Travel to Central America

Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, including Guatemala's Rio Dulce

Format: Paperback
Author: Freya Rauscher
ReleaseDate: February, 1991
Publisher: Wescott Cove Publishing Company
Rating:

Hardluck Charlie, New Haven, Belize
. . We used your books for years to guide cruisers passing thru New Haven, Belize. Your guide is the most accurate and informative of it's kind on southern Belize and the Rio Dulce.

A very useful guide for any length cruise
The book is well-written with good information. I used this guide for pre-cruise planning and while on a 2 week charter in Belize last month. We cruised from Ambergris Cay to Placencia and found enough accuracy and detail to keep out of trouble (assuming you pay attention to your other sources of navigational information) and to make decisions about what to see and do. The sketch charts and regional maps provided were very helpful. Some of the assesments of the holding ground offered in various locations were a little more dire than we experienced. (We had a Delta, the author used a Bruce). Overall, the guide is well worth the money.

A must have for cruising Belize
Having recently returned from cruising with friends in Belize I can say that this guide is often the only chart info available inside the reef. Just checked here for the availability of this guide and was suprized to see no review. If you intend to cruise Belize obtain all available charts of course but be sure to get this book. Capt. Rauscher has obviously spent countless hours charting Belizean waters and although they are really no more than sketches (and do not purport to be more) they are invaluable for piloting within the 10 fath. curve. The guide also includes sailing directions and commentary on the various destinations.

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