Articles tagged with 'customs'

A friend of mine recently asked me about cruising the western Caribbean and transiting the Panama Canal. In the process of replying in email, I realized it was going to be a fairly long response that might be better served on our website where more people could see it. In the process of planning my own cruise through this part of the world, I did a lot of online research to see if...

We arrived here just before sunset to be close for our customs and clearance into the San Blas islands of Panama the next morning. Surrounded by coral reefs littered with the remains of boats that weren't so successful at navigating the water around here, we played it safe and kept our depth at no less than 10 meters all the way in.

I read in the Doyle island Guide about Dominica and how the southern end of the island had so much to offer in hikes, diving, snorkeling, etc. I spoke with our captain about stopping here first before moving to the north end of the island. He said the capital city of Roseau was considered a dangerous anchorage and we should pass it by for the safer anchorage to the north at Portmouth.

We entered the Raz de Sein channel with a nice ebb tide pushing us along. We timed it work this way so we would be able to make some better time. We passed the extraordinary Ile de Sein which earned tax-free status from Charles de Gaulle after WWII because all 124 fishermen on the island heeded his call to join the Free French movement and took their fishing boats to the UK....