Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce [Paperback]

Freya Rauscher (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Wescott Cove Pub. Co.; 2 Pap/Map edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091875223X
• ISBN-13: 978-0918752239
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,449,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Travel > Latin America > Central America > Guatemala

More About the Author

Freya Rauscher graduated in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and completed research in Medical Anthropology and Mesoamerican Archeology. She holds a Master 100-ton Coast Guard Captain's license and has logged over 60,000 nautical miles cruising the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic. Freya was the spinnaker designer for Hood Sails and later worked for North Sails in Florida. She is currently teaching high school math and science. Freya, and her husband Tom, built a custom 33-foot sloop, and now cruise aboard their 42-foot Kadey Krogen trawler.

"We first sailed this coast in 1984 as participants in the St. Petersburg to Isla Mujeres Race. The inspiration for this guidebook came shortly after discovering that the entire coast desperately lacked good harbor charts to show cruising yachtsmen where to go and how to get there safely. We have logged over 8,000 nautical miles exploring this coast, personally investigating every pass, channel and anchorage suggested in this book."

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for cruising Belize, December 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce (Paperback)

Just checked here for the availability of this guide and was suprized to see no review. Having recently returned from cruising with friends in Belize I can say that this guide is often the only chart info available inside the reef. If you intend to cruise Belize obtain all available charts of course but be sure to get this book. Capt. Rauscher has obviously spent countless hours charting Belizean waters and although they are really no more than sketches (and do not purport to be more) they are invaluable for piloting within the 10 fath. curve. The guide also includes sailing directions and commentary on the various destinations.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful guide for any length cruise, March 30, 2000

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Todd C. Grey (S.L.C., UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce (Paperback)

I used this guide for pre-cruise planning and while on a 2 week charter in Belize last month. The book is well-written with good information. We cruised from Ambergris Cay to Placencia and found enough accuracy and detail to keep out of trouble (assuming you pay attention to your other sources of navigational information) and to make decisions about what to see and do. The sketch charts and regional maps provided were very helpful. Some of the assesments of the holding ground offered in various locations were a little more dire than we experienced. (We had a Delta, the author used a Bruce). Overall, the guide is well worth the money.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardluck Charlie, New Haven, Belize, March 8, 2003

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Patty Lamberson (Austin, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce (Paperback)

...We used your books for years to guide cruisers passing thru New Haven, Belize. Your guide is the most accurate and informative of it's kind on southern Belize and the Rio Dulce...