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Carriacou Regatta 2010 C A R I B B E A N FREE C MPASS SEPTEMBER 2010 NO. 180 The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore CARRIACOU REGATTA 2010 See stories on pages 14-17 MARK KILTY SEPTEMBER 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 DEPARTMENTS Info & Updates ......................5 The Caribbean Sky ...............32 Business Briefs .......................8 Compass Fiction ...................33 Caribbean Eco-News........... 10 Cooking with Cruisers ..........35 Regatta News........................ 18 Readers’ Forum .....................36 Meridian Passage .................28 What’s on My Mind..........40, 41 Sailors’ Hikes .........................28 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 Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............32 Advertisers’ Index .................46 SEPTEMBER 2010 • NUMBER 180 Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Ad Sales & Distribution - Karen Maaroufi Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Cell: (473) 457-2151 Office: (473) 444-3222 Cruisers Net… A Unique Cruise Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410 [email protected] Funds for Charity, That Is .... 13 An Eagle-Eye’s View ............. 26 [email protected] Martinique: Ad Sales & Distribution - Isabelle Prado www.caribbeancompass.com Tel: (0596) 596 68 69 71, Mob: + 596 (0) 696 93 26 38 [email protected] Editor...........................................Sally Erdle [email protected] St. Lucia: Ad Sales - Maurice Moffat Tel: (758) 452 0147 Cell: (758) 720 8432. 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Tel: (599) 553 3850, [email protected] The Forgotten Caribbean ...... 20 Compass Agents by Island: St. Thomas/USVI: Distribution - Bryan Lezama Antigua: Ad Sales & Distribution - Lucy Tulloch Tel: (340) 774 7931, [email protected] Tel (268) 720-6868 St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Ad Sales - Debra Davis [email protected] Tel: (784) 457-3527, [email protected] Isla Providencia Barbados: Distribution - Doyle Sails Tortola/BVI: Distribution - Gladys Jones A Welcome Passage Break .... 22 Tel/Fax: (246) 423-4600 Tel: (284) 494-2830, Fax: (284) 494-1584 CORNWELL Curaçao: Distribution - Budget Marine Curaçao Trinidad: Ad Sales & Distribution - Jack Dausend [email protected] Tel: (868) 621-0575, Cell: (868) 620-0978 Tel: (5999) 462 77 33 [email protected] Dominica: Distribution - Hubert J. Winston Venezuela: Ad Sales & Distribution - Patty Tomasik Dominica Marine Center, Tel: (767) 448-2705, Tel: (58-281) 265-3844 Tel/Fax: (58-281) 265-2448 [email protected] [email protected] Caribbean Compass welcomes submissions of short articles, news items, photos and drawings. 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 responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. ©2010 Compass Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, We Love… The Unicorn except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. Pandora’s Island Favorites ....24 St. Lucia’s Film Star ............. 27 ISSN 1605 - 1998 Cover photo: Mark Kilty, Carriacou Regatta Festival 2010 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. “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.” SEPTEMBER 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 degrees north to 22 degrees north, and 55 degrees west to 65 degrees west; and then the five-day forecast for the same area. Following the weather reports, the tidal predictions for Prickly Bay for the day are given. For more information on Island Water World see ad on page 48. Puerto Rico: New Buoy Provides Weather and Water Data Beachgoers, mariners, rescue workers, and response crews in Puerto Rico now have new information available when making decisions such as whether it is safe to Info head out to sea or where to find mariners in distress. NOAA partners within the Caribbean Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System recently deployed a data buoy in 110 feet of water off Escambrón Beach, near San Juan, to provide data on & Updates winds, waves and currents in areas including the port of San Juan and the island’s Atlantic coast. Real-time data provided by this buoy will include wind measurements, air tempera- ture, atmospheric pressure, wave information, near-surface water temperature and Get Weather on Grenada’s Cruiser Net salinity observations, and ocean currents throughout the water column. Since Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Island Water World Grenada, a leading yacht chan- The new buoy, called PR2, was deployed on July 23rd, following the successful dlery in the Windward Islands, has become a trusted source of weather reports deployment and operation of another buoy, PR1, to the southeast of Caja de broadcast on VHF radio channel 68 at 0730 hours, Monday through Friday. Muertos, serving the port of Ponce and the island’s Caribbean coast. It is now oper- ational and the data it collects can be viewed in near-real time online at http:// Jonathan Fisher broadcasting gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/caricoos. to cruisers in Grenada “Easier access to timely and useful water and weather information saves lives, prop- erty, and resources,” said Zdenka Willis, director of NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). “It’s the information that the sailor, state and local agen- cies, or beachgoer needs in order to make safe and informed decisions before heading out on the water or to the beach.” These data buoys are financed by NOAA IOOS, constructed by the University of Maine buoy group, and operated jointly by the University of Maine and researchers from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez campus. IOOS is a federal, regional and private-sector partnership working to enhance our ability to collect, deliver and use ocean information. IOOS delivers the data and information needed to increase understanding of our oceans and coasts, so deci- sion makers can act to improve safety, enhance the economy and protect the environment. For more information visit www.noaa.gov. Eight Bells: Norman Faria Norman Faria passed away unexpectedly on May 25th in Barbados SEPTEMBER 2010 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 5 after a brief illness. Norman has been Caribbean Compass’s Barbados correspondent since shortly after this magazine began publication in 1995. Barbadian born, Norman was a graduate in Political Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. A former mer- chant seaman, he was a keen recreational sailor and member of the Barbados Cruising Club. He also served for the past 16 years as Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Barbados. As Eric Smith wrote in The Nation newspaper of Barbados, “Almost every- thing he undertook he did passionately, whether it was sailing and fishing, journalism, Two weather reports are currently offered on this Grenada Cruiser‘s Net. The first, a or speaking out in defence of the voiceless.” local weather report intended for people staying on the island, contains information In the Compass, Norman wrote thoughtfully and prolifically on subjects ranging taken from the weather station at Maurice Bishop International Airport. For the sec- from sailing, shipping and boatbuilding to coastal development issues, watersports ond report, all the information is taken from the US National Hurricane Centre in safety and Caribbean maritime history. Miami, giving information on Tropical Waves; a synopsis for the area from seven —Continued on next page — Continued from previous page • Active cruisers Glenda and Eddy have updated their blog. Check it out at www. Social justice and appre- sailing-helena.blogspot.com. ciation of Caribbean nau- • Dominica’s Portsmouth Association of Yacht Security now has a facebook page. tical heritage were recur- Helen of Cabrits Dive says, “We want to use it both to build a community of people ring themes. His series of ELLA RYCHLEWSKI
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