Guam - Facts

Feb 03, 2024

Guam is an unincorporated US territory in the western Pacific, approximately 5310 kms (3,300) miles west of Hawaii, 2414 kms (1,500 miles) east of the Philippines and 2492 kms (1,550 miles) south of Japan.
It is the largest and most populous island of Micronesia, an Americanized metropolis and home to an important US military base.
The official language is English. Tagalog and Chamorro are the next most common languages.
Guam is the southernmost of the Mariana Islands but forms a separate unit from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.
Guam's close relations with the USA and its role as a crossroads and distribution center for the rest of Micronesia because of its air links makes it rather different from the rest of the Pacific.
Cruising yachts will indeed find in Guam a contrasting atmosphere to the one they have experienced in other islands. The pace is faster, the buildings taller and everything can be fixed if one is prepared to pay the price. Guam is used by many American sailors as a long-term base, especially as US citizens can work in Guam without a permit.
For yachts returning to the US from Guam there is a window of weather typically between May and July to cross the Pacific to Alaska (approximately 4-5 weeks duration from Guam depending on conditions).

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