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08-07-2019, 07:01
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bahamas cruising currently
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Carribean Cruising Guides
When I went to the Bahamas a couple of years ago I feel I would have benefitted from a better cruising guide. By this I mean a guide with a lot more info on want to see instead of just being a nav guide.
So looking for recommendations for some good guides for the caribbean for things to see. One hopefully written with some slant toward a cruiser instead of a drunken bar/hotel hopping view.
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08-07-2019, 07:28
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Seaman, Delivery skipper
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
In that case you want a Tourist Guide Book..
Cruising guides concentrate on marinas, restaurants, bars and repairs/services and very little on Culture Vulture excursions. 
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08-07-2019, 10:59
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bahamas cruising currently
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
Well then lets rephase to:
what guides are most useful
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08-07-2019, 11:43
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portugal
Boat: Between boats at the moment aka Fender
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
TripAdvisor is probably as close as you are going to get.
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08-07-2019, 12:30
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Seaman, Delivery skipper
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
If you make it to Europe you could give this a go..
https://youtu.be/CVV9pd5BYKg
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09-07-2019, 05:05
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S/V rubber ducky
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
there has to be some cruisers out there old enough that they still use books
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09-07-2019, 06:20
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S/V rubber ducky
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
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Originally Posted by boatman61
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thanks, I hadn't see this this and bet it just saved me $100 in paper books
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09-07-2019, 07:18
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S/V rubber ducky
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
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Originally Posted by boatman61
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not a "total" as that takes a "special" person
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06-09-2019, 07:15
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S/V rubber ducky
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
well the free online downloads are useful, but I appear to be one of those people that really needs to be able to stick my finger into a page while flipping back to something else
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06-09-2019, 13:46
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Location: Unfortunately back on land after 4 years cruising
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
Doyle Guides cover all of the leeward and windward ilsands including Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados. The cover more than the Nav stuff.
http://www.doyleguides.com/
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16-09-2019, 13:19
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: St. John, USVI
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
The free guides are good for DR and PR/SVIs. We use the Cruising Guide Publications' versions for the USVI and BVI. The Doyle guides we use for south of the VIs.
Cheers, RickG
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16-09-2019, 16:47
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bellingham
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Re: Carribean Cruising Guides
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Originally Posted by sailorboy1
there has to be some cruisers out there old enough that they still use books
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When we are going to be cruising an area for an extended time we try and get a Lonely Planet guide to supplement the cruising guides. Usually gives a lot more history, inland info, etc.
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