Sailing directions for the passages from Florida to South America with charts and cruising information for the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, The Spanish Virgin Islands and on South. This route is known as the Thorny Path, because of the prevailing adverse winds, and in the days of commercial sailing ships owners avoided it. 308 pages. Spiral bound paperback.

Which are the safe and easy harbours.

How to spot weather windows.

Prevailing winds and currents.

Ideal Equipment for Caribbean waters.

Practical down to earth tips and hints.

Les Weatheritt learned from experience that you can sail these waters the esay way or the hard way. This book distills the leasons learned to give the cruiser a wonderfully simplified and effective approach to passage planning and island hopping.