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

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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.

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.

...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...

excellent guide to prepare cruising.complete and interesting.
no problem with the book.(but written in black and white, no picture)
good price .

An impressive work -- especially true given the extensive and complex waters of Belize.

I have cruised and skippered charters in Belize since 2005. Freya's guide is very accurate (only a few inaccuracies or omissions that I have found) and is the only comprehensive source of up-to-date navigation information on Belize.