mvweebles
Guru
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2019
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Weebles
- Vessel Make
- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Belize, Rio Dulce (Guatemala), and Honduras Bay Islands.
When I sailed back home from Panama, I bypassed Belize, back in the late 90's checking in was rather difficult, Port captain offices were inland and involved an inconvenient travel, perhaps that has changed.
Rio Dulce could be an alternative?
Hippocampus on this forum has done several Salty Dawgs. He originally wanted a bluewater boat such as a Nordhavn to continue that style of cruising but under power. He is a font of information.
I assembled this distance chart a couple years ago to nudge my other half into cruising. I don't have distances to Rio/Bay Islands because I would not approach from the south as you did due to security concerns. From memory, I believe Rio Dulce is around 800nms south of Isla Mujeres so a fair distance, and it's fairly desolate cruising. Definitely a notch-above going to the Bahamas in many ways.
Rio Dulce is definitely on my radar. If I were a diver, Bay Islands would be a must-see. Belize supposedly has some cruiser-friendly marinas.
Peter