Cruising Guide of the World

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This is a free, online, sailing, cruising guide of the world, with input from fellow sailors on local knowledge, anchorages and ports and what to do when you get there. A collection of personal experiences and advice shared between cruisers who have been there before. Add your own experiences.[3608]

Sail Aid to Haiti - Delivering relief supplies on sailboats.

OceansWatch.org members and sailing vessels from Florida, Eastern US and the Caribbean are working together to establish a network of boats delivering aid to Haiti. We call it Sail Aid to Haiti. SV Tranquility and Trans Marine are organizing the second flotilla leaving South Florida end of Feburary to deliver much needed Aid relief to the coastal communities of Haiti.

One of the logistical challenges in helping the people of Haiti is that the three main ways of getting relief supplies of food and medicine into the country (by land, air and large ship), all create a bottleneck in Port au Prince, with much of the aid sitting in warehouses or under guard while people are starving. Also, the primary aid distribution centers are in and around Port au Prince, so not enough aid is being delivered to small islands and remote villages, where many refugees have fled to get away from the awful mess in the city. They are cut off and removed from aid and receive very little if any at all. They are hungry and lacking the basic necessities of life: food, shelter and medical care.

Another serious issue is that corruption and inefficiency mean that somewhere between 50 to 90% of every dollar collected for aid to Haiti is wasted and never reaches the people in need. Even from the most honest, established and trusted organizations, overhead, administr ative expenses, salaries, marketing, promotion, advertising and shipping eat up a huge percentage of every dollar donated. Greed, corruption, bribery and outright theft by gangs in Haiti siphon off a huge amount more. Food is scarce, medical supplies are scarce, gasoline is selling for $125 a gallon on the black market, and bottled water is selling for $10 a gallon, even if it was donated or purchased with money donated for relief to Haiti.

What can be done? Deliver aid directly to the people in need on sail powered boats. OceansWatch is an all volunteer organization with no salaries, overhead, or administrative costs, all donations we receive go directly on sailboats with volunteer crews delivered to the small islands and coastal fishing villages in Haiti.

Donate to OceansWatch and we promise that every dollar you give will be used to purchase food, medicine and supplies delivered by an all volunteer crew on a wind powered sailboat directly to the people in need on the coast of Haiti.

Please go to www.OceansWatch.org to donate by PayPal or credit card.

Cameron & Leighia [ www.transmarinepro.com ] 31-Jan-2010
I have added Maptech Mapserver on each page. Look for Maptech the link below each map for a chart of the selected area.

The link contains topo charts and links to great software too.
Howard [ Just Imagine ] 27-Apr-2009I have added

Photographs on each map. Look for "Add Panoramio Pictures" at the bottom of each map to view pictures related to areas on the map .
Howard [ Just Imagine ] 05-Apr-2009 New DWD Weather Links
The wonderful German, Mediterranean text weather forecasts are now hidden under several menus in the German language section of the DWD website. Here are few direct links that take you directly to the East and West Mediterranean and Atlantic East DWD weather.
Howard [ Just Imagine ] 16-Oct-2008Bermuda satellite imagery improved

Docked at a friend house in Salt Kettle Lane opposite Hamilton

Detailed satellite imagery of Bermuda is now greatly improved, even though the overall views are are still low resolution.

Take a look at Bermuda and click on the next> button to scroll through Bermuda.

Login to add your own information on Bermuda.

Howard [ Just Imagine ] 15-Oct-2008
If you like this site, don't send money, but please add some information about places you have visited.
Howard [ Just Imagine ] 15-Oct-2008

Croatia on a cruising budget

Sunset from the pizza restaurant in Ubli, Lastovo

Croatia is not as cheap as it used to be, but there are still many places where you can anchor free of charge. There are even free restaurant docks, sometimes with electricity and water, just for the price of dinner.

We only paid for two marinas and one or two anchorages and moorings in the whole 2007 season.

Take a look at Croatia which shows how we did it on a cruising budget.
Howard [ Just Imagine ] 15-Sep-2007
It is now possible to publish your cruising notes and photographs instantly on the web, for all to see.

It is easy to do and is totally free.

Let future cruisers benefit by your local knowledge and cruising experiences for years to come.

Unlike other cruising websites, www.WorldCruisingGuide.net is designed for all cruisers to share their own experiences such as where they anchored, favorite restaurants, sights to see, where to catch the bus, find a laundry, get your camping gas refilled, and any other information that could be useful to cruisers approaching an area for the first time.

This is the same sort of information you would pass on to the boat next to you when you hear that they are heading to an area that you know.

Each article is stored in a searchable database and is supported by a Google map showing the satellite view and location of the item you are describing.

All items that you contribute are credited to you and your boat name, and you can come back and edit or delete any of your own stuff at any time.

It takes a few seconds to register and log on and your articles are published as you submit them. You can add comments to existing articles, or start a fresh page. It really doesn't matter if there is more than one article on the same item.

WorldCruisingGuide.net is intended for sharing tidbits of useful information such as where to catch the bus, what to see and how to get there, where to eat or find the best supermarkets, personal experiences such as excursions to historic sites and attractions, pubs, clubs, beaches and all the other information that is normally not included in pilot books or other great sites like www.noonsite.com

The site is live, and interactive and everyone can add information and photographs instantly. Contributions are published unedited, but there might be times where we need to delete or edit comments for whatever reason. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, please let me know.

Using Google Maps, you can change the map view on each page by zooming or dragging the map and changing between satellite or map view and click on "Save to Database" to keep the changes. The map and satellite views are not always as detailed as we would like, but in most areas they are excellent.

It is a lot of fun reliving ones travels by going back through logbooks and photographs and adding information to the site that could be invaluable to future cruisers to that area.

Each addition will be credited to the author with a link to their profile. You can go back and edit or delete any of your own articles at any time.

Please enjoy searching the site and feel free to add your own comments, text or photographs to any existing articles, or add a completely new article with your own pictures and point of view. The site relies on everyones input.

It is easy for anyone to add a new area if it does not already exist.

Please write to me at howardjust@hotmail.com if you have any questions or suggestions.

Fair winds,
Howard
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