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C A R I B B E A N On-line C MPASS NOVEMBER 20088 NO.NO. 158 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore A CRUISER'S VIEW OF BEQUIA See story on page 28 WILFRED DEDERER NOVEMBER 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 a NOVEMBER 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 CALENDAR NOVEMBER 1 All Saints’ Day. Public holiday in French West Indies 1 Independence Day. Public holiday in Antigua & Barbuda 1 D Hamilton Jackson Day. Public holiday in USVI 1 - 2 Women’s Caribbean One Design Keelboat Championship, St. Maarten. [email protected] The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore 2 19th West Marine Caribbean 1500 sets sail from Hampton, VA to Tortola. www.carib1500.com www.caribbeancompass.com 3 Independence Day. Public holiday in Dominica 4 Community Service Day. Public holiday in Dominica NOVEMBER 2008 • NUMBER 158 6 - 11 Le Triangle Emeraude rally, Guadeloupe to Dominica. [email protected] 7 - 8 BVI Schools Regatta, Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club (RBVIYC), tel (284) 494-3286, [email protected], www.rbviyc.net 7 – 9 Heineken Regatta Curaçao. www.heinekenregattacuracao.com 7 – 9 BMW Invitational J/24 Regatta, St. Lucia. [email protected] Repo Man 8 Reclaiming a stolen yacht ..... 32 St. Maarten Optimist Open Championship. [email protected] 8 - 10 Triskell Cup Regatta, Guadeloupe. http://triskellcup.com TERI JONES 10 - 15 Golden Rock Regatta, St Maarten to Saba. CONNELLY-LYNN [email protected] 11 Veterans’ Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI 11 Armistice Day. Public holiday in French West Indies and BVI 13 FULL MOON 13 - 21 Heineken Aruba Catamaran Regatta. www.arubaregatta.com 15 Start of Spice Race from England to Grenada. www.spicerace.com 15 - 16 Nanny Cay IC24 Nations Cup, Tortola. RBVIYC Go Cariaco! 19 Discovery Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico Venezuela’s ‘gulf course’ . 18, 23 22 Pusser’s Round Tortola Race. RBVIYC 23 ARC 2008 departs Canary Islands bound for St. Lucia. www.worldcruising.com/arc. Also ARC flotilla in St. Lucia, [email protected] Bimini’s Tops 24 Start of Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup, Canary Islands to St. Maarten. A Bahamian favorite ............. 25 www.yccs.it 27 US Thanksgiving Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI 28 – 29 Coral Bay Thanksgiving Regatta, St. John, USVI. tel (340) 513-4022 28 - 30 Course de L’Alliance Regatta, St. Maarten/St. Barths/Anguilla. Art Afloat www.coursedelalliance.com SALLY ERDLE Cruisers get creative ............. 39 29 – 30 Rodney Bay to Marigot Bay Overnight Rally, St. Lucia. [email protected] 29 – 30 Caribbean Quantum Sails IC24 International Regatta, RBVIYC Tobago Tour Christmas Revisiting ashore .................. 26 Trinidad’s holiday traditions . 43 DECEMBER DEPARTMENTS 1 Independence Day. Public holiday in Barbados 3 Saba Day. Public holiday in Saba Business Briefs .......................9 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............38 4 - 9 47th Antigua Charter Yacht Meeting. www.antiguayachtshow.com 5 - 6 Gustav Wilmerding 18th Annual Memorial Challenge, BVI. Eco-News .............................. 10 Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............38 West End Yacht Club (WEYC), Tortola, BVI, tel (284) 495-1002, Regatta News........................ 14 Book Reviews ........................40 fax (284) 495-4184, [email protected], www.weyc.net Meridian Passage .................32 Cooking with Cruisers ..........44 5 – 7 JHR Caribbean Regatta, Jolly Harbour, Antigua. www.jhycantigua.com/regattas.html Cruising Crossword ............... 36 Readers’ Forum .....................47 5 – 7 Carlos Aguilar Memorial Match Race, St. Thomas. www.styc.net Word Search Puzzle ..............36 What’s On My Mind ..............50 6 St. John Christmas Music Festival, USVI. [email protected] 6 - 9 St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition. www.mybacaribbeanshow.com Island Poets ...........................37 Caribbean Marketplace...... 51 7 Start of J/24 and Big Boats Series, St. Lucia. [email protected] Sailors’ Horoscope ................ 37 Classified Ads ....................... 54 9 – 12 The Superyacht Cup Antigua. www.thesuperyachtcup.com NOVEMBER 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4 12 FULL MOON Cartoons ................................ 37 Advertisers’ Index .................54 13 National Day. Public holiday in St. Lucia. Boat races. 13 - 14 Quantum Sails IC24 International Regatta, BVI 14 St. Lucia Yacht Club ARC Fun Day. [email protected] Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: 19 Separation Day. Public holiday in Anguilla Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Ad Sales & Distribution - Alan Hooper 19 - 21 Tel: (473) 409-9451, [email protected] Carriacou Parang Festival. [email protected] Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 20 Commodore’s Cup Race, BVI. RBVIYC Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410 Guadeloupe: Ad Sales & Distribution [email protected] Stéphane Legendre 21 Winter Solstice www.caribbeancompass.com Mob: + 590 (0) 6 90 49 45 90 21 - 28 Hightide Series, Antigua. Antigua Yacht Club (AYC), [email protected] Editor...........................................Sally Erdle tel/fax (268) 460-1799, [email protected], [email protected] Martinique: Ad Sales & Distribution - Isabelle Prado www.antiguayachtclub.com Tel: (0596) 596 68 69 71, Mob: + 596 (0) 696 93 26 38 Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre [email protected] 21 - 29 Chanukah (sunset to sunset) [email protected] 25 St. Lucia: Distribution - Lisa Kessell Christmas Day. Public holiday in many places Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman Tel: (758) 484-0555, 26 Boxing Day. Public holiday in many places [email protected] [email protected] 31 Nelson’s Pursuit Race, Antigua. AYC Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer St. Maarten/St. Barths: 31 St. Barts New Year’s Eve Regatta [email protected] Distribution - Eric Bendahan Accounting.................................Debra Davis Tel: (599) 553 3850, [email protected] [email protected] St. Thomas/USVI: Distribution - Bryan Lezama Tel: (340) 774 7931, [email protected] All information was correct to the best of our knowledge Compass Agents by Island: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Ad Sales - Debra Davis, at the time this issue of Compass went to press — but plans change, Antigua: Ad Sales & Distribution - Lucy Tulloch Tel: (784) 457-3527, [email protected] so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation. 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Cover photo: Wilfred Dederer, Admiralty Bay, Bequia ISSN 1605 - 1998 Mal Bay now have improved mooring facilities. This comes after the placement on October 8th of permanent anchors that [vessels can] safely tie onto, eliminating the need to drop anchor.” Four moorings were placed in Flamingo Bay and four in Moliniere Bay, while Dragon Bay and Grand Mal Bay each received two. These bays, popular with day charter boats, dive operators and cruising yachts, are locat- ed on Grenada’s leeward coast just north of the capital, St. George’s. Grenada’s famous underwater sculpture park is located at Moliniere Bay. The Barnacle reported: “The Grenada Board of Tourism collaborated with the Info Grenada Ports Authority to place the moorings in their positions. The GBT will also continue to work along with the Ministry of Fisheries in their thrust to extend the pres- ent scope of the Marine Protected Area (MPA), as well as its mandate to monitor & Updates and enforce all laws regarding the protection of the marine environment.” On-Line Yacht Clearance Updates The first phase of an electronic clearance system for yachts traveling in the Caribbean, called eSeaClear, was launched on July 1st with a pilot project in St. Lucia. Yacht skippers can submit