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'Tis the Season WHERE TO GO FOR HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES 1 NCE 993 SI DECEMBER 2009 ‘TIS THE SEASON for Charter Yacht Shows VI Sailors Survive SAMOA TSUNAMI THIS MONTH: Carlos Aguilar Match Racing DESTINATION Grenada Santa’s Bringing a WATERMAKER '()** $ %& # !! " !! " & %'( & %'( " ($)*+ " ($)*+ !" !"## $ $ % % . / W , W , 0#% 1 1 #5. ' +% % 2/ % W4 5 # A 6. = % .% 6.% /7 4 %6 6 , (4 4 0W ;B>UC,*D !B>UC,ED T %UT %U 5 4 ,! ;! # # % 4% 4 # :,!;! # :;*<!% 4:);<! 5 /. 1 4 5 . 1 / = % 21 ,$F A a # 6 2& 4 R;E*2 a %/ % .. 6 A 1;*;*5$. 1+1+5$ .1 :,**** = = = / = :>;$!1 = :$<<<! &/ /'5)* 1 1 )*5 ` 5 . / / 4 4 % /. / 4 5 ` 41 5 1 5 4 ,! J1 +'+;! / & 4 6 % J V W @ % / ` :!!<! :KK!** . % + W , ,*- & -. /#0110220(3* W /#01102(4331 &5 /#40620)3)))'8 /#24(2(0)30* Port Louis Marina – another great reason to visit Grenada Grenada remains one of the most unspoilt and welcoming cruising Port Louis is owned and operated by Camper & Nicholsons destinations in the Caribbean. Marinas, and our friendly and knowledgeable staff are on hand Now, with Port Louis, visiting yachts can enjoy the security and 24 hours a day to welcome yachts of all sizes from 20ft to 300ft. convenience of a beautifully appointed, fully serviced marina – For more information about securing a berth at Port Louis, located in the lagoon adjacent to the island’s capital, St George’s. including the opportunity to purchase on a 30-year licence, please Grenada’s southern location allows for year-round cruising, contact our Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator, Danny Donelan on including the summer months, and with an international airport +1 (473) 435 7432 or email [email protected] just five miles away, Port Louis is the ideal base for exploring Port Louis Marina – just one more reason to visit the ‘Spice Island’. the wonderful islands of the Grenadines. As a Port of Entry, it’s easy to clear in and out through Port Louis, and our 24-hour security, dockside facilities and marina-wide wi-fi all contribute to making your stay safe and relaxed. www.cnportlouismarina.com ITALY | MALTA | TURKEY | WEST INDIES Letters LETTER FROM THE EDITOR “December is a magical time of miracles and merriment,” contributor Carol Bareuther Publisher: wrote this month, describing the history-making crossing planned by UK sailor Geoff CHRIS KENNAN Holt. Gifts by companies like Raymarine will make Geoff’s planned December 27 arrival [email protected] on Tortola possible. Read about another holiday gift, a watermaker donated by Echo Marine to a young reader of All at Sea. Don’t miss Cary Byerley’s memories of an endur- Editorial Director: ing Antigua sailors’ tradition—champagne on Christmas morning. And wherever you are CHRIS GOODIER in the Caribbean, give yourself and your loved ones a magical holiday this December! [email protected] —Chris Goodier Creative Director: NICOLE KENNAN [email protected] Art Director: AMY KLINEDINST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] ALL AT SEA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU Graphic Designer: NEVA HURLEY SEND YOUR CORRESPONDENCE BY EMAIL TO [email protected], OR MAIL LETTERS TO: ALL AT SEA, PO BOX 7277, ST. THOMAS, VI 00801 Advertising: International CHRIS KENNAN [email protected] Editor’s note: Heather Underwood raises an excellent point in response to our October 2009 article, “Using Mooring Buoys;” boaters should verify that the buoy they select is available for public use: Caribbean ANDREA BAILEY [email protected] Hello Chris, Accounting, It strikes me that the first Chartering 101 Subscriptions: The captain can go forward to under the lifeline from each side of the hull from the bow to double-check the the cleat, through the pennant hole and back to the USING MOORING BUOYS lines after the mooring is secured thing this article should cleat on same side of the boat. Alan Mallory, Com- modore of the St. Croix Yacht Club, US Virgin Is- BY FRAN AND DEE WELK [email protected] lands and charter captain on the catamaran Kindred Spirit, notes that catamarans should always use port Editor’s note: this is the fi rst in a new series for people considering and starboard lines to the mooring, and “be very say is to make sure that chartering a boat in the Caribbean. Send your suggestions and ques- aware not to significantly extend the length of the tions about chartering to: [email protected]. This month: Worried HOW CAN THAT LITTLE pennant with your bow lines! This increases your about your anchor dragging overnight in unfamiliar waters? One sim- swing radius to a point where you may contact near- ple solution: look for mooring buoys. BALL HOLD MY 50-FOOT by boats. Midnight acquaintances rarely respect you SAILBOAT IN PLACE? in the morning!” you are picking up a public e have been sailing and chartering for over 20 years Keep the engine in neutral for a few minutes and and welcome the sight of an available mooring buoy; Several factors relate to properly functioning mooring watch your surroundings to be sure you are secured, we can anchor if we have to, of course, but prefer systems: boat length, anchor weight, length and diam- just as you would do with anchoring. Remember, W the convenience and assurance that our boat will eter of the chains, length and diameter of the pennant too, that once the boat is secured in some way, stay where we put it and not collide with neighboring boats that are (part you pick up and connect to), and water depth. you have time to tweak the lines. Do not attempt mooring ball, not a private also on buoys. Buoys transmit the strain of the boat’s activity through to hold onto the pennant and be pulled overboard To pick up a buoy, begin by the ball, with the lower part of the mooring system hold- if your boat is not adequately stopped or you can- Owned and Published by “As you come into the shortening the painter on the ing the boat vertically and the pennant holding the boat dinghy and watching it so that it anchorage, note the horizontally. In most instances, the wind is suffi cient so won’t get fouled in the propeller. direction of the bows that all boats on the moorings point into the wind and A few moorings remain open at sunset one! Here in St. Maarten, Send one of your crew to the bow of the other boats since therefore swing in the same general pattern, each within Kennan Holdings, LLC with an extended boat hook. The this is the direction the limited maximum excursion allowed by the system. In helmsman and this person should from which you should effect, there is an invisible circle around each boat with have some pre-determined hand safe spacing no matter which direction the boat is in at approach the ball.” signals about forward, reverse, the time.—F. & D. Welk neutral, and “on the hook.” P.O. Box 7277 there are currently no (Shouting only gives other boaters more entertainment.) As you come into the anchorage, note the direction of the bows of the other boats since this is the direction from which you should pointing at the ball. Agree to a planned side to pick up the ball— approach the ball. Do so under very low speed with the bow person but those on the bow should be ready to adjust quickly as needed. St. Thomas, USVI 00801 Come up to the ball, shifting gears PHOTO BY CHRIS GOODIER public moorings available. slowly through neutral to reverse Boats occupy moorings to stop the boat, and then return while charterers take a morning stroll at Cooper to neutral. Island, BVI Meanwhile, the person on the ARE MOORINGS FREE? phone (443) 321-3797 bow leans over the lifeline and As a private mooring ball grabs the pennant, sliding the Mooring buoys for public use are found in cruising lo- boat hook up the line until it can PHOTO BY DEE WELK be caught in the hand. Pass the cations throughout the Caribbean, installed and main- tained by local authorities or private entities to make pennant line under the lifeline. If not safely secure it. Just “Keep the engine in fax (340) 715-2827 money, protect vulnerable reefs and encourage tourism there is a permanent loop, secure try again! by boaters. Check to be sure overnight mooring is al- neutral for a few minutes owner I am incensed when it over the cleat and you’re done. If To drop the buoy when you are lowed—some are for day use only. Though some places and watch your sur- the end of the pennant has a hard leaving, shorten the dinghy paint- have a few free moorings, per-night fees usually range roundings to be sure you plastic loop (less chafi ng), you need er and don’t foul it, as you will be from US$10 to $25—less expensive than a marina, but to be prepared with a bow line that initially going in reverse. Point are secured, just as you more than a (free) anchorage. A fee collector may come has been secured on one cleat so the boat into the wind and drift would do with anchor- to your boat or you may pay ashore – if in doubt, ask we return to the anchor- that the bitter end can be passed back, using the engine in reverse ing. Remember ... that other boaters in the mooring fi eld what to expect. And through the plastic eye, around the only as needed to travel away watch out for unauthorized “entrepreneurs” who may at- once that boat is secured bow of the boat, under the lifeline, from the ball.
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