The Georgia Coast: Waterways and Islands

by Nancy s Zydler, Tom Zydler

Overview

The Georgia Coast, Waterways, and Islands is a new kind of boater's guide to the intricate, unspoiled and exciting coast of Georgia.  The guide describes the flora and fauna of varied rich ecosystems as you travel through the natural and human history of over 1,500 miles of waterways. 134 minutely-detailed chartlets, unrivaled by any other guide, show the latest depths allowing boaters more flexibility to enjoy the Georgia coast. Navigator-friendly, north-oriented chartlets picking up where NOAA left off will empower you to customize your itinerary.  Beautiful photography along with essential shore descriptions provides thorough information about all forms of coastal activities  - cruising, fishing, sailing, diving, kayaking, canoeing, and hiking. This is the only comprehensive guide to the barrier islands, the Intracoastal Waterway, the freshwater rivers, swamps, and saltwater marshes that make up the coast of Georgia. This Guide includes:•A Quick Guide To The Intracoastal Waterway•The Most Complete Boat Ramp Lists Available•List Of Navigational Aids•GPS Waypoints•Bird List And The Colonial Coast Birding Trail•Saltwater Fishing Regulations•Extensive, Easy To Use Index•Artificial Reef Buoy Positions•Cumberland Island Trails•Detailed Information On Marinas, Boatyards And Fish Camps•Savannah River Described From Augusta To Savannah•Access Information For Undeveloped Barrier Islands

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948494335
Publisher:	Seaworthy Publications, Inc
Publication date:	09/18/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	348
File size:	222 MB
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About the Author

The tidal creek twisting through a maze of marshland behind her home in Savannah, Georgia introduced Nancy to the enjoyment of exploring the currents and shifting sands in a coastal environment. The family's sloop and weekly Lightning and Penguin class sailing at the Savannah Yacht Club led to sailing adventures in inshore as well as offshore waters. Later, at the University of Georgia, she studied fine arts. Her paintings of tropical plant life have been exhibited at the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Art Museum in Tennessee, at the Hilton Head Museum of Art in South Carolina, and art galleries in South Carolina and South Florida. In 1975, Nancy married and sailed away with Tom Zydler. Since that time, they have voyaged from the Great Lakes to Brazil, from Faeroe Islands to the Galapagos, and are still pursuing a life at sea. She has written articles about sailing for Cruising World, Sailing, Sail, Yachting Monthly, and Southern Boating. She holds a US Coast Guard 100-Ton Captains License.
Tom Zydler started racing dinghies at the age of 12 in his native Poland. He gradually moved up to ocean racing in the Baltic Sea, eventually becoming the youngest Polish holder of a yacht master's license for all oceans. He graduated from the Merchant Marine College and pursued a professional career at sea until receiving the first mate's position. Next, he moved ashore to study English Literature at the University of Lodz. After getting his M.A. with a thesis on Joseph Conrad, he stayed to teach English at the University while continuing to sail during the long vacations that academic life permitted. He led sailing expeditions as far as Iceland, Jan Mayen, and East Greenland. In 1972, he captained a 45-foot yawl from Poland to Cape Horn rounding it from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Next, he served as a deck officer on German ships and in 1974, immigrated to the United States where he skippered large private and charter yachts after obtaining a US Coast Guard 500-Ton Masters License for all oceans. Tom writes for yachting magazines and has been published in Cruising World, Yachting, Sailing, Sail, Southern Boating, Wooden Boat, and Professional Boatbuilder in the US, Classic Boat, Yachting World, and Yachting Monthly in the UK, and in Le Chasse Mareé in France. He markets his marine photography through Stock Newport in Portland, Maine.

Table of Contents

THE UNIQUE COASTAL TERRITORY

THE ISLANDS

THE MARSHLANDS

THE TIDES

THE RIVERS

THE FORESTS

WILD RICE MARSHES

ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FISHING

SCUBA DIVING

CRUISING

HIKING

BIRD WATCHING

KAYAKING, CANOEING AND CAMPING

PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE ON LAND AND WATER

TIDEWATER NAVIGATION

ANCHORING HINTS

GETTING LOST IN THE MARSH

COURTEOUS BOATING

PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS

ON THE BEACH

THE DUNES

MARITIME FOREST

FRESHWATER PONDS, BOGS AND SLOUGHS

WESTWARD THROUGH THE INTERIOR FOREST

BETWEEN THE MARITIME FOREST AND THE MARSH

THE SALT MARSH

THE WEATHER

WINTER

WINTER BOATING

SUMMER

SUMMER BOATING

SPRING, FALL AND THE BERMUDA HIGH

THE EXTREME WEATHER

Nor'easters

Hurricanes

What to Do With Your Boat?

LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS

GEORGIA COASTAL COUNTIES (map)

GEORGIA COUNTIES (map)

List of Georgia Counties, alphabetically

List of Georgia Counties, numerically

THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

THE COASTAL WATERS IN DETAIL

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THIS GUIDE

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

CHAPTER ONE - A QUICK GUIDE TO THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY

CHAPTER TWO - SAVANNAH RIVER FROM NEW SAVANNAH LOCK & DAM TO PORT WENTWORTH

Boat Ramps

Shore Descriptions for the Savannah River

CHAPTER THREE - SAVANNAH RIVER TO OSSABAW SOUND

INCLUDING LITTLE OGEECHEE RIVER, CHATHAM COUNTY

CHAPTER FOUR - OSSABAW SOUND TO ST. CATHERINES SOUND

INCLUDING OGEECHEE RIVER AND MEDWAY RIVER, CHATHAM AND LIBERTY COUNTIES

Shore Descriptions for the Ogeechee River

CHAPTER FIVE - ST. CATHERINES SOUND TO SAPELO SOUND

INCLUDING NORTH NEWPORT RIVER, SOUTH NEWPORT RIVER AND SAPELO RIVER, LIBERTY AND McINTOSH COUNTIES

CHAPTER SIX - SAPELO SOUND TO ALTAMAHA SOUND

INCLUDING DARIEN AND ALTAMAHA RIVER, MCINTOSH COUNTY

Shore Descriptions for Cathead Creek

Shore Descriptions for the Altamaha River

CHAPTER SEVEN - ALTAMAHA SOUND TO ST. SIMONS SOUND

INCLUDING ST. SIMONS ISLAND AND BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY

CHAPTER EIGHT - JEKYLL CREEK TO ST. ANDREW SOUND

INCLUDING JEKYLL ISLAND, LITTLE SATILLA RIVER AND SATILLA RIVER, GLYNN COUNTY

Shore descriptions for the Satilla River

CHAPTER NINE - ST. ANDREW SOUND TO ST. MARYS RIVER

INCLUDING CUMBERLAND ISLAND, CROOKED RIVER AND ST. MARYS RIVER, CAMDEN COUNTY

Shore Descriptions for the St. Marys River

APPENDIX

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIST OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

Key to Light List Abbreviations

LIST OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

GEORGIA RECREATIONAL SALTWATER FISHING REGULATIONS

Artificial Reef Buoys

THE COLONIAL COAST BIRDING TRAIL

COASTAL GEORGIA BIRDS

ANNUAL EVENTS ON THE COAST

SERVICES SECTION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX