The Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands: A Complete Guide for Yachtsmen, Divers and Watersports Enthusiasts [Spiral-bound]

Nancy Scott (Author), Simon Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2004

The brand new 12th edition has arrived completely updated with full color sketch charts in addition to the beautiful photography you have come to expect from our guides! Includes a free 17 x 27 inch color planning chart covering the Virgin Islands from St. Thomas to Anegada and also includes: • Anchoring and mooring information and fees • Customs, immigration and national parks regulations • Particulars on marina facilities and the amenities they offer • Water sports- where to go and where to rent equipment • Shoreside facilities- restaurants, beach bars, shops, provisions and internet connections

This guide has everything you will need to help make your vacation an enjoyable and memorable experience in a concise and easy to use format.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nancy and Simon Scott are well qualified to write a guide book on the Virgin Islands, as they met while cruising in these fabulous islands in 1974. Managing a major bareboat charter company for the next eight years in the Virgins enabled them to see things through the eyes of both the cruising yachtsman and the charterer.

Now living in Florida, Simon continues his work in the marine field, while Nancy manages the offices of Cruising Guide Publications. Several trips a year, sailing with their two daughters, keeps the Scotts informed and involved in the happenings above and below the sparkling blue waters of the Virgin Islands.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound
• Publisher: Cruising Guide Pubns; 12 edition (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944428711
• ISBN-13: 978-0944428719
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #850,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Travel > Caribbean > Virgin Islands
  • #65 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Sailing > Excursion Guides

More About the Author

Orphaned by World War II, Van Sant worked his way through childhood at dozens of crazy jobs. He learned to sail early by borrowing sailing skiffs from beach lifeguards. After university he got a job and a sailboat with a plan that, when the sailboats got big enough, he'd get out of the rat race and go sailing to simpler places for a simpler life.

He spent four decades of cruising, working, writing and speaking in countries of Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, picking up six languages along the way, four of which he used well enough to make a living on local economies. By 1979 he had settled into cruising the myriad islands between Florida and South America.

Having long ago "copped out" or "gone Galt", Van Sant no longer copes as a tiny cog in the big machines of the so-called developed countries. He got used to living freely, without every step insured or hobbled by cat's cradles of regulations, government programs, monthly bills and nettling bosses. He lives without ever-present signs of "NO smoking", "NO fishinig", "No swimming, loitering, littering, entry, passing, parking in the park -- NO!".

The younger, freer America where he grew up haunts visits home, where he finds himself longing to escape to the America of his youth. He always did the next best thing and sailed away again. If you want to escape, he can tell you how. You can read some of his and others' adventures in world cruising in Margarita Cat.

Van Sant has, alas, sold his last boat and lives ashore with his wife Rosa in their home, Kembali ke Tanah, high over the sea in the Dominican Republic. See Kembali at www.LuperonCruising.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sure are a lot of ads!, October 12, 1999

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David W. Paule (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands: 1999-2000 (Paperback)

My main impression is that the book has as many ads as a magazine. I picked ten pages at random and six of them had ads. It does seem to be a reasonably good cruising guide, and many of the ads are topical, but some information is sparse, e.g., lengths of suggested walks or hikes ashore is missing. But the book does include much information.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't go sailing in the BVI without this..., January 8, 2002

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Alan B. Scholl (Antigua, West Indies) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2001-2002 Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands (Spiral-bound)

I recently did a sailing course in the BVI and this book came as part of the package. It was an invaluable asset to sailing in the Virgin Islands and I highly recommend it before going there. Details on restaurants, places to anchor for the day and overnight anchorages. This is a great reference book!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best single source of information for the VI sailor., March 12, 2001

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K. S. Duffield Jr. "Gator" (Gainesville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2001-2002 Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands (Spiral-bound)

If you only had one publication to take on a trip to the Virgin Islands this would be it. The updates are good which means their research is working and I am really pleased to see the return to a spiral binding. This works so well when you want it to stay opened to a particular page.