I have used Steve's guides for years. They are the most carefully edited information sources that exist. He has a website with a lot of interesting stuff, http://www.islandhopping.com/ If you compare them to any of the other popular guides you find that he offers 3 or 4 times as many options and destinations. Most of the other guides annually update their advertising, not their charts. The most popular guide to the Bahamas hasn't changed the routes in 20 or more years. I got to meet the publisher, Joe Janson who runs Sea Worthy Publications. I think they are the only publisher that specializes in marine publications. The website is http://www.seaworthy.com/ and they have a scratch and dent section where you can get books at a reduced rate direct from them. John Reitzammer Willard 30'