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Guides and DVD'sDVD's
DVD's For DVD's in UK and Europe email orders@imray.com or stn.tradesales@kelvinhughes.co.uk or in the United States at Armchair or Bluewater Books tshanstrom@bluewaterweb.com Guides The Caribbean is not as crowded as people think. My wife Trich and I cruised the U.S. and British Virgin Islands in February and March 2002 —the height of the sailing season— and we were still able to find quiet anchorages. As Dick Johnson, (former editor of Yachting World) said, "buy the other guides, circle in red all the anchorages that Street describes and the other guide do not, and you will find quiet anchorages." Street's Guides are available at most good marine bookstores and in the States they can be ordered directly from: Armchair Sailor, Thames St., Newport, RI08240 Fax: 401 847 1219 Email: armchair@ Ocean Sailing Yacht Volumes 1 and 2 will be a big project which I will start as soon as Seawise and the Transatlantic guide are finished. The continual complaint being made about the Eastern Caribbean is that the anchorages are too crowded and that there are no quiet anchorages. Nothing could be further from the truth. In the winter of 2002 Trich and I cruised the British Virgin Islands in the height of the season and yet at least three quarters of the time we were able to find quiet anchorages where we were if not completely alone, then certainly in peace and quiet and able to enjoy the Caribbean at our own pace. Seawise-2004
"All my life I have been a frustrated yacht designer. I started sailing late - at age 12. But I have been around boats since I first knew how to walk. Seawise is a collection of ideas and uses for the equipment available to the yachtsman in the 1970s. Now in 2004 it has been updated in the light of the new equipment available today and the experience I have gained during my life time. A Cruising Guide to the Lesser Antilles-1965
A bit of history showing what the Caribbean was like in the middle 1960s. There is an aerial photograph of St. Thomas harbour showing a total of 37 boats! The prologue explains what has happened to various islands, and why. Also, there is an Epilogue with a bit of crystal ball gazing as to what may happen in the future. Also, for those who might be interested in, or want to remember what life was like in the Caribbean back in the 1960s and 70s, The Cruising Guide to the Eastern Antilles, originally published in 1966 can be enjoyed as a bit of nostalgia. Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean: Puerto Rico, Spanish, U.S. & British Virgin Islands
In the beginning was the word and the word came from Street.... Since 1964 all other guide authors have followed in Street's and Iolaire's wake, avoiding the rocks and shoals Street and Iolaire discovered —Patience Wales, former Editor Sail magazine. It is not only the best but it is also the cheapest as it is the only guide to cover the whole area of Puerto Rico, Spanish,U.S. and the British Virgin Islands in ONE volume. All other guides take two and so work out more expensive than Streets Guide. Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean: Anguilla to Dominica
If you are looking to get away from it all then this is the guide for you - find quiet and even deserted anchorages in the most beautiful sailing area of the world. Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean: Martinique to Trinidad
Street is cheaper than Doyle, the shoe is now on the other foot. This is the ONLY guide that covers this area in one volume, as Doyle takes two guides to cover the same area. As Dick Johnson, Editor, Yachting World said: "To find a quiet anchorage buy the other guides and circle in red all the anchorages Street describes that are not described in the other guides." The shoe is on the other foot Streets Guide, Martinique to Trinidad is cheaper than Doyle. Streets Guide covers Trinidad, Tobago and Barbados in one volume, Doyle takes two. Street's Cruising Guide to the Eastern Caribbean: Venezuela and the ABC Islands
This guide is out of print. But rocks don't move, so the navigational information is still as valid today as it was when the guide was written in 1989. I was intending to update this guide to 2002, but when I was about 1/3 of the way through the process of updating the guide, Venezuela became unstable. As of March 2003 I see no reason to risk my life cruising the Venezuelan coast to update a guide which would not be very extensively used because few yachtsmen would want to cruise -though a wonderful coast, and islands- until the the political situation settles down and order is re-established. Transatlantic Crossing Guide
This guide is currently out of print and can be found by going to your local library, second book stores and amazon.com This is a very useful guide but unfortunately it was misnamed by the publisher without the author knowing before the covers were printed! The correct title of this book should have been- "Street's Guide to the Atlantic islands, Transatlantic Crossings, Getting to and leaving the Caribbean from the east coast of the U.S. and an Introduction to the Caribbean". I am in the process of completely rewriting and updating this guide which hopefully will be available to the sailor again in the Summer or 2005. IOLAIRE FOR SALE
Iolaire is for sale - the reason is that I have owned her for 48 years. As each year goes by the mast gets taller, the anchor gets heavier and the winches get smaller. Also, I have sailed her everywhere I want to sail her. We have criss crossed the entire Caribbean, putting her in to each nook and cranny where there is 7 1/2 feet of water. I have cruised her off the east coast of the States, Canada, the Irish coast, the coast of England, the coast of France, the east coast of Norway, the west coast of Sweden, the east coast of Sweden, the coast of Findland as far east as Helsinki, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the Kiel canal. We have sailed in the Mediterranean, Sardinia, Majorca, France, Spain —basically everywhere I want to sail her. She needs a new home with someone who will take good care of her, sail her and has enough money to keep her in good shape. Despite the fact that she is 98 years old she is in as good shape as boats that are only 4 or 5 years old. In 1995 she received a major refit: new deck, deck beams, beam shelf. Any frames in the least bit suspicious were replaced, any planking that was in the least bit suspicious was replaced. For anyone seriously interested in purchasing Iolaire you can contact me via this website at my email address: www.streetiolaire@hotmail.com.com Ocean Sailing Yacht Volumes 1 and 2
Over 100,000 copies were sold of this compendium of information for any sailor who contemplates going off shore. Although some of the information is dated because of new equipment on the market since it was published in 1973, there is a tremendous amount of information that is still applicable today. The boats may changed, styles change and fashions change, but the sea, wind and weather has been the same and will remain the same for thousands of years. Though out of print this highly acclaimed Sailor Bible will be updated and revised in the coming years. In the meantime if you want to get to know more about off shore sailing and your boat, check the second hand bookstores and ebook websites for this invaluable information for the sailor to enhance your cruising experience. More information that was not in Volume 1 - there is nothing repeated and superbly illustrated by Bruce Bingham. This volume will also be updated in the next two years and as for Volume 1 you can still find a copy of the original book in the second hand bookstores and ebook web sites. On the Back Burner ..... There are two books which I was working hard on when suddenly I discovered I could get all my books back in print by electronic printing. Those two books are: Iolaire and I - the story of Iolaire's builders and previous owners who were very distinctive, and my adventures and misadventures with her over the last 49 years, and Caribbean Capers - Humorous stories of life in the Caribbean in the middle of the last century (1955-1970). |
 Iolaire & Street were the first - all other authors followed in their wake.....  Puerto Rico, Spanish, U.S. & British Virgin Islands updated to 2001 Important!My guides are being updated at the present time. So far we have published: Puerto Rico, Spanish, U.S. & British Virgin Islands Anguilla to Dominic Martinique to Trinidad A Cruising Guide to the Lesser Antilles This year we hope to have out: Street's Transatlantic Crossing Guide Covering crossing The Atlantic Islands: Canaries, Cape Verdes & Azores An Introduction to the Caribbean Watch this space to see when our next guide is updated and available D. M. Street Jr., a lifetime sailor, has spent forty five years cruising, charting and writing about the Caribbean. forty of those years were spent in his 46ft. engineless yawl, Iolaire, built in 1905. He has spent the last four years on his 28-ft. engineless yawl Li'l Iolaire, gathering information for his guides in the winter and cruising European waters on Iolaire in the summer. INSURANCE: D. M. Street Jr., has been in the marine insurance business for 38 years, 33 onhis own placing insurance with Lloyds of London. He covers yachts of all ages sailing in the far corners of the world. For information and quote, e-mail: streetiolaire@ |
