[PUP] West coast of Central America Cruising Guide?

[Peter Pisciotta]

John and Pat Rains, both USCG masters (John with a
very high tonnage), were probably premier yacht
delivery resource on the Panama Canal route. I'm only
guessing, but I believe they have well over 100
passages through the canal, including commercial
vessels.

A couple years ago, they set aside their delivery
business in favor of their publishing efforts - they
have written several books, the most popular of which
was their Mexico Cruising Guide, which seems to keep
them quite busy and happy these days as they have also
set aside all other books including "Cruising Ports:
Florida to California" and "MexWX," both of which are
out of print, and therefore out of date. There simply
was no parallel for their experience - especially
since the founder of Charlie's Charts died several
years ago (his publishing legacy continues through a
family member). In my opinion, the information
contained within the Charlie's Charts I have read
suffers from the same problem many cruising guides do:
it's easier to pull info from public sources like a
Coast Pilot than actually scrutinize the locations
personally (the Coast Pilot, for example, is not
copyrighted and can therefore be quoted verbatim
without credit).

Any other suggestions?

Peter


--- Scott Bulger <scottebulger at gmail.com> wrote:

> David asked:  Subject: [PUP] West coast of Central
> America Cruising Guide?
> 
> Does anyone have recommendations?
> 
> David,
> 
> We purchased Pat Rains "Cruising Ports:  The Central
> America Route".  I
> don't have a frame of reference, nor can I validate
> the data, but having met
> Pat and her husband several times during prep for
> FUBAR I can say they are
> very experienced with this area.  I believe they ran
> a delivery business and
> transited the area for years.  
> 
> Marian and I plan to cruise south from La Paz in
> January and transit the
> canal in the Jan.  When will you be there?
> 
> Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA
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