Sailor's Guide to the Windward Islands (Paperback)

~ Chris Doyle (Author), Sally Erdle (Illustrator) "Quick reference to services and products in the Windwards Telephone numbers, VHF channels, e-mail addresses..." (more)
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Product Description

This new edition features updated color sketch charts with GPS coordinates. Covering the islands from Martinique south through Grenada, the guide includes all the latest information on everything from reefs to customs procedures to the best bars and restaurants. Also included is a 40 page color directory of services. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Chris Doyle, a resident of Grenada, is a full time cruising guide author and spends over 6-months of the year sailing through the Caribbean, updating his books. He built his sailing survey catamaran Ti Kanot in Trinidad. He has been writing cruising guides since 1980 and in every area he covers, his books have become the best selling cruising guides. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Cruising Guide Pubns; 9th edition (December 1998)
• ISBN-10: 0944428460
• ISBN-13: 978-0944428467
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,018,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare combination of useful advice and humor, June 21, 2000

By	Eva Hill (Chesapeake Bay area, Maryland) - See all my reviews

As a frequent user of cruising guides, I appreciate how rare is the combination of useful, detailed advice and a sense of humor. Chris Doyle does it here, and every traveler (or prospective traveler) to the Grenadines should get this guide. It's not just for sailors.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many adverts, March 2, 2002

By	Joe Edmond (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands Directory 2001-2002 (Paperback)

Doyle's info was very good and the color arial photos and mini charts are very usefull. The book is 9 inches by 6 inches and has 400 pages, however if you were to remove the advertizments and touristy photos you would probably end up with about 275 pages of usefull info.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite travel guides ever., September 4, 2005

By	M. Newberry (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands (Spiral-bound)

This is one of my favorite travel guides, ever, period. Even though this book is aimed at sailors, it has plenty of helpful information for land travelers too. Plus it has a lot of information I've never found in another travel guide. The best example is this. One beautiful night as we sat on our terrace enjoying the 180 degree view of the southern skies, I turned to my travel partner and said, "Did you print off those star charts so we can identify the southern cross?" His response. "Uh oh, I never got around to that."

The next day we looked all over the Island of Bequia for a star chart. We were laughed out of stores, some of which even catered to sailors. At one point I suggested maybe the Sailors Guide we have back at the villa will have a star chart. We agreed it was not likely but hot and tired, we decided to go back and see. We get back, look, and sure enough there it is - a star chart of the southern skies along with a date and time table for determining where everything should be and when. Oh my goodness. We had a chart all along. Thank you Sailors Guide!!

We used that star chart every night for the rest of the week and had a blast locating and identifying all the constellations we could see. It was fascinating watching the southern cross gradually rotate around the point in the sky where the south axis of the earth intersects with the southern sky. Ah, the pace of life on Bequia and the joy of a guide book that delivers way more than expected.