From: Kelly Piercy
Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:54 PM
Subject: Discounts Rio Dulce

The following marinas on the Rio, Dulce, Guatemala, offer a 5% discount to OCC Members Includes Yard, haul - not work.)

Captain John's Marina (with bungalows available)
Nana Juana Hotel and Marina (Boat Yard)

I am also working on other marinas and will pass it on when I manage it.

I also post the information at our website:

www.occriodulce.com/marina.html

The Perfect Place as a Home Base in the West Caribbean

1 November signals the end of a very active storm season in this part of the world.

Many boats will be in the popular East Caribbean and many will be doing to West side.

Everyone needs to consider the Rio Dulce, Guatemala.

Go to the OCC Port Officer, Rio Dulce website and look at the pictures of the Rio while Maria and her friends were rampaging through the region. Not only is the Rio Dulce the safest place to be during the season, it is where you can repair and re-fit inexpensively while joining other members for monthly events and tours of the Heart of the Americas.

The Rio Dulce is the place to make your Home Base when the Western Caribbean is your cruising destination. Costs are lower and services at the top of the curve.

Leaving your boat for the season, there is not a less expensive, more safe place to be.

Kelly
OCC Port Officer, Rio Dulce, Guatemala
http://www.occriodulce.com/
+502 4047 7774

Thanks Kelly. We are heading your way in a couple of years but I think our 2.3 metre draft may to too deep for us to cross the bar. That’s a shame as it sounds like a perfect destination.

We are planning to go to the Rio Dulce for this hurricane season and wondered if anyone had any advice. Our thoughts were to stay in the water for 2 to 3 months at a marina and then haul out to do some work and travel. Do yachts that stay in the water change their anodes as it is fresh water? Are window ac units available in Rio Dulce or should we get one before we arrive. Our AC is watercooled and is 240v / 50HZ so is only usable with our generator there. We would welcome any advice or comments. Does anyone have any recommendations for marinas / boatyards? We have a Catamaran so are probably limited on boatyards.