Sailing directions (enroute) for the Caribbean Sea

½ mile 14 miles anchorage approach Bahama Bahama Bank Bahia Baie bank beacons bearing berthing facilities bight buoys Cabo Canal Cayo charted cliffs close coast coastal conspicuous coral deepwater distance draft dredged Ensenada entered entrance channel entrance point extends extremity farther fronted Golfo Golfo de Guacanayabo Gorda Gulf of Paria harbor head hills Hispaniola holding ground indentation Isla Island islet knots least depth lies light low-lying lying Manzanillo mile offshore miles SW miles W narrow Necker Island passage patch pier pilot Pilotage Pilotage is compulsory position Puerto Punta Punta Gorda radar range reef rises river Rock rocky Saint Saint Lucia sand sandy seaward SECTOR sheltered ships shoal shoal water shore small vessels stands steep-to steer sunken dangers SW side terrain tidal currents Virgin Gorda W side winds World Port Index yards