Voyages South available at Epub bookstores Free Cruising Guide is pleased to announce the release of the 2nd edition of A Thinking Man’s Guide to Voyages South ~ the Many Facets of Caribbean Cruising by Frank Virgintino. The new edition includes an expanded section on the options to leave the North American Coast as well…
Trinidad guide plus directory now available at Epub bookstores Free Cruising Guides is pleased to announce the release of the 2nd edition of A Yachtsman’s Guide to Trinidad + Directory by Frank Virgintino. The new edition now includes a directory of vendors in the vicinity of Chaguaramus of importance to cruisers, from boatyards and marine…
Virgintino will address cruising the million square mile Caribbean by section, or quadrant, and how this approach can result in a successful cruise of the entire Caribbean.
The Dominican Republic is a beautiful country with numerous anchorages that are still virgin. Well worth your time and expense to see.
While August can bring hurricanes to our islands, it can also bring calm bathtub seas and unsurpassed beauty. With all of the hi-tech weather forecasting that sailors have at their disposal there is no reason to assume that a sail to an island of paradisiacal beauty cannot be enjoyed during August. In fact, it just…
Here’s another interview with Donald Street from Carol Bareuther Don Street is a legend in his own time; a lifetime sailor, Don has spent forty nine years cruising, charting and writing about the Caribbean. Forty of those years were spent aboard his 46 ft. engineless yawl, Iolaire, built in 1905. He has made 12 transatlantic…
Conch shells have maintained, through the years, a source of endless fascination for me. I have collected them, polished and given as tokens to friends, and I have collected them, in various sizes and states of beauty, since I arrived in the Caribbean two decades ago. Therefore, it was a real discovery when I came…
Anegada is unlike any other island in the Caribbean chain. It’s a flat coral atoll, its highest peak only 28-feet above sea level, with white sand, salt ponds and scrub vegetation. The turquoise seas flowing over the surrounding coral reefs are brilliant and the long, barely inhabited beaches have a wild, natural beauty. If this…
Quick guide to the marinas and international ports in Cuba. Remember the rules for US travel to Cuba should be quickly changing. Get ready to visit Cuba by boat!
