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Caribbean Compass C A R I B B E A N On-line C MPASS SEPTEMBER 2014 NO. 228 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore 2014 - 2015: PLAN NOW! See story on page 23 TIM WRIGHT / WWW.PHOTOACTION.COM SEPTEMBER 2014 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore www.caribbeancompass.com SEPTEMBER 2014 • NUMBER 228 KLUND Santo Domingo Shopping deals & sand dunes . 20 DEPARTMENTS INGA BEITZ Info & Updates ......................4 Compass Fiction ...................31 Business Briefs .......................7 Book Reviews...................34, 35 Eco-News .............................. 9 The Caribbean Sky ...............36 Regatta News........................ 12 Cooking with Cruisers ..........39 Meridian Passage .................18 Readers’ Forum .....................40 Crossing Seawise with Street ............... 27 Calendar of Events ...............41 Sailor’s Horoscope ................ 30 Caribbean Market Place .....42 with Crew Island Poets ...........................30 Classified Ads ....................... 46 A hand or a hindrance? ........ 14 Seaweed Cartoon ................30 Advertisers’ Index .................46 CHRIS DOYLE SEPTEMBER 2014 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410, [email protected], www.caribbeancompass.com Editor...........................................Sally Erdle Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre Accounting............................Shellese Craigg [email protected] [email protected] Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman What Bugs You… [email protected] … about the cruising life? .....33 Caribbean Compass welcomes submissions of articles, news items, photos and drawings. See Writers’ Guidelines at www.caribbeancompass.com. Send submissions to [email protected]. Ten Years 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 responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. After Ivan Conched Out! ©2014 Compass Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, except short Grenada recovers, and more ...18 Ultra’s favorite conch-oction ...38 excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1605 - 1998 It’s time to think ahead: what kind of sailing fun will you have this coming season? On the cover, it’s racing action at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, snapped by Tim Wright 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. ‘Caribbean Compass is a useful and accessible boater’s rag — information-packed and unbiased.’ — Readers’ Survey 2014 respondent Click Google Map link below to fi nd the Caribbean Compass near you! http://bit.ly/1fMC2Oy the sector is imperative. The Government of Saint Lucia therefore wishes to advise that effective September 1st, yachtspersons will be required to complete an Immigration card upon entry into St. Lucia. This will allow the Tourism Industry and Immigration Department to accu- rately account for yachting and stay-over arrivals and better serve the needs of our valued tourists. The new card must be completed by each individual on board a vessel, disem- barking at the IGY and Marigot Bay Marinas, as well as at Vieux Fort, Soufriere and Info Ganter’s (Vigie Cove) bays. We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Saint Lucia and thank you for your cooperation in this worthwhile endeavor. & Updates For further information contact: Cuthbert Didier, Maritime Consultant – Ministry of Tourism, Heritage and Creative Industries: (758) 720-9093 or [email protected] Louis Lewis, Director of Tourism, Saint Lucia Tourist Board: (758) 452-4094 St. Lucia Reintroduces Immigration Cards or [email protected] St. Lucia’s Ministry of Tourism, Heritage & Creative Industries has announced the re- Lucius Lake, Head of Immigration: (758) 456-3825 or [email protected] introduction of Immigration cards for yachting visitors. Samantha Charles, Tourism Officer – Ministry of Tourism, Heritage and Creative The Ministry reports: St. Lucia is fast becoming the yachting destination of choice Industries: (758) 720-4618 or [email protected] for many. The added value that the yachting sector brings to the island’s tourism industry is evidenced by the range of employment opportunities available, econom- Seismic Survey Ship Now Off Curaçao ic benefits and linkages formed with other sectors. Therefore, effective monitoring of Thanks to the Caribbean Safety and Security Net (www.safetyandsecuritynet.com) for the notice that the seismic survey ship Polar Duke is currently operating north of Aruba and Curaçao. All ships transiting north of Curacao and Aruba are advised that the Polar Duke will be conducting surveys in the area until September 15th. The towed array is very large: 12 streamers 9,000 metres long, and 900 metres wide. It is advised to give a wide berth of eight nautical miles astern, two nautical miles ahead and three nautical miles abeam as maneuverability of this ship is limited. To see the survey vessel’s current position visit www.vesselfinder.com and type in “Polar Duke”. A Message for Visitors to Mustique Simon Humphrey, Security Director, The Mustique Company, reports: Mustique is a private island that welcomes visitors from yachts all year round. The island has its busy periods every Christmas, Easter and August when the island’s population is comprised mainly of residential homeowners and guests renting villas. During these periods visitors from the sea will be asked to remain in the designated visitor area of Britannia Bay and Lovell Village. Tours of the island, provided by our island bus ser- vice, will be available at most times of year and people will be able to visit The Cotton House Beach Café and the Firefly Guest House together with Basil’s Bar and the shops in Britannia Bay. We aim to provide a service to all visitors and do our best to facilitate their wishes where we can. Freedom to roam the island will be restricted to the quiet months of the year in May and June, September and October. Although very rare, in order to preserve the exclusivity of this private paradise island, Mustique Security reserves the right to restrict the island to visitors from time to time. For more information contact [email protected]. —Continued on next page Our OCEAN PLUS sails are guaranteed for five years or SEPTEMBER 2014 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4 50,000 miles. Built by sailmakers dedicated to building the finest, most durable and technologically advanced sails possible. British Virgin Islands Antigua & Barbuda Panama USVI St Croix Star Marine Regency Marine Wilsons' Cruzan Canvas Doyle Sailmakers BVI, Ltd Jolly Harbour Panama City Christiansted Road Reef Marina Road Town, Tortola Curacao Puerto Rico Jamaica Tel: (284) 494 2569 Zeilmakerij Harms Atlantic Canvas & Sail PJG [email protected] Kapiteinsweg #4 Fajardo, Puerto Rico Kingston Dominica St Lucia Bonaire Barbados Dominica Marine Center Rodney Bay Sails IBS b/v Doyle Offshore Sails, Ltd Roseau Rodney Bay Kaya Atom Z Six Crossroads, Grenada St. Vincent St Philip, Turbulence Sails Barefoot Yacht Charters Tel: (246) 423 4600 True Blue St George Blue Lagoon [email protected] Martinique Trinidad & Tobago Voilerie Du Marin AMD 30 Bld Allegre Chaguramas — Continued from previous page Turks & Caicos Cruisers’ VHF Net Grenada Coastguard Partners With Cruising Community Byron, a.k.a. Gringo, reports: My wife and I live in the Turks & Caicos Islands and are As reported in Now Grenada (http://nowgrenada.com), Grenada’s cruising com- in the process of refurbishing a 40-foot catamaran. I just picked up a shortwave munity and marine stakeholders attended a specially arranged question-and- radio receiver and was trying to find some useful frequencies when I came across answer session with the Grenada Coastguard at Prickly Bay Marina on July 24th. Compass’s Selected Shortwave Weather Sources on the internet The purpose of the initiative was outlined by the Managing Director of the Marina, (www.caribbeancompass.com/ssb_radio.pdf). Darren Turner. He stated, “The Grenada Coastguard is doing a great job and we I wanted to mention that there is a local marine cruisers’ net here on are not fully convinced that the cruising community knows how and when to avail Providenciales every morning, seven days a week, at 0730 EST (0830 AST) on VHF themselves of Coastguard services, or actually understand the high level of service channel 72. We’ve noticed that a lot of the cruisers that come through here are not the Coastguard is offering.” aware of the cruisers’ net here. The net is run by Bob Pratt, owner of the South Side In an effort to increase the cruising community’s awareness of the full range of ser- Marina on Providenciales. vices available to them, cruisers were invited to meet with members of the Coastguard’s regular and auxiliary team, in an informal setting to share information Forget the Map, Use the App! important to both parties. The meeting additionally allowed for the cruising commu-
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