Streets Guides are the result of his forty-four years of Caribbean experience-his first guide to the Virgin Islands (1964) has been expanded over the years to cover the entire eastern Caribbean. These guides give the mariner all the information needed to safely cruise the area, not only piloting information but also interesting background information on people, places and history.
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"...other guide authors have followed in Street's and Iolaire's wake, avoiding the rocks and shoals Street and Iolaire discovered." -- Patience Wales, Editor, Sail
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D. M. Street, Jr., a lifetime sailor, has spent forty-four years cruising, charting and writing about the Caribbean. Forty of those years were spent on his 46 engineless yawl, Iolaire, built in 1905. He has spent the last four years on his 28 engineless yawl, Lil Iolaire, gathering information for his guides in the winter and cruising European waters on Iolaire in the summer.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
THE book on cruising the Caribbean,
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This review is from: Puerto Rico, the Spanish, U.S. and British Virgin Islands (Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean) (Paperback)
Don't go without this detailed review of every harbor you might want to visit. And get the Imray Iolaire chart that goes with this book. This combo is all you'll need!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful but not always practical,
This review is from: Puerto Rico, the Spanish, U.S. and British Virgin Islands (Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean) (Paperback)
We used this book during a cruise through the Spanish Virgin islands and were neither disappointed nor delighted by it. Don Street is a legend and a reliable source of information; when he recommends an anchorage, we were never disappointed! However, the entries are extremely wordy; the book would be more useful if the pilotage notes were easier to glance through and separated more clearly from general comments on the area in question.
The book contains countless errors in printing which made me wonder if there were a corresponding number of errors in the charts included, so follow them cautiously. It is an outdated book and if I found something that was both up to date and of convincing quality, I would not give this book three stars, but less. However, there is no good alternative as far as my research turned up at the time of our visit and therefore I can recommend it with some reservations. by Nadine Slavinski, author of Lesson Plans Ahoy!: Hands-on learning for sailing children and home schooling sailors
3.0 out of 5 stars
a "classic",
By w22w "wtw1" (Lake Tahoe, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puerto Rico, the Spanish, U.S. and British Virgin Islands (Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean) (Paperback)
this is a classic cruising guide, and it has good information. this guy Street is a legend, and you'll see him referenced by many seasoned cruisers.
my error was not realizing that this book is o-l-d! Published "1974, 2001" - not sure what the "2001" refers to since i can find reference to the 1980's at best. anyway, these sort of things all have limitations. just know what you're buying. i have found Stephen Pavlidis' guide books to be very well researched and useful, if you also want a modern guide.
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