New expanded "Cruising Ports: Florida to California via Panama" now published

Created by doina. Last modified on 2003-01-07 12:23:57
Contributors: Pat Rains
Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, USA

The expanded, updated 5th edition of the nautical guidebook "Cruising Ports: Florida to California via Panama" was released January, 2003. "Cruising Ports" covers more of both coasts of Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico, Belize's outer cays, El Salvador's new marinas, the Western Caribbean islands, Cuba's 12 marinas and the Panama Canal transit with latest fees and rules (as of January, 2003). It gets boaters safely from one U.S. coast to the other, a cruising adventure of 5,000 miles.

Paperwork Cha Cha chapter contains blank CREW LIST forms for Mexico and Spanish-speaking countries, plus it explains the step-by-step paperwork dance called the "Paperwork Cha Cha." The "Resource Guide" lists all the marinas, yacht clubs, fuel docks, boat yards, ship's agents and other marine services along this route, with their contacts by VHF, phone, email and website. GPS waypoint listings for the entire 5,000-mile cruising route; Radio frequencies & times for SSB, WX-fax and HAM nets.

The new 5th edition of "Cruising Ports" contains 424 pages, 110 GPS-accurate charts, 300+ photos (many aerials), retail $42.50 from Point Loma Publishing in San Diego; order by credit card = toll free (888) 302-BOAT (2628), or visit www.MexicoBoating.com