[Fr. Frank]

Does the 39' Tiara have the legs to reach Mexico from Jamaica? That's 390 nm, and it takes you NNW from Jamaica, when you want to go south. If you want to go by way of mexico, going from Key West to Cancun cuts your longest leg down to 350 nm, but takes you a lot further west than you need to go.

If you run straight from Carlisle Bay in Jamaica to Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduran/Nicaraguan border, that makes your longest leg about 380 nm, and then it's only 170 nm to Isla San Andres, and then 220 nm to Colon Harbor in Panama. Isla San Andres has diesel fuel, but it's VERY expensive, as it's in JP5 form for use in aircraft.

Another alternative to San Andres there in the western Carib might be Corn Island off Bluefields, or even making Bluefields in Nicaragua. Corn Island also has a fuel dock and a dirt airfield. I was there in June, but I don't know if they have diesel. Most of the boats there are under 25' panga style.