Caribbean Compass review

The second edition of Spanish for Cruisers began shipping in November of 2008 after years of work – how can a second edition take that much longer to write than a first edition?

Nevertheless, I am finally at the fun stage – when I start stumbling upon reviews of the new edition in cruising [...]

El Zarpe

Zarpe is an extremely common Spanish word that you will encounter out cruising, but oddly enough, you won’t find the word zarpe in any standard Spanish dictionary, not even that of the Real Academia Española.

el zarpe

sahr-peh

(the exit clearance)

A zarpe is an exit clearance, the document that clears your boat out of port.

The boat [...]