Ambergris Caye Belize
 

On Sep 11, 1:16 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message

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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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Joe wrote in
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On Sep 11, 5:23 am, Geoff Schultz
wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Anyone ever sail there?

Looks like a cool place:
http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/island.html

Second largest reef on earth.

I check out your site pretty good, did not see a stop in Ambergris
Caye.

You would not believe the BS I hear from lubbers here.

Things like, go around Cuba to avoid pirates in the Yucatan
channel...no wind...ect..ect..

Joe

Ambergris Cay is the name of the cay/island. The major town is San
Pedro, which you'll see indexed under in the Belize logs. (Actually,
I
just changed the log report title to "Ambergris Cay: San Pedro" to
match
the format of other log titles.)

I really dislike anchoring at San Pedro. The holding is very poor
and
you have to dive on the anchor to set it. What makes this really bad
is
the water taxies and dive boats that FLY through the anchorage and
have
come very close to running me over while swimming out to the anchor.
Between the reef cut at San Pedro and the high speed boats, this is a
very rocky anchorage.

San Pedro is an immigration/customs location, and every 30 days you
need
to re-do your paperwork. That's a royal pain. At the N end of
Belize,
your choices are San Pedro or Belize City. Due to security issues,
you
can't leave your boat unattended at anchor at Belize City, so you
have
to go into Cucumber Beach marina, which is often full.

I tend to anchor at Cay Caulker and take the water taxi over to San
Pedro. Alternately I'll bring BlueJacket there and head directly
back
to Cay Caulker after doing paperwork and re-provisioning.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Geoff, did you get to the Blue Field Range? We loved it.

We spent the vast majority of our time diving at the atols, but one
season were stuck behind the barrier reef waiting for the winds to relax
so that we could get out there. We made the best of that time by
exploring the cays of Belize. One of our stops was Blue Field Range.

You can see all of the places that we spent time at in Belize by going
to:http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...?region=Belize

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

We were there several years ago... when we pulled in, there were a few boats
in the lagoon. By the time we anchored, they were all gone, and we had the
rest of several days to ourselves. We met some local fishermen, who in
exchange for some books and sodas, took us to their make-shift camp and to
their fishing cages, and showed us how they fished. Very nice people.

You're the first person I've heard from who actually has been there.. :-)

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Any pictures?
What time of year?
Did you go to the blue hole?

Joe

Ambergris Caye Belize
 

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On Sep 11, 1:16 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message

.. .





"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote in
groups.com:

On Sep 11, 5:23 am, Geoff Schultz
wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
ctanews.com:

"Joe" wrote in message
roups.com...
Anyone ever sail there?

Looks like a cool place:
http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/island.html

Second largest reef on earth.

I check out your site pretty good, did not see a stop in
Ambergris
Caye.

You would not believe the BS I hear from lubbers here.

Things like, go around Cuba to avoid pirates in the Yucatan
channel...no wind...ect..ect..

Joe

Ambergris Cay is the name of the cay/island. The major town is
San Pedro, which you'll see indexed under in the Belize logs.
(Actually,
I
just changed the log report title to "Ambergris Cay: San Pedro"
to
match
the format of other log titles.)

I really dislike anchoring at San Pedro. The holding is very
poor
and
you have to dive on the anchor to set it. What makes this really
bad
is
the water taxies and dive boats that FLY through the anchorage
and
have
come very close to running me over while swimming out to the
anchor. Between the reef cut at San Pedro and the high speed
boats, this is a very rocky anchorage.

San Pedro is an immigration/customs location, and every 30 days
you
need
to re-do your paperwork. That's a royal pain. At the N end of
Belize,
your choices are San Pedro or Belize City. Due to security
issues,
you
can't leave your boat unattended at anchor at Belize City, so you
have
to go into Cucumber Beach marina, which is often full.

I tend to anchor at Cay Caulker and take the water taxi over to
San Pedro. Alternately I'll bring BlueJacket there and head
directly
back
to Cay Caulker after doing paperwork and re-provisioning.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Geoff, did you get to the Blue Field Range? We loved it.

We spent the vast majority of our time diving at the atols, but one
season were stuck behind the barrier reef waiting for the winds to
relax so that we could get out there. We made the best of that
time by exploring the cays of Belize. One of our stops was Blue
Field Range.

You can see all of the places that we spent time at in Belize by
going
to:http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...?region=Belize

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

We were there several years ago... when we pulled in, there were a
few boats in the lagoon. By the time we anchored, they were all gone,
and we had the rest of several days to ourselves. We met some local
fishermen, who in exchange for some books and sodas, took us to their
make-shift camp and to their fishing cages, and showed us how they
fished. Very nice people.

You're the first person I've heard from who actually has been there..
:-)

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"j" ganz - Hide quoted text -

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Any pictures?
What time of year?
Did you go to the blue hole?

Joe

I have tons of pictures from Belize. Go to my web site at
www.GeoffSchultz.org and click on the Photos button. Then select
"Diving Photos Master Index" if you want diving photos only. I dove the
Blue Hole 2 times, but I don't have any photos of that due to the poor
light and depth.

We typically spent 3 months during the March thru June time period.
You'll find extensive trip logs for most of the anchorages in the area.


-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Ambergris Caye Belize
 

"Joe" wrote in message
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On Sep 11, 1:16 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message

.. .





"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote in
groups.com:

On Sep 11, 5:23 am, Geoff Schultz
wrote:
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
ctanews.com:

"Joe" wrote in message
roups.com...
Anyone ever sail there?

Looks like a cool place:
http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/island.html

Second largest reef on earth.

I check out your site pretty good, did not see a stop in Ambergris
Caye.

You would not believe the BS I hear from lubbers here.

Things like, go around Cuba to avoid pirates in the Yucatan
channel...no wind...ect..ect..

Joe

Ambergris Cay is the name of the cay/island. The major town is San
Pedro, which you'll see indexed under in the Belize logs. (Actually,
I
just changed the log report title to "Ambergris Cay: San Pedro" to
match
the format of other log titles.)

I really dislike anchoring at San Pedro. The holding is very poor
and
you have to dive on the anchor to set it. What makes this really bad
is
the water taxies and dive boats that FLY through the anchorage and
have
come very close to running me over while swimming out to the anchor.
Between the reef cut at San Pedro and the high speed boats, this is a
very rocky anchorage.

San Pedro is an immigration/customs location, and every 30 days you
need
to re-do your paperwork. That's a royal pain. At the N end of
Belize,
your choices are San Pedro or Belize City. Due to security issues,
you
can't leave your boat unattended at anchor at Belize City, so you
have
to go into Cucumber Beach marina, which is often full.

I tend to anchor at Cay Caulker and take the water taxi over to San
Pedro. Alternately I'll bring BlueJacket there and head directly
back
to Cay Caulker after doing paperwork and re-provisioning.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

Geoff, did you get to the Blue Field Range? We loved it.

We spent the vast majority of our time diving at the atols, but one
season were stuck behind the barrier reef waiting for the winds to
relax
so that we could get out there. We made the best of that time by
exploring the cays of Belize. One of our stops was Blue Field Range.

You can see all of the places that we spent time at in Belize by going
to:http://www.geoffschultz.org/Log_Page...?region=Belize

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org

We were there several years ago... when we pulled in, there were a few
boats
in the lagoon. By the time we anchored, they were all gone, and we had
the
rest of several days to ourselves. We met some local fishermen, who in
exchange for some books and sodas, took us to their make-shift camp and
to
their fishing cages, and showed us how they fished. Very nice people.

You're the first person I've heard from who actually has been there.. :-)

--
"j" ganz - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Any pictures?
What time of year?
Did you go to the blue hole?

Joe



Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/SailNOW.com/Belize
January 1st.
Nope... charter company wouldn't allow it... too far by sail for the time we
had anyway.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Ambergris Caye Belize
 

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On Sep 11, 1:16 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:


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Any pictures?
What time of year?
Did you go to the glory hole?

Joe


Must you gay up every post?

Wilbur Hubbard

Ambergris Caye Belize
 

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Nope... charter company wouldn't allow gays... too far by sail for the
time we had anyway.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


Uh huh! Thought so. . .

Wilbur Hubbard

Ambergris Caye Belize
 

On Sep 10, 5:22 pm, Geoff Schultz wrote:
Joe wrote in news:1189449136.718260.207240
@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

Anyone ever sail there?

Looks like a cool place:http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/island.html

Second largest reef on earth.

Joe

I spent 4 years sailing/diving in the area and have extensive logs and
photos of the area which are documented on my web site.

-- Geoffwww.GeoffSchultz.org

Great web site Geoff. It will take hours to cruise
through the whole thing.

Bart