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CALENDAR of EVENTS 2015 Pull out and Pin up the Paper Version, Or Use the Version APRIL with Live Links at 2 – 6 Bequia Easter Regatta C A R I B B E A N C MPASS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2015 Pull out and pin up the paper version, or use the version APRIL with live links at www.caribbeancompass.com! 2 – 6 Bequia Easter Regatta. www.begos.com/easterregatta 3 Public holiday in many places (Good Friday) Where yacht club initials are given, for contact information see 4 FULL MOON CARIBBEAN YACHT AND SAILING CLUBS at the end of this calendar. 6 Public holiday in many places (Easter Monday) 13 –18 Les Voiles de Saint-Barth. www.lesvoilesdesaintbarth.com JANUARY 13 –18 Oyster Regatta BVI. www.oysteryachts.com/events/ 1 Public holiday or “recovery day” in many places (New Year’s Day); Junkanoo parades in 13 – 19 Rincón International Film Festival, Puerto Rico. www.rinconfilm.com The Bahamas; SSCA New Year’s Day Gam in Trinidad, www.ssca.org 15 – 21 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. www.antiguaclassics.com 1 – 4 St. Kitts & Nevis Carnival. www.stkittsneviscarnival.com 19 Massy Stores Dinghy Regatta, Barbados. BYC 1 – 4 Crucian Christmas Festival, St. Croix. www.stcroixtourism.com/christmas_festival.htm 19 Public holiday in Venezuela (Signing of the Act of Venezuelan Independence) 2 Public holiday in Cuba (Victory of Armed Forces Day) and Haiti (Founding Fathers’ Day) 19 – 21 Marina ZarPar Regatta, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. http://marinazarpar.com 3 – 5 Public holiday in Guyana (The Prophet’s Birthday) 22 International Earth Day 4 FULL MOON 24 Guadeloupe to Antigua Race. www.sailingweek.com 6 Public holiday in some places (Three Kings Day/Epiphany) 25 Yachting World magazine Round Antigua Race. www.sailingweek.com 7 Start of Panerai Transat Classique Race, Lanzarote to Martinique. www.paneraitransatclassique.com 25 – 30 St. Barth Film Festival. www.stbarthff.org 9 – 25 St. Barts Music Festival. www.stbartsmusicfestival.org 26 – 1 May Antigua Sailing Week. www.sailingweek.com 10 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Majority Rule Day) 27 Public holiday in Curaçao (King’s Birthday) 12 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Eugenio María de Hostos Day) 15 – 18 Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta, Cabarete, Dominican Republic. www.caribwind.com 16 – 24 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race Series. www.mountgayrumroundbarbadosrace.com 17 Around Antigua Race. AYC 17 – 18 San Sebastian Vela Cup, San Juan, Puerto Rico. [email protected] WILFRED DEDERER 19 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Martin Luther King Day) 21 Public holiday in Barbados (Errol Barrow Day) and the Dominican Republic (Our Lady of Altagracia) 21 – 4 Feb Mustique Blues Festival. www.discoversvg.com/index.php/en/mustique/events 22 – 25 Bequia Mount Gay Music Fest. www.bequiatourism.com/bequiamusicfest 24 - 25 Interlux Regatta, St. Maarten. SMYC 24 - 25 Martin Luther King Regatta, St. Thomas, USVI. STYC 25 Public holiday in Aruba (GF Croes Day) 26 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (National Heroes’ Day) and the Dominican Republic (Duarte Day) 29 – 31 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Montego Bay. http://jamaicajazzandblues.com 29 – 1 Feb SuperYacht Challenge Antigua. http://thesuperyachtchallenge.com 29 – 1 Feb St. Barth Fun Cup 29 – 3 Feb Grenada Sailing Week (yachts). http://grenadasailingweek.com 31 Puerto Rico Dragon Boat Festival. Ponce, Puerto Rico. www.puertoricodragonboat.com 31 – 1 Feb Grenada Sailing Festival (workboats). www.grenadasailingfestival.com 31 – 1 Feb Cruising Outpost cruisers’ party, Road Town, Tortola. www.cruisingoutpost.com FEBRUARY 1 – 8 Antigua Dragon Yacht Club Challenge. www.harmonyhallantigua.com/yacht-club 2 World Wetlands Day. www.ramsar.org 3 FULL MOON 6 – 8 Club Náutico de San Juan Int’l Regatta, Puerto Rico. CNSJ 28 Public holiday in Barbados (National Heroes’ Day) 7 Public holiday in Grenada (39th Anniversary of Independence) 30 – 3 May West Indies Regatta, St. Barth. westindiesregatta.com 7 – 8 Cruising Outpost magazine cruisers’ party, St. Maarten. www.cruisingoutpost.com 30 – 10 May 24th St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stluciajazz.org 8 Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction, Bequia. www.bequiasunshineschool.org TBA Tobago Jazz Experience. www.tobagojazzexperience.com 13 – 15 Round Martinique Carnival Regatta. www.theroundmartinique.com TBA St. Barth Film Festival. www.stbarthff.org 13 – 17 25th Semaine Nautique Internationale de Schoelcher, Martinique. TBA Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival. www.carriacoumaroon.com www.cnschoelcher.net/regates/24eme-semaine-nautique 14 – 15 Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta, Antigua. JHYC MAY 15 – 22 Holetown Festival, Barbados. www.holetownfestivalbarbados.org/background.html 1 Public holiday in many places (Labor Day) 16 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Presidents’ Day) 1 – 3 Sail Aruba. www.sailaruba.com 16 – 17 Carnival Monday and Tuesday in most Dutch and French islands, Haiti, Puerto Rico, 2 Dockyard Day, Antigua. www.sailingweek.com Dominica, Carriacou, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela and other places 3 FULL MOON 18 Public holiday in many places (Ash Wednesday) 4 Public holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis (Labour Day) 21 – 22 VIODA Champs, St. Thomas, USVI. STYC 5 Public holiday in Guyana (Indian Arrival Day) 22 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Independence Day) 8 Public holiday in St. Barts (Victory Day) 22 – 24 Cruzan Open Regatta 8 – 10 Anguilla Regatta. www.anguillaregatta.com 23 Start of RORC Caribbean 600 race, Antigua. http://caribbean600.rorc.org 8 – 10 Booby Island Regatta, Nevis. www.boobyislandregatta.com 23 Public holiday in Guyana (Republic Day) 8 – 17 Grenada Chocolate Festival. www.chocolate.truebluebay.com 26 – 28 Cayman Islands Festival of the Arts. www.artscayman.org/cayfest 9 Start of ARC USA rally from Tortola, BVI to Virginia and Florida. www.worldcruising.com TBA Tobago Carnival Regatta 9 Start of ARC Europe rally from Tortola, BVI to Portugal. www.worldcruising.com 13 Combat de Coques Regatta, Ste. Anne, Martinique. CNM MARCH 14 Public holiday in some places (Ascension Day) 2 Public holiday in BVI (Anniversary of HL Stoutt’s birthday) 16 – 17 BVI Dinghy Championships. RBVIYC 3 Public holiday in Anguilla (James Ronald Webster Day) 18 Public holiday in Haiti (Flag Day) and the Cayman Islands (Discovery Day) 3 – 7 Rolex Swan Cup, Virgin Gorda. www.nautorswan.com 22 – 25 Barbuda Caribana. www.antiguanice.com 5 Gill Commodore’s Cup. www.heinekenregatta.com 23 – 25 Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke. www.foxysbar.com/woodenboatregatta 5 FULL MOON 23 - 25 Transcanal Beach Cat Race, Martinique to St. Lucia. 5 Public holiday in Guyana and Suriname (Phagwah) www.clubnautiquedumarin.com 5 – 8 35th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. www.heinekenregatta.com 25 Public holiday in some places (Whit Monday) 6 – 8 Abordo magazine regatta, Samaná, Dominican Republic. http://www.puertobahiasamana.com 26 Public holiday in Guyana (Independence Day) and Belize (Sovereign’s Day celebrated) 8 International Women’s Day 29 – 31 Puerto Rico Heineken Int’l Regatta. www.heinekenregattapr.com 8 – 17 St. Patrick’s Festival, Montserrat. www.visitmontserrat.com/st_patricks_festival 30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day), Anguilla (Anguilla Day), Haiti 9 Public holiday in BVI (Commonwealth Day) and Belize (Baron Bliss Day) (Mothers’ Day), and many other places (Corpus Christi) 11 – 14 Caribbean Superyacht Rendezvous, Virgin Gorda, BVI. TBA St. Barts Salsa Festival, St. Barts Theatre Festival www.loropianasuperyachtregattaandrendezvous.com TBA Martinique Yole Festival, Ste. Anne, Martinique. http://yoles-rondes.net 11 – 15 Triskell Cup Regatta, Guadeloupe. www.triskellcup.com TBA Canouan Regatta 11 – 15 Caribbean Fine Art Fair, Barbados. www.cafafair.com TBA Petite Martinique Regatta 13 – 15 Puerto Bahia Dinghy Regatta. http://www.puertobahiasamana.com TBA Mayreau Regatta 13 – 16 Annual Dark & Stormy Regatta, Anegada, BVI. WEYC 14 Public holiday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (National Heroes’ Day) JUNE 15 Public holiday in St. Barts (Mi-Careme) 2 FULL MOON 17 Public holiday in Montserrat (St. Patrick’s Day); St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Grenada 5 World Environment Day 18 – 22 5th Annual SMILE Boat Show, Marin, Martinique. http://www.otmarin.com 7 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Labour Day) 19 – 22 St. Barths Bucket Regatta. www.bucketregattas.com 15 Public holiday in BVI, Cayman Islands and Anguilla (Sovereign’s Birthday) 20 Vernal Equinox 19 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Labour Day) 20 – 22 Samaná Spring Dinghy Regatta, Dominican Republic. http://www.puertobahiasamana.com 19 – 21 International Optimist Regatta, St. Thomas. STYC 25 – 29 Curaçao International Film Festival. www.curacaoiffr.com 19 – 21 Heineken Regatta Curaçao. www.heinekenregattacuracao.com 26 – 29 Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest. http://prheinekenjazz.com 20 Summer Solstice 27 – 29 St. Thomas International Regatta, USVI. www.stthomasinternationalregatta.com 21 Fête de la Musique, St. Barts. www.stbarth-tourisme.com 28 – 29 Antigua Laser Open, AYC 24 Public holiday in Venezuela (Battle of Carabobo) 30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Spiritual Baptist “Shouter” Liberation Day) 29 Fisherman’s Birthday. Local boat racing in many communities 30 – 5 April BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival, Tortola. www.bvispringregatta.org 30 Public holiday in the BVI (Territory Day) TBA Caribbean Arts & Crafts Festival, Tortola, BVI. [email protected] TBA St. Lucia Dinghy Championships. SLYC C M Y K C A R I B B E A N C MPASS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2015 JULY 26 Public holiday in many places (Boxing Day) 1 FULL MOON 26 – 27 Dominica Christmas Regatta. [email protected] 2 Public holiday in Curaçao (Flag Day) 31 Nelson’s Pursuit Race, Antigua. AYC 5 Public holiday in Venezuela (Independence Day) 31 Public holiday in Montserrat (Festival Day) 6 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (Constitution Day) 31 New Year’s Eve/Old Year’s Night. Fireworks in many places, including Trellis Bay, Tortola; 7 Public holiday in CARICOM countries (CARICOM Day) Admiralty Bay, Bequia; Kralendijk, Bonaire; and Fort-de-France, Martinique. 10 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Independence Day) Public holiday in Montserrat; half-day holiday in Curaçao 12 – 18 Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica. www.reggaesumfest.com 14 Public holiday in French islands (Bastille Day); yole races in Martinique. http://yoles-rondes.net 16 – 1 Aug Tobago Heritage Festival.
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