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On-line JUNE 2007 NO. 141 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore 25th Angostura Tobago Sail Week See story on page 12 JUNE 2007 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 a Info& Updates Yacht Acrobats Perform Stéphane Legendre reports: On April 25th and 26th, parts of the docks at Marina The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore Bas du Fort in Guadeloupe were emptied of boats to make way for a most unusual www.caribbeancompass.com performance. “Navigartistes” Franck and Delphine, a French cruising couple, used BERTRAND COUSSEAU the mast, boom and spinnaker pole of their 40-foot yacht for a JUNE 2007 • NUMBER 141 circus-worthy acrobatic show. Their two-hour act on the deck and in the rigging of La Weather Ear Overboard! Loupiote, easily viewed by Select shortwave reports..........7 Naked, shaken but safe .........33 spectators on the surrounding RICHARD ROTTEVEEL restaurant terraces, was one of the best I have ever seen. La Loupiote is sailing to STEVE JOST Canada for the summer, where 20 performances are already planned along the St. Lawrence River. We hope they’ll come back to the Caribbean for the winter! For more information visit www.voilierspectacle.com. Ducking Northers Panama to Honduras sail ......14 Missing Sailors The US Coast Guard has sus- pended active searching for Yacht Insurance four sailors who departed St. The surveyor’s role ................22 JUNE 2007 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 Thomas, USVI, on April 30th bound for Annapolis, Maryland, and encountered heavy weather off the North Carolina coast. However, all mariners are still encouraged to contin- ue to be on the lookout for the JULIA BARTLETT 54-foot Little Harbor Flying Colours and its crew. The search for Flying Colours, crewed by Patrick “Trey” Topping, age 39, Jason Franks, 34, Rhiannon Borisoff, 22, and Christine Grinavic, 25, began on May 7th when watchstanders at the Rescue A Different World Big Fish Story Coordination Center (RCC) in Portsmouth, Virginia, received a signal from an EPIRB Fantasy facility in the DR ......29 Gourmands hit Gouyave........44 at 0330 hours. The RCC lost contact with the EPIRB at 0700. The signal location report- edly put Flying Colours at 35° 52’N, 74° 7’W, about 160 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, where she apparently encountered seas over 30 feet and 45- to 60-knot DEPARTMENTS winds produced by Tropical Storm Andrea. Coast Guard search crews from Air Stations in North Carolina, Florida, Regatta News ........................9 Cruising Crossword ...............37 Massachusetts and Georgia, and the Coast Guard cutters Tampa and Staten Destinations ...........................18 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............38 Island, were joined by two US Navy P3 search crews from Naval Air Station Eco-News...............................19 Dolly’s Deep Secrets.............38 Jacksonville, Florida, and C-130 crews from Moody and Patrick Air Force Bases and the Rhode Island, New York, Georgia and North Carolina Air National Guard. They Business Briefs........................20 Book Review..........................40 searched an area of more than 282,000 square nautical miles. Street Talk...............................24 Different Boats .......................42 “Suspending a search is always a difficult step for the Coast Guard because we understand the impact that it has on the families involved,” said Rear Admiral Larry All Ashore...............................28 Cooking with Cruisers...........45 Hereth, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District. “In the last six days, Coast Guard This Cruising Life ....................32 Readers’ Forum .....................48 cutters and aircraft, along with numerous Department of Defense aircraft, searched Meridian Passage .................34 Classified Ads........................52 all of the likely and even unlikely areas where the crew could be. Sadly, the thresh- old of survival seems negligible.” Sailors’ Horoscope ................36 Advertisers’ Index .................52 A search-and-rescue case is not closed until the search object has been located. Island Poets ...........................36 Calendar................................54 According to friends, the crew of Flying Colours were experienced. Topping, Flying Colours’ skipper, and Franks, who had skippered the classic Fife ketch Adventuress Caribbean Compass is published monthly by out of Newport, Rhode Island, are both licensed captains. Grinavic had been work- Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: ing as a deckhand on the 160-foot charter schooner Arabella. Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 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No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, Cover Photo Wilfred Dederer: ANGOSTURA SAILING WEEK 2007 except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. Wayward on its way to overall first in Cruiser/Racer Class ISSN 1605 - 1998 —Continued from previous page Meanwhile, the Coast Guard rescued nine people from three other boats caught in GRENADINES the same storm, and solo sailor John Fildes, age 32, was rescued from the Open 40 racer Dangerous When Wet by the cruise ship Crown Princess on May 14th, after departing St. Maarten on May 9th bound for Newport. Please report any sightings of Flying Colours or its crew to Coast Guard Petty Officer SAILS & CANVAS Wadlow, tel (757) 636-2431. Gli-Gli’s Leeward Islands Adventure BEQUIA During the month of May, the traditional Carib dugout canoe Gli-Gli sailed from Antigua to Tortola, visiting Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, St. Maarten, Anguilla and Virgin Come in and see us for all your SAILS & CANVAS needs Gorda along the way. including CUSTOM-MADE stainless steel BIMINI & DODGER frames at competitive prices Located opposite G.Y.E. (northern side of Admiralty Bay) REPRESENTATIVE Tel (784) 457-3507 / 457-3527 (evenings) e-mail: [email protected] VHF Ch16/68 Expedition organizers say that the voyage was undertaken to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Gli Gli’s launching and to continue the mission of her 1997 expedition from Dominica to Guyana, by symbolically reuniting the Carib descendants of the Leeward Islands. The expedition drew attention to the role the Carib people have BEQUIA BEACHFRONT VILLAS played in the region’s history and culture and promoted recognition of the a Fort Recovery Resort Caribbean’s largest surviving indigenous tribe. Throughout the expedition, the crew Featured Architectural of 11 Kalinago-Caribs from Dominica presented slide and video shows and gave Design & the only AAA traditional