Autor/-in: Stephen J Pavlidis

Stephen J. Pavlidis cruised the islands of The Bahamas and the Caribbean aboard his 40-foot cutter IV Play beginning in 1989. In 1993, he met Ray Darville, then the Warden of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, who drew Steve into a working relationship as a volunteer Deputy Warden. In this role, Steve quickly gained an intimate knowledge of the waters of the Park and the Exuma Cays. Realizing that the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park deserved a bit more recognition than is given in even the best guides to the area, Steve and Ray produced A Cruising Guide to the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. The favorable response to that publication led to the publication of The Exuma Guide in 1995, covering the entire Exumas island chain in addition to the Park. The Exuma Guide has been thoroughly updated for this new edition. Steve's books are different than most other cruising guides in some very significant ways. All of the charts in Steve's books were created using data personally collected while visiting each area using a computerized system that interfaces GPS and depth soundings.