool and by far the best on the market."
-Captain James Deibel, M/V Smitten
"We love you guys! Whenever underway, the Waterway Guide is a permanent fixture in the cockpit and is essential for our planning purposes."
-Brian and Heather, S/V Holding Pattern
"I am a captain that delivers boats to Florida and to Canada and need info when I am delivering a customer's boat. I have bean boating for 25 years. The info that I have received from the Waterway Guide has keep me out of trouble, never traveled until I check out up to date info. Once again thank you keep up the great work, my life depends on it."
-Captain Milton Ellison
"I'm not the captain, but he couldn't do his job without me, my eyes and my Waterway Guide!"
-Bobby Jo Viksne
"As soon as we bought our new C-Dory 25, we went straight to the marine store and bought Dozier's Waterway Guide. It's a great guide and we've always used it as our boating bible."
-Linda R. Lovelace
"Waterway Guide is an excellent publication. Anyone cruising should have one of these. Some of the cruising books I have seen have some of the information contained in the WG. However, Waterway Guides have it all. I would feel very comfortable boating to any location covered by this book."
-Norman Hoffman