kko
Member
We are European sailors who spend only 2-3 months on the boat every year. We don't live on board but leave our vessel in different places when not sailing. We prefer to make longer journeys in the summer holiday season. Thus, we have crossed Atlantic in July this year and visited the Marina SLM for a few days. But, if we had the information which I attach below (I have made this comment in the Noforeignland and Navily), we would probably stay a whole season in the Marina SLM before proceeding further. Moreover, when you consider South or Central America as your destination, you should find the ifno.info very useful, this is the Marina SLM owner's blog.
Why I tell you this? We didn't have that knowledge before. Somehow it is not in the Google's top favorite. We were there, but already having different plans. Still, we regret being only very short there on our journey. And sailors like us really need such convenient stopovers in remote destinations.
The Marina SLM is a great place. You are parked by the main square of the town, close to some restaurants, market, a pool and a playground. The boats are sheltered from the traffic by the wreck island. Moorings are strong and regularly checked. Both the owner and the staff of the marina are very friendly and helpful and they are sailors. They told us loads of interesting things about the place and it's surroundings so we actually extended our stay to see it all. Marina's WiFi is really strong and works also on the boats (and we were parked quite far from the office). Huge plus for the Europeans - you are in the EU. It saves you days of time and lots of money with checkin/checkout. There are no time restrictions if you want to keep your boat for several months or years. The currency is euro, no need of searching for exchange offices, if you need cash there are ATMs but every shop we've been to accepted visa cards. Flights from Cayenne to Paris are domestic and tend to be cheaper than those we could find between Paramaribo or Georgetown and Europe. In case of health problems your medical insurance works as at home, and last but not least phone roaming is really cheap. You can cross Atlantic to Guyane all year round.
Why I tell you this? We didn't have that knowledge before. Somehow it is not in the Google's top favorite. We were there, but already having different plans. Still, we regret being only very short there on our journey. And sailors like us really need such convenient stopovers in remote destinations.
The Marina SLM is a great place. You are parked by the main square of the town, close to some restaurants, market, a pool and a playground. The boats are sheltered from the traffic by the wreck island. Moorings are strong and regularly checked. Both the owner and the staff of the marina are very friendly and helpful and they are sailors. They told us loads of interesting things about the place and it's surroundings so we actually extended our stay to see it all. Marina's WiFi is really strong and works also on the boats (and we were parked quite far from the office). Huge plus for the Europeans - you are in the EU. It saves you days of time and lots of money with checkin/checkout. There are no time restrictions if you want to keep your boat for several months or years. The currency is euro, no need of searching for exchange offices, if you need cash there are ATMs but every shop we've been to accepted visa cards. Flights from Cayenne to Paris are domestic and tend to be cheaper than those we could find between Paramaribo or Georgetown and Europe. In case of health problems your medical insurance works as at home, and last but not least phone roaming is really cheap. You can cross Atlantic to Guyane all year round.
