Routing info please. Eastbound: Panama to Windward Islands

Created by doina. Last modified on 2008-04-22 14:14:53
Topic: Routing
Countries: Jamaica, Panama

I have been trying to get some information on the least aggravating route to get from Panama to say Jamaica or better (maybe the BVIs). It looks like a good time to go would be about mid-November 2008, hopefully after the end of the hurricane season. Just wondering if anyone had some experience of this passage.

Generally the winds in the Caribbean are NE at the start of winter and veer to E and then ESE as winter progresses, so by February they are often from E and by April may blow from ESE or even SE. So, a passage from Panama to Jamaica or even BVI has a better chance of favourable winds late in the season, rather than early (November).