[PUP] Panama to Roatan, route question

[Scott E. Bulger]

I'm voyaging from Panama to Roatan via Isla San Andres in the first week of
May.  The Rains guide suggests a path that has you turning west about 200mi
NNW of San Andres at 15*48.5N and 82*23.5W.  From my stud of the charts I
can save at least 6 hours by transiting the Nicaragua Bank via the Main Cape
Channel.  There are a few shallow spots requiring just a couple of extra
course changes, but it shaves a significant amount of time of the trip.  Do
any of you that have made this trip have advice on the route you took?

 

Thanks, Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II

Scheduled for Canal transit (s to n) on 5/18