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November 2011 Nno.O C A R I B B E A N On-line C MPASS NOVEMBER 2011 NO.NO. 194 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore See story on page 24 DAVON BAKER NOVEMBER 2011 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 DEPARTMENTS Info & Updates ......................4 Book Review ......................... 34 Calendar of Events ...............7 The Caribbean Sky ...............35 Business Briefs .......................7 Meridian Passage .................36 Eco-News .............................. 11 Cooking with Cruisers ..........38 Regatta News........................ 12 Readers’ Forum .....................40 Sailor’s Horoscope ................ 32 Caribbean Market Place .....43 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore Island Poets ...........................32 Classified Ads ....................... 46 www.caribbeancompass.com Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............33 Advertisers’ Index .................46 NOVEMBER 2011 • NUMBER 194 Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. 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Winston Trinidad: Ad Sales & Distribution - Chris Bissondath, Dominica Marine Center, Tel: (767) 448-2705, Tel: (868) 222-1011, Cell: (868) 347-4890, [email protected] [email protected] Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: Venezuela: Ad Sales & Distribution - Patty Tomasik Ad Sales & Distribution - Karen Maaroufi Tel: (58-281) 265-3844 Tel/Fax: (58-281) 265-2448 Cell: (473) 457-2151 Office: (473) 444-3222 [email protected] [email protected] Caribbean Compass welcomes submissions of short articles, news items, photos and drawings. Capt. Mark’s See Writers’ Guidelines at www.caribbeancompass.com. Send submissions to [email protected]. We support free speech! But the content of advertisements, columns, articles and letters to the editor are the sole responsibility of the advertiser, writer or correspondent, and Compass Publishing Ltd. accepts no Island ‘Best’ responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. These are a few of his ©2011 Compass Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, except Let’s Go Manamo! short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. Rollin’ on the river ................ 16 favorite things ....................... 28 ISSN 1605 - 1998 Cover photo: Davon Baker captured this iconic image of St. George’s, Grenada. As many as 900 yachts per month visited Grenada this summer 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. ‘For years we have been regular readers of Caribbean Compass and we are glad to have this bulletin with so much information and exciting reports from other sailors!’ — Caroline Egloff and Urs Klopfenstein S/V Petite Fleur 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 Boats that go adrift in this area often end up around the ABC islands or farther west (see ‘Update: The Story of Double H’ on page 6) in a month or two. A year later…? If you have seen this buoy, please inform Rhett Harris at rhett.harris@thegelgroup. com or (246) 425-9300. Navigational Hazard in Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou The local cargo sloop Phebeana Corion sank on her moorings in Tyrrel Bay on September 11th. The following day, the inoperative ferry Lexiana dragged over the Info top of the sloop. Phebeana Corion has been well known in Tyrrel Bay as the source of wine sold by dinghy to yachts anchored in the bay. As of this writing, the starboard side of the hull was slightly above water, as was the & Updates mast and some rigging. There are numerous markers (whether fish pots taking advantage of the wreck or true markers for the wreck), long lines and ropes all around at 12°27.490’N, 61°29.134’W, all of which constitute a navigational hazard to any vessel (dinghy or yacht) passing at what might be thought to be safe distance. The wreck is in three parts, two of which float. The Port Authority is reportedly arrang- Buoy Adrift from Barbados, Sightings Wanted ing to have the pieces of the wreck pulled ashore for demolition. The West Indies Rum Distillery has lost a buoy identical to the one in the picture. For more information visit the Caribbean Safety and Security Net at www.safetyandsecuritynet.com. Eight Bells Dan Moreland reports: Capt. Arthur M. Kimberly and his wooden Danish brigantine Romance were fixtures in the Eastern Caribbean for decades, sailing between Grenada and the BVI and giving passengers and young crew the experiences of a lifetime. Before that, he sailed for years in the Bahamas. Known as “Skipper”, … —Continued on next page The buoy went adrift last December 3rd from a position approximately one kilometer north of the Bridgetown Port, Barbados. The buoy is about eight or nine feet tall, and the white structure on the top is an orange-flashing light. NOVEMBER 2011 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4 — Continued from previous page The committee comprises representatives from the nine OECS member states: …he was the last of the “old school”. Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, On September 17th, at age 90, Skipper slipped his springline and headed offshore. Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Other agen- A memorial service was held on October 8th in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. cies, such as the Caribbean Marine Association and the Caribbean Customs Law Farewell, Skipper, and fair winds. Enforcement Council, were also invited to the inaugural meeting. For more information visit www.squaresail.com/romance.html. CMA: “Economic Data on Marine Sector Needed’ Trinidad’s YSATT Moves to New Office The Caribbean Marine Association (CMA) recognizes the need for capturing cur- The office of the Yacht Services Association of Trinidad & Tobago (YSATT) is now rent economic data for the marine sector. The last formal survey of the sub- located next to Sea of Styles boutique in Crews Inn, Chaguaramas, a one-minute regional marine sector, “Yachting in the Eastern Caribbean, a Regional Overview”, walk from Customs and Immigration. This office is much bigger and better able to was undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America serve you. and the Caribbean (UN/ECLAC) in 2001. While this report remains a useful source For more information visit www.ysatt.org. of baseline information, since its publication a decade has gone by and several noticeable developments to the marine industry have taken place, including Regional Body Names Yachting Committee development of marinas, changing of national yachting policies and introduction The Secretariat of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) recently of marine training institutions in CMA Member States. Current data is required in reconstituted the OECS Yachting Committee, which was previously dubbed the order for the CMA to develop policy and positions that accurately reflect the cur- OECS Yachting Safety and Security Working Group. The inaugural meeting of the rent state of the industry. committee was convened on September 28th by videoconference. Through the technical assistance from the Center for the Development of Enterprise The purpose of the meeting was, firstly, to follow up on the directives given by the under the project “Capacity Building
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