When planning a voyage in unfamiliar waters, experienced owners and crew members of recreational vessels often consult with cruising guides. These guides give recommendations about specific paths, navigational hazards, and other obstacles of which all crew members should be aware.
These navigational guides offer color photographs, nautical charts, and in-depth information about how to successfully navigate local waters. The guides may also give advice about hotels, restaurants, sporting events and other attractions that are popular with visitors. If you are unsure about the local customs of the ports your voyage may take you to, be sure to consult a cruise guide for information and guidance.
A cruise guide can inform its reader as to the best and most popular beaches. It can help surfers to locate beaches with the best waves and swimmers to locate beaches with clear and calm waters. A cruising guide works alongside official nautical charts and acts to supplement the information available to yachts and recreational vessels.
Some of the cruising guide destinations available include: Intercoastal Waterway of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, Abaco, Hawaiian Islands, Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, Windward Islands of the Caribbean, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Venezuela, Bonaire, Cozumel, Florida Keys and Everglades, Grenada to the Virgin Islands, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Cuba, Panama and many others.
