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C A R I B B E A N FREE C MPASS AUGUST 2010 NO. 179 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore Dominica all Day See story on page 20 AUGUST 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 AUGUST 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 DEPARTMENTS Business Briefs .......................8 Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............32 Caribbean Eco-News........... 12 The Caribbean Sky ...............33 Regatta News........................ 16 Cooking with Cruisers ..........36 Meridian Passage .................18 Readers’ Forum .....................37 All Ashore… .......................... 20 What’s on My Mind ............... 41 Maritime History ....................26 Monthly Calendar ................ 42 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore Book Review ......................... 29 Caribbean Market Place .....43 www.caribbeancompass.com Fun Pages.........................30, 31 Classified Ads ....................... 46 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............32 Advertisers’ Index .................46 AUGUST 2010 • NUMBER 179 Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. 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We’re the Caribbean’s monthly look at sea and shore. “It is my pleasure and perhaps my obligation to let all our boating friends know how much we enjoy reading the Compass and how it enriches our experience cruising the Caribbean. We boaters can hardly wait till the next monthly edition is available so we can catch up on the real skinny on events and people.” AUGUST 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4 — Tito Figueroa Yacht Alleluia 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 go to Bobby’s Marina for services can call their offices or contact them on VHF Channel 69 for further information. Anchoring is not allowed in the channel. Mariners must use this channel for traffic to and from these locations as well as local traffic to and from the Cruise Tender Pier in Pointe Blanche unless there are draft restrictions. The International Collision Prevention Regulations 1972 are applicable in this chan- nel as well as on all inland waters of St. Maarten. Efforts are being made to void this area of any anchored vessels. If you should find Info yourself in this area please make all efforts to remove your vessel and re-anchor so that in any wind direction your vessel does not cross the channel. For more information contact [email protected] or visit www. & Updates portofstmaarten.com. USVI and Puerto Rico Now Accept Electronic Check-Ins As reported July 12th in The Triton (http://thetriton.com): US Customs and Border Protection has begun accepting electronic submissions for clearing in for partici- New Buoyed Channel in Great Bay, St. Maarten pants in the Local Boater Option (LBO). The web-based, automated check-in adds St. Maarten Ports Authority has put in a buoyed channel for marine traffic in Great to the phone and in-person options of reporting private vessel arrivals from a for- Bay. It goes to and from the Captain Hodge wharf and to the marinas in the north- eign country. The LBO is a pre-clearance system in limited US Coast Guard sectors [including Tampa, Miami, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands] that enables mariners to be interviewed and cleared in advance. Only US citizens and lawful permanent resi- dents are eligible. Once they are approved, they receive a number and then can phone in their arrival instead of having to report in person. Under the new Small Vessel Reporting System, they can now also report in on-line. It is intended for boaters to be able to file and update their float plan on-line. Once a float plan is entered and activated, SVRS will issue a float plan number. Upon arrival in US waters, LBO members can check-in using the float plan number on the CBP website, www.cbp.gov, and click on the “travel” and then “small vessel reporting system” areas. Singlehander Attacked in St. Martin On June 28th, 63-year-old solo circumnavigator Mike Harker was attacked and beaten aboard his Hunter 49, Wanderlust 3, while anchored at St. Martin. Wanderlust was in Simpson Bay Lagoon below Mt. Fortune (“Witch’s Tit”), … —Continued on next page east side of the bay. This new channel is meant to guide mariners safely to these AUGUST 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 5 destinations and maintain clear anchorage areas. The channel is marked in accor- dance with the IALA Maritime Buoyage System Region B. This means when entering from the sea, vessels must keep the red channel marker on their starboard side. The channel and anchorage area is a No Wake Zone. Operators must maintain a safe speed at all times. Adjust your speed to the prevailing circumstances and conditions and so that you can take proper and effective action to avoid a collision and/or be stopped within an appropriate distance. Remember, when reducing your speed you may not always reduce your wake. Look back and check your stern wave and adjust your speed until you have a minimal wake. The sea side entrance to the channel buoys has red and green flashing lights and is located at 18°01´.085 North and 063°02´.086 West. The maximum draft for vessels using the channel is approximately seven feet. Vessels with deeper draft wishing to — Continued from previous page He also helped to develop the Tobago Regatta and competed for many years in …as the nearest boat to the channel along the French/Dutch border with no other regional regattas in his yachts Mayumi and After Hours, among others. boats to the south, west or north. Dougie Myers: a well-known racing yachtsman on the local and regional scene, Mike reported that two men swam out to his boat at about 4:00AM and demanded Dougie passed away in 2004. He competed in many Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, money. When he said all he had was the cash in his wallet, they beat him, tied him up Carriacou, and Antigua regattas on his yachts Legacy, Hooligan, Huey, Huey Too and ransacked the boat. He was able to call a Mayday on VHF 16 and says, “The and Domani. It is a testimony to his dedication to racing that several marker buoys police and the emergency medical boat were all at my side within 15 minutes”. Live- in these regattas are named in his honour. aboards from two yachts anchored to the northeast of Wanderlust also responded. Video security cameras at a nearby dinghy dock have gotten photos of the attackers and the police obtained DNA samples. Mike has been released from the hospital and intends to sail south for the hurri- cane season. Link to Gold in Skipper’s Death in Panama Disputed On June 29th, 61-year-old Bo Kjaer-Olsen was shot in the leg and bled to death aboard his 70-foot, 1949 Sparkman and Stevens schooner, Antares, while at anchor near Bajo Pipon in the Republic of Panama.