 Grenada : General Info
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East Caribbean dollar (EC$).
British High Commission
Netherlands Building,, Grand Anse, St George's
Tel:(00) (1) (473) 440 3222 / 3536, Fax: (00) (1) (473) 440 4939
bhcgrenada@caribsurf.com
Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs: 0800-1300 / 1330-1600, Fri: 0800-1300
Royal Netherlands Consulate
Tel:473 440 2031
Swedish Consulate
Tel:473 440-1832
United States Embassy
POB 54, Point Salines, St George
Tel:473 444-1173.
Venezuelan Embassy
Upper Lucas Street
Tel:473 440-1721
Grenada Round The Island Regatta
http://www.aroundgrenada.com/
Every March, organised by the Grenada South Coast Yacht Club.
Grenada Sailing Festival
www.grenadasailingfestival.com
Normally held around the first week in February. Annual Regatta out of Port Louis, racing off the southern coast.
Police 911
Emergency Hospital 434
Coastguard 399
IMRAY AND ADLARD COLES PILOT BOOKS are available at a discounted price for Noonsite.com users via
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THE 2007-2008 SAILOR'S GUIDE TO THE WINDWARD ISLANDS by Chris Doyle, www.doyleguides.com
SAILORS GUIDE TO WINDWARD ISLANDS - Grenada to Martinique - By: Chris Doyle
Publisher: Cruising Guide Publications ISBN: 9780944428764 Edition: 13th (2007/2008).
This guide features detailed sketch charts based on the author's own surveys, with aerial photos of most anchorages. Includes clear and concise navigational information with GPS waypoints you can download directly to your own GPS from the author's website. This book is by far the most popular guide to the area, covering the islands from Martinique to Grenada, with dazzling scenic photography, unsurpassed onshore information, sections on exploring, provisioning, water sports, services, restaurants and photography.
Available at a discounted price for Noonsite.com users via World Cruising
Club
PETITE MARTINIQUE: Traditions and Social Change, Paul C. Clement (New York: Carib Books, 2000)
GRENADA TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS by Jacques Patuelli.
Publisher: Imray ISBN: 9781846230110 Edition: 2nd (2007) Last printed: 2007
This popular book covering the Caribbean from Grenada and Barbados to the Virgin Islands is a translation from Jacques Patuelli's original French version.
Each island is dealt with in detail and pilotage notes are followed by tourist information and the usual data on formalities and facilities.
Fully illustrated with plans and photos, many of which are new for this second edition, the guide is packed with interesting and useful background information on the Caribbean, its history, tourism, geography and on sailing in the islands.
The last section of the book, the blue pages, consists of listings of facilities, restaurants, bars, hotels and other information of interest to tourists.
Contents: Introduction; The Windward Islands; The Leeward Islands; The Virgin Islands; Sailing the Lesser Antilles; Glossary; Services directory
Available at a discounted price for Noonsite.com users via World Cruising
Club.
Grenada Board of Tourism.
Grenada Explorer.
Useful cruising notes.
Website of Yacht Gilana.
Log of cruising liveaboard family.
Cairns to Finland and Back Again. Personal reflections of the places visited since leaving Australia 2004. Lauri G Strengell (SY Aliisa)
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