Hi Kelly

It is great to know we now have a port officer in the Rio Dulce. We are currently heading there for hurricane season this year. We look forward to meeting you.

Best wishes
Jayne, Paul & Lily
SY Delphinus

Ahh yes, the Bar at Livingston.

My Tartan TOCK draws 6 ' (~2m.) My neighbor 's Benatau draws 7 '. Neither of us have touched crossing the bar.

The datun shows 4 '. That is wrong. Tides run 1.8 ' at the Spring Tide. Neither boat should have been able to cross the bar in June or February respectively.

Add to that, if you do touch, it is silt for about 3 ' before any sort of real bottom is found and that is sand and clay.

Do, do not let the bar put you off. Come to the true heart of the Western Caribbean, hang out and we can all get together and do stuff.

Kelly
Many thanks for the posting and it is good to know that the OCC now has a very active Port Officer in the Rio Dulce. It sounds a wonderful cruising destination yet cruisers have been put off for years by the perceived problem of entering over the bar. Now we have a local representative let 's hope that many more OCC members will visit.
very best wishes in your new post
John Franklin
Past Commodore

The Rio Dulce is the place when you come to this side of the Caribbean or need to leave your boat for the season.

To begin, the Rio Dulce is the safest Hurricane and Stom Hole in the entire Area from Africa to the extent of Atlantic and Gulf Storms.

If you need something for your boat, and can 't get it on the Rio, it does not exist and someone here among the talented and experienced tradesmen and craftsmen will fabricate it for you.

Leaving your boat for the season? Dry Storage, Wet Storage, all monitored, serviced and secure.

Crime, nope. These are honest, hard working people, the Cruising Community and the Local Community blend smoothly and seamlessly. The Local Guatemalans are friendly and helpful to a fault.

If you are a Cruising Sailor, history and culture are high on your list. The Heart of the Mayan Empire and the expansion of Western Civilization and a way that did not blanket that culture is something you cannot miss.
Nature and the Environment? How about 6 foot Iguanas in the trees and Heron resting on your dock lines?

Great Restaurants? $10 will buy you dinner in resort style. $1.50 will buy you breakfast, lunch, or dinner in a local restaurant anyplace in town.

Come for a re-fit or repair? It is here or it cannot be done so a tradesman or craftsman will find a way to do it.

Want to see Belize, Mexico, Roatan, Panama, Columbia, Cuba? The Rio is a day to a few days away and the perfect home base to explore the entire region and know there is a safe, quite, storm proof, place to call home while you travel by boat or plane or car.

Need more? The OCC now has a Port Officer on the Rio ready to make this destination simple and easy. Contact me, Kelly, at:
semperfidelas@gmail.com
or through the Port Officer Page.

Kelly R Piercy - Rio Dulce, Guatemala, Port Officer
S/V Patience