SPECIAL REPORT
The two currencies throughout the eastern Caribbean are the Eastern Caribbean dollar (ECD) and euro, the latter used on all French Islands
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Chris Doyle’s cruising guides have been in publication since 1980. For up to date information on all the islands covered visit www.doyleguides.com
Chris Doyle’s is a name familiar to all Caribbean cruisers, as the author of best-selling cruising guides of the region. Having explored the Caribbean for more than 40 years, there is barely an anchorage he hasn’t visited or a harbour he hasn’t surveyed. His knowledge of the eastern Caribbean is second to none, and his cruising guides can be found on the shelves and chart tables of thousands of boats.
Now in his late 70s, Doyle has no plans of slowing down. His custom-built 40ft catamaran, Ti Kanot, can be found zipping from one anchorage to the next each cruising season, and he spends half of each year aboard.
“As a cruising guide author, I sit between two places: the yachting community, and the community ashore,” he explains.
“I help people get on better ashore, as well as on the
