A ring with a rope-like texture separates the field from the rim. The field shows the port bow of the BAE Guayas in open water, with clouds visible in the top left and right of the image.
Obverse lettering
BUQUE ESCUELA `GUAYAS`
ECUADOR (Translation: Training Ship `Guayas` Ecuador)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A map of the Caribbean Sea, the eastern Pacific, the Yucatán peninsula, Central America, the southern tip of Florida, and the northwest countries of South America. The map shows the route of the BAE Guayas`s voyage through several stops (though there is no indication of the order of these stops): Guayaquil, Ecuador (the Guayas`s home port); the Galapagos Islands; the Panama Canal; Havana, Cuba; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Caracas, Venezuela; and Barranquilla, Colombia.
Reverse lettering
CARIBE 1989
XI
CRUCERO INTERNACIONAL (Translation: Caribbean 1989 XI International Cruise)