Ever wonder about the ocean routes the seafaring Norse people once navigated? Those high-latitude water routes are a unique cruising adventure, and now the Cruising Club of America has published a guide called, CCA Essential Passage Guide to the Viking Route.
Edited by William Strassberg, MD, the guide provides the information sailors need to explore these waters. Sailing through ice and colder water temperatures requires a different skillset than ordinary cruising. In the guide, Strassberg, a Viking route passagemaker himself, with the help of other experienced CCA cruisers, shares critical information on how to safely make the passage.
The guide provides advice on outfitting your boat for ice-navigation, high-latitude weather patterns, timing, skippering, equipment, communication and much more. Part of the guide is dedicated to selecting harbors that offer history, accessibility and activities.
For more information about the route and the guide, click here.
