The go-to West Country pilot guide since 1988, now updated for its tenth edition. Mark Fishwick’s West Country Cruising Companion is the leading pilot guide to this wonderful cruising area of south west England. First published in 1988 as West Country Cruising, it remains in hardback (and eBook) and covers the area from Portland Bill to Padstow, as well as the Isles of Scilly, giving passage information into the area from both the east and the north. This definitive sailing guide for the ever-attractive coastline of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly combines a skilful blend of pilotage and cruising information, with historical insight and suggestions of where to eat and what to do ashore. For those who plan to head west, this book is more than essential reading – it will enhance your enjoyment and prove to be a worthy and much used addition to the ship's library. Those already in the west will find themselves regularly thumbing its pages. Share Mark Fishwick’s passion for this region which combines with his in-depth knowledge from a lifetime cruising these waters to create a text which will inspire and inform you. It is enhanced with colour charts and detailed photography, including spectacular aerial shots of many ports, harbours and anchorages. Now containing QR codes to take you quickly to the main harbour and marina websites. This latest edition has been fully updated by local yachtswoman Kate Brodie and includes over 75 new photos as well as updated text and charts; further updates are provided every Spring on the Fernhurst Books’ website. It builds on the previous edition which out-rated other pilot guides to the West Country on Amazon.

Born in Exeter and bought up on the River Exe, Mark Fishwick began sailing at an early age and explored the rivers, creeks and harbours of the West Country in his parents’ sloop. He moved to Cornwall in 1973 and since then has enjoyed a varied nautical life encompassing commercial fishing, charter skippering in the West Indies, yacht delivery, boatyard work, writing, photography and just occasionally sailing for fun! He was the editor of Reeds Nautical Almanac for many years. Kate Brodie grew up in Dorset and returned to the West Country over 30 years ago as the GP in Topsham up to her retirement in 2020. Kate is an accomplished sailor, both as a European Champion dinghy sailor and as a cruising yachtswoman (completing a UK circumnavigation, largely single-handed, in 2020, raising over £10,000 in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support). She currently owns a Westerly Storm, Hullabaloo, for cruising and shares a Jeanneau Sun 2000, Ra, for racing.