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Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. La Vie en Rose Comestibles ©2012 Compass Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, except short A daysail to Mustique................26 Taking a dip trip.....................36 excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1605 - 1998 Cover photo: Thinking outside the boatyard! There’s a lot more to explore in Trinidad & Tobago Compass covers the Caribbean! From Cuba to Trinidad, from Panama to Barbuda, we’ve got the news and views that sailors can use. We’re the Caribbean’s monthly look at sea and shore. ‘It is said that the marine environment can be harsh and corrosive. The Caribbean Compass proves otherwise, for it has grown stronger and stronger over the years, becoming an integral part of the media with its focus on sailing the Caribbean.’ — The Boca Magazine Trinidad & Tobago www.boatersenterprise.com Click Google Map link below to fi nd the Caribbean Compass near you! http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=112776612439699037380.000470658db371bf3282d&ll=14.54105,-65.830078&spn=10.196461,14.0625&z=6&source=embed renowned beach bar. In the 1990s, Dyke and Inga sold Zulu Warrior, and lived in retirement at Red Hook, St. Thomas. DON MALPASS Ann-Wallis White of Ann- Wallis White Yacht Charters says, “I worked with Dyke and Inga for 30 years, from when Zulu was state-of-the- Info art to when it really took a huge commitment to tradi- tion and friendship to get a & Updates client to make the jump to a real yacht with a real crew. Dyke and Inga set the example for the charter Jamaica Seeks to Register Local Boats industry, which has been The Maritime Authority of Jamaica is seeking to familiarize local boatowners with sadly commercialized and the requirements of new legislation requiring registration of boats normally resident in de-humanized in recent the country. Many Jamaican pleasure-craft owners have preferred to register their years. He was a gentleman vessels in other countries because of the possible duty implications related to regis- and a team player in the tering in Jamaica. Through a collaborative effort involving the Maritime Authority, charter business. As far as having heart and ethics and competence and joy, in the the Customs Department and representatives of the pleasure-boating community, a 35 years I have been in the business, few others have even come close.” framework for the admission into Jamaica of such vessels without the threat of cur- Dyke had once worked for Grumman Aerospace and was involved in design work for rent duty was agreed upon and is expected to shortly become law. “In anticipation the Apollo Program’s Lunar Excursion Module. Past charter guest Don Malpass says, of this, we seek to ensure a mechanism is in place to provide fair notification of the “Dyke and I were both engineers, so I obviously admired some of the clever designs agreed conditions, their application and implications. We believe a direct interac- and redesigns that had evolved aboard Zulu. I particularly remember the elegantly tion with owners is best,” says the Maritime Authority’s Seymour Harley. It is expected complicated yet beautifully simple folding boarding ladder; a wonderfully efficient — that before the end of the year, explanatory sessions will be held throughout the and therefore also simple — wind scoop for the forward hatch, perfected before such country to fully explain the new law. things were fashionable; and the perfect placement of a single-step footrest that would Specific questions should be directed to the Maritime Authority of Jamaica allow an agile occupant to escape through the forward deck hatch without subjecting at (876) 967-1060. his half-dressed spouse to the ignominy