Cruising Guides

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When planning a voyage in unfamiliar waters, experienced owners and crew members of recreational vessels often consult with cruising guides. These guides give recommendations about specific paths, navigational hazards and other obstacles of which all crew members should be aware. These navigational guides offer color photographs, nautical charts and in-depth information about how to successfully navigate local waters. Many places to go and things to do when in port are featured as well. Cruising guide destinations available include: Intercoastal Waterway of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, Abaco, Hawaiian Islands, Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, Windward Islands of the Caribbean, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Venezuela, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys and Everglades, Grenada to the Virgin Islands, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Cuba, Panama and many others. Cruising guides may contain information with regards to changes to major marine navigational routes and other potential hazards. The guides may also give advice about hotels, restaurants, sporting events and other attractions that are popular with visitors. If you are unsure about the local customs of the ports your voyage may take you to, be sure to consult a cruise guide for information and guidance. Any navigational chart can tell its users that there is a beach at a certain location. A cruise guide can do much more, such as inform its users as to the best and most popular beaches. It can help surfers to locate beaches with the best waves and swimmers to locate beaches with clear and calm waters. A cruising guide works alongside official nautical charts and acts to supplement the information available to yachts and recreational vessels. A crew that has been prepared for a voyage in a manner that includes study of a cruise guide is more prepared, and engaged, to meet and overcome any challenges that it may encounter. Further, cruise guides serve to enrich the experience of all who take part in recreational

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