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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
Can anybody tell me about chartering in this area?
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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
.. Can anybody tell me about chartering in this area? -- Bill Check out this site: http://www.ocscsailing.com/vacation/...as/belize.html Also, look through the club's newsletters...they have written up a trip or two. Bob |
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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
Can anybody tell me about chartering in this area?
While I haven't chartered in Belize, I spent 3+ months cruising and diving there this past winter. Charter boats aren't allowed outside of the barrier reef and thus you can't go out to the atolls where the best diving and snorkling is. Navigation there defianely some of the most challenging that I've experienced. There are reefs everywhere! There seem to be 1 or 2 circuits that the charter boats follow and perhaps they've laid out relatively safe courses. A cat is defiantely the way too go as there's lots of shallow water that a monohull can't get in to. Almost all of the cays look the same...low lying mangrove covered pieces of sand. Unless someone has cleared them, you can't walk on them. All in all it's a beautiful area, but make sure that you're up on your navigation. Also it can b quite chilly until March or April. Northers blow down all of the time from November to February, so be prepared for cool, windy conditions if you're there during that time period. -- Geoff |
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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
I hadn't heard about the cooler winds, but I did notice that all they
charter there are cats. I will be there in February and into March. Bill "Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message . 16... Can anybody tell me about chartering in this area? While I haven't chartered in Belize, I spent 3+ months cruising and diving there this past winter. Charter boats aren't allowed outside of the barrier reef and thus you can't go out to the atolls where the best diving and snorkling is. Navigation there defianely some of the most challenging that I've experienced. There are reefs everywhere! There seem to be 1 or 2 circuits that the charter boats follow and perhaps they've laid out relatively safe courses. A cat is defiantely the way too go as there's lots of shallow water that a monohull can't get in to. Almost all of the cays look the same...low lying mangrove covered pieces of sand. Unless someone has cleared them, you can't walk on them. All in all it's a beautiful area, but make sure that you're up on your navigation. Also it can b quite chilly until March or April. Northers blow down all of the time from November to February, so be prepared for cool, windy conditions if you're there during that time period. -- Geoff |
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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
My wife wouldn't go for the place. There are no restaurunts.
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Chartering in Belize, experiences?
Subject: Chartering in Belize, experiences?
From: (SAIL LOCO) My wife wouldn't go for the place. There are no restaurunts. I take it she only likes small dinning rooms? Capt. Bill |
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