West coast of Central America Cruising Guide?
Does anyone have recommendations?
Sincerely,
David A Schramm
M/V Jenny N46-39
MMSI 366 935 490
The only one I know of is "The Forgotten Middle". Sorry, no author or
publisher available as I am cruising in Alaska.
There is also Charlie's Charts for Costa Rica.
There are two marinas in El Salvador, Marina Barillas in the Bahia de
Jiquillisco (sp?) and Hotel del Sol about 50 miles north. There is a new
marina in Nicaragua called Puesto del Sol about 30-50 miles north of
Corinto/Chinandega that we stopped at last year.
Seven years ago we stopped at the navy base in Guatemala just south of San
Jose but I'm not sure it's still open to cruising yachts.
Hal
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The only one I know of is "The Forgotten Middle". Sorry, no author or
publisher available as I am cruising in Alaska.
There is also Charlie's Charts for Costa Rica.
There are two marinas in El Salvador, Marina Barillas in the Bahia de
Jiquillisco (sp?) and Hotel del Sol about 50 miles north. There is a new
marina in Nicaragua called Puesto del Sol about 30-50 miles north of
Corinto/Chinandega that we stopped at last year.
Seven years ago we stopped at the navy base in Guatemala just south of San
Jose but I'm not sure it's still open to cruising yachts.
Hal
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David asked: Subject: [PUP] West coast of Central America Cruising Guide?
Does anyone have recommendations?
David,
We purchased Pat Rains "Cruising Ports: The Central America Route". I
don't have a frame of reference, nor can I validate the data, but having met
Pat and her husband several times during prep for FUBAR I can say they are
very experienced with this area. I believe they ran a delivery business and
transited the area for years.
Marian and I plan to cruise south from La Paz in January and transit the
canal in the Jan. When will you be there?
Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA
John and Pat Rains, both USCG masters (John with a
very high tonnage), were probably premier yacht
delivery resource on the Panama Canal route. I'm only
guessing, but I believe they have well over 100
passages through the canal, including commercial
vessels.
A couple years ago, they set aside their delivery
business in favor of their publishing efforts - they
have written several books, the most popular of which
was their Mexico Cruising Guide, which seems to keep
them quite busy and happy these days as they have also
set aside all other books including "Cruising Ports:
Florida to California" and "MexWX," both of which are
out of print, and therefore out of date. There simply
was no parallel for their experience - especially
since the founder of Charlie's Charts died several
years ago (his publishing legacy continues through a
family member). In my opinion, the information
contained within the Charlie's Charts I have read
suffers from the same problem many cruising guides do:
it's easier to pull info from public sources like a
Coast Pilot than actually scrutinize the locations
personally (the Coast Pilot, for example, is not
copyrighted and can therefore be quoted verbatim
without credit).
Any other suggestions?
Peter
--- Scott Bulger scottebulger@gmail.com wrote:
David asked: Subject: [PUP] West coast of Central
America Cruising Guide?
Does anyone have recommendations?
David,
We purchased Pat Rains "Cruising Ports: The Central
America Route". I
don't have a frame of reference, nor can I validate
the data, but having met
Pat and her husband several times during prep for
FUBAR I can say they are
very experienced with this area. I believe they ran
a delivery business and
transited the area for years.
Marian and I plan to cruise south from La Paz in
January and transit the
canal in the Jan. When will you be there?
Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA
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