Alan Lucas

Alan Lucas (born 1936)[1] is an Australian yachtsman[2] and writer of boat cruising guides and other books relating to life on the sea. His Cruising the Coral Coast was the second cruising guide to be published in Australia.[3]

Lucas' most popular boat cruising guides are Cruising the Coral Coast[4] and Cruising the New South Wales Coast.[3] He is also a regular contributor to number of boating magazines including The Coastal Passage, Afloat, Australian Sailing, Australian Yachting, Cruising Helmsman[5] and an occasional contributor to the Good Old Boat magazine.

Awards

In November 2010, Lucas was awarded a NSW Maritime Medal for his support of the marine community, especially his coastal guides for the safe navigation of the east coast.[6][7] In 2015, Lucas was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia.[2]

Bibliography

Cruising Guides/Atlas
  • Cruising the Coral Coast (1968) – now up to 9th edition (2017)[8]
  • Cruising the New South Wales Coast (1976) – now up to 6th edition[9][10]
  • Cruising Papua New Guinea (1980)
  • Cruising New Caledonia and Vanuatu (1981)
  • Cruising the Solomons (1981)
  • Red Sea and Indian Ocean Cruising Guide (1985)
  • New South Wales Boat Launching Ramp Atlas (1989)
  • Sydney to Central Coast Waterways Guide (1991)
  • Australian Cruising Guide (1994)[11]

Boat Building
  • How to Build Small Boats (1975)
  • The Tools and Materials of Boat Building (1978)
  • Fitting Out Below Decks (1979)
  • Fitting Out Above Decks (1982)
  • Fitting out Mechanically (1982)

Encyclopaedia
  • The Complete Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Boating (1977)

General Interest
  • Just Cruising (1969)
  • How to Sail Small Boats (1975)
  • Barrier Reef Rendezvous (1978)
  • The Schooner (1979)
  • The Cruising Boat (1979)
  • Cruising Companion (1985)
  • Cruising to Europe (1986)
  • Cruising in Tropical Waters and Coral (1987)
  • Cruising Australians (1989)
  • Off Watch (2007)[12]
  • Simple Solutions (2015)
  • Reefed in the Coral Sea : 500 wrecks, thousands of human tragedies (2016)

References
  1. Trove: National Library of Australia, Profile: Alan Lucas (1936-), March 16, 2013
  2. "Sailing and navigating is in Alan Lucas’s blood - he receives OAM in Australia Day honours list". Pauline Priest, Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate, January 27, 2015
  3. Bow2Stern, Beyond the Coral Coast: Alan Lucas shares highlights from a cruising life less ordinary by Jo Djubal, March 16, 2013
  4. "Review: Cruising the Coral Coast". Marinas Guide
  5. Mysailing.com.au, Storms feature in March Cruising Helmsman, March 18, 2013
  6. "NSW MARITIME MEDALS". Red Book.
  7. NSW Government: Transport – Maritime, Media Release – 25 November 2010: NSW Maritime Medal winner: Alan Lucas, March 16, 2013
  8. "Updates for Cruising the New South Wales Coast and Cruising the Coral Coast". Alan Lucas Cruising Guides. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. Sail-World.com : Boat Books' Guide to Cruising Guides
  10. "Australian Marinas Guide, Cruising the New South Wales Coast, July 17, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  11. Book Reviews. Ocean Cruising Club.
  12. Book Review – Off Watch by Alan Lucas :Skipr.net
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