Informative book about cruising the Caribbean on a sailboat or trawler. A series of articles based on the author's experiences during a 10 year cruise of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the Eastern Caribbean islands, Trinidad and Venezuela. Packed full of helpful hints, anecdotes and information for armchair cruisers as well as sailors in the planning stages. The author addresses such subjects as pets on board cruising boats, weather information, obtaining crew, and boat fix-it projects. This is how to find out what cruising is really like.