Boat Hopping in the Carribean?

[needy4theneedy]

From Cancun to Cuba to Haiti/Dominican Republic to Jamaica to Cuba to Bahamas to Florida (I have a passport). How easy is it to get on a boat going to a neighboring island? i can work or pay, whatever necessary, freights? ferrys? what is there to ride between islands? or should i trade my car for a boat?

[cannonball]

Can you sail? A lot of cruisers go south and hop islands in the winter before going north in the spring. The carribean should be quite active now. Some will look for crew to handle nightwatches on longer voyages. I wouldn't go with a set itinerary as these guys take their time and follow the prevailing winds. Here's a good site about a guy who hitched yatchs and circumnavigated if you want to know how it's done.

http://www.stinkyfeetproject.org/

A site with more info on boat hitching:

http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder1.asp

Cruisers in the anchorage talk to each other a lot, so it might pay to rent a paddleboard and ask if they know someone looking for crew.

[Roaddog]

At one time you could pay a cheap fare to ride mail boats between islands.