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I really enjoyed Fatty Goodlander’s article, “On Ports and Passages.” My five years out took me from Australia to South East Asia, across the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Chagos) and back to Thailand, then from Malaysia across the Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Chagos, Seychelles, It’s a question of trust. Dar, Zanzibar, Madagascar,) port-by- port around South Africa to Brazil, then (believe it or not, on a different What do owners of over 8,000 yachts, motorboats, yacht) from Malaysia to Norway via superyachts, raceboats, powerboats and international the Red Sea and the Med and finally sailing teams have in common? the North Sea. ,!!(&)'(( +$&!'! # %&$* &$ !$! I wrote articles for a newspa- "& #!$ '( ''&* '($"# ( ' %"#($ per at the time. I spent two long ( && (($ %$&(' # $)#(& '&$)#( periods in Chagos. After the first of them, which I remember as a time- +$&!!'(,& standing-still paradise, I sat down to The facts speak for themselves. write about it and what I had done !$! there…and found I couldn’t. "& # What did I do? Well…I read some books, I did some fishing, I !$ '( ' $& )&( & # $&"( $##( !'$ $)&+$&!+ $- picked some coconuts—but how #(+$& %!'* ' (petersandmay.com $&$#(($)& do you fill newspaper pages with ' %% # $#')!(#(' that? And yes, it’s ten years ago Antigua: since I was there the last time, so I Auckland: guess I’ll sail in there one day now Chicago: and say, “You should have been Dubai: here in the nineties…” Southampton: Palma: Thanks for a good story! La Ciotat: Bjorn Endresen Newport, R.I.: Sydney: Editor’s note: To read Fatty’s South Africa: articles including this one from %(&'#",$" Valencia: September 2006, go to our web site www.allatsea.net
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Source: Tests conducted by Mercury Marine – June 2007. Test conducted on a 23’ fiberglass fishing boat using a Mercury Verado 300 hp FourStroke and a Suzuki DF300 four-stroke. © 2008 MERCURY MARINE. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Suzuki is a registered trademark of Suzuki Motor Corporation. All other trademarks belong to the Brunswick Corporation. (Caribbean News continued from page 18) Easier Customs Clearance Spice Race Postponed by one Year Envisioned with eSeaClear.com In early October, the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and “Spice Race” promoter Currently being introduced as a pilot program in St. Lucia and the British Tony Lawson postponed the start of the 4321 mile race from the Solent to St Virgin Islands, and scheduled to be launched soon elsewhere, the voluntary Georges, Grenada, until November 2009. “Whereas we had enough boats for eSeaClear system means that boaters should soon be able to submit data an inaugural race we did not think there were sufficient entries to support the via computer for Customs Clearance for entry and departure. The project is associated social, educational and charity programmes we had wanted for being developed through a partnership of the Caribbean Marine Association here and Grenada .It is a disappointment but our efforts to date have given us a great deal of information and we will build on this for next year,” said CARIBBEAN NEWS and the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council. Yacht captains must still report to customs on arrival, but the goal is to make the process faster. Lawson. www.spicerace.com
Island Global Yachting Opens Barcelona Office Port Antonio added to In September, luxury marina developers and operators IGY announced April Transcaraibes Rally the opening of a European headquarters in Spain. The office will oversee Port Antonio and Errol Flynn Marina have been operations and acquisition/development opportunities in the Mediterranean added to the itinerary for the 10th Annual for the company, initially focusing on Croatia, Greece and Turkey. The Transcaraibes Rally for a three to four-day visit company’s Caribbean marina locations include St. Maarten, St. Lucia, the in late April, 2009. An estimated 15-20 yachts British Virgin Islands, and St. Thomas. www.igymarinas.com. from the French Departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint Martin are expected to participate, according to Stephane Legendre, Nanny Cay Village Completes Phase One rally organizer. The rally will also include stops in On Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the Nanny Cay Resort and Marina has the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. completed eight waterfront townhouses, the first phase of its new waterside < Welcome Back: 8th Annual North American Rally to the Caribbean “This will be our 8th annual N.A.R.C. Rally departing from Newport October 27th or best weather window afterwards,” advises organizer Hank Schmitt. After departing Rhode Island, about 20 boats sail 1500 miles to Bermuda, a trip of four to six days, then onward to the Caribbean, arriving by November 15 in St. Maarten. Cost of joining the rally is $599 per boat, which includes two crew, plus $100 each for extra crew. “The Rally is open to any seaworthy boats of any size,” Schmitt’s web site advises. “We work with the assumption that anyone planning to go offshore to the Caribbean ALASTAIR ABREHART ALASTAIR in the fall understands how to get his or her boats ready and will be prepared before Holmbergs Defend Nanny Cay departure.” www.sailopo.com, or email [email protected] Nations Cup Title This Month The 4th Nanny Cay Nations Cup takes place the weekend of November 15 & Marina facilities at Simpson 16 in the British Virgin Islands. Last year’s winners, the USVI team of Peter and Bay will serve vessels John Holmberg, will return to defend their 2007 title. In a hard-fought last arriving from Newport race, the Holmbergs snatched the crown from the BVI Hirst brothers who had held the title since the event’s inception in 2005. The event uses a Tortola- based fleet of IC24s in a round-robin format. www.nannycay.com. Maritime School of the West Indies Moves St Maarten’s MSWI announced in September a move to a new location in Simpson Bay, Airport Road 12 above McDonald’s close to the Simpson Bay Bridge. The school started the new season with the first STCW’95 course on October13th. www.MSWI.org PHOTO COURTESY OF SIMPSON BAY SIMPSON OF COURTESY PHOTO (Caribbean News continued on page 22) 20 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 ANGUILLA, BWI Yacht Haven Grande Opening 2009 ST. LUCIA, WI Rodney Bay Marina ST. MAARTEN, NA Portofino Marina Simpson Bay Marina The Yacht Club at Isle de Sol ST. THOMAS, USVI American Yacht Harbor Yacht Haven Grande TORTOLA, BVI Village Cay Marina TURKS & CAICOS, BWI Turks & Caicos Yacht Club VIRGIN GORDA, BVI Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE AMERICAS CABO SAN LUCAS, MX Marina Cabo San Lucas MONTAUK, NY Montauk Yacht Club COMING SOON THE BAHAMAS | COSTA RICA | RUSSIA FLORIDA | PUERTO RICO | RHODE ISLAND | TURKEY (Caribbean News continued from page 20) (Letters to the Editor continued from page 10) SAVE THE DATES LETTERS NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10: GUADELOUPE’S 8TH TRISKELL CUP TO THE EDITOR Jean Michel Marziou of Association Le Triskell looks back on the first ALL AT SEA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. edition in 2001, when he was proudly counting 31 boats, half of them Send your correspondence by email to [email protected], or mail letters to: bareboats. “Today such bareboats are only 10% of the regatta fleet of All At Sea, PO Box 7277, St. Thomas, VI 00801 CARIBBEAN NEWS almost 60 boats, meaning that private owners are more and more motivated,” Marziou said. He reports that the local government, “Région Guadeloupe” just introduced new political investment in the sailing Hi Chris, environment, to provide support for the organization of nautical actions I was reading your last issue of All at Sea and I want to let you know that I and events in the area. www.triskellcup.com qualified Puerto Rico for the Paralimpics in China in the Sailing Single Person Boat. It’s a 2.4 meter and your magazine wrote an article last year. So there is NOVEMBER 8 – 14: GOLDEN ROCK REGATTA. Nustar/Statia Terminal, the main employer on Statia, joins the 4th Golden more then one sailor from the Caribbean going to China. Great magazine— keep up the good work. Rock Regatta as a sponsor. Also new this year, race officer, judge and sailor Alfred Koolen replaces Ian Thring, who cannot accompany the regatta this year due to business abroad. Entries were up 30% as of late September, with Sincerely yours, teams expected from the Netherlands to compete on bareboats and Sunfast Julio Papote Reguero 37s. Pam Morris and her team from the US, the runner up from last year, again are taking part, as are Canadian teams. www.goldenrockregatta.com Editor’s note: After receiving this news by email, we immediately dispatched our Olympic correspondent, Lynn Fitzgerald, to check in with Julio. Read about his experiences in Beijing this month on page 41. PASSAGES Dale Westin at the Errol Flynn Marina sent the following sad news to All and crew whom she assisted with visa and passport matters through the at Sea: “Julie Ryder, who for many years was the honorary USA consulate years and was active in various civic matters and cultural endeavors. She is in Antigua and longtime English Harbour resident, died in Miami Sunday, survived by her husband, Sven.” August 31, following a battle with cancer. 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The club Fajardo, Puerto Rico planned this fall to offer IC24 keelboat Learn to Sail sessions on Sundays out This summer saw the club sponsor of Nanny Cay, private and group lessons in dinghy sailing, and power boating. the 3rd edition of its Around For early October, Captain of Sailing Guy Eldridge and club members planned Culebra race with the participation two days of IC24 match racing for the Pete Sheals Trophy. of 19 local boats, divided into four Also this fall, the club’s top youth sailor, Alec Anderson, was invited to give classes. Winners were Nemesis (Jib members a presentation on his summer activities, which including a visit to & Main), Urayo (J24), Ex Mero Motu Beijing as part of the Olympic Youth Camp, sponsored by the BVI Olympic Club Nautico’s Around Culebra Race (J80) and Lazy Dog (Racing.) Committee, the Volvo ISAF Youth Worlds in Denmark and two trips to San The CNF has committed to Francisco for a 420 Regatta and a Laser Radial Regatta. the development environment alongside Organizacion Legado Ambiental (OLA), a recycling program involving elementary school children of Culebra. The club’s next activity is the Bob Fisher Cup November 14-15-16. www.clubnauticofajarco.com Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association The association’s first Off-Season race was held Sunday, September 7 under trying weather conditions. Winners were: In first place – No Name vessel – Stephen Bush and crew; second place was Jahaji Bhai – James Arrindell and crew; and in third place Generation – John Holland and crew. Prizes were handed out by Philip Williams of the Trinovative Advertising Group who distributed FW1 products and other prizes. The St. Croix Yacht Club will offer a St. Croix High School Sailing Program St Maarten’s Laser Relay Race Yacht Club, USVI The St Croix Yacht Club Board of Directors St. Maarten Yacht Club Unusual Opt Sailing! The club had three Family Fun Days voted unanimously to during the quiet season in August, implement a High School September and October. “There is Sailing Program to expand absolutely NO structured racing! on existing programs They are really happy, healthy, such as Little Mariners and lots-of-laughter days,” says Sailing, Learn to Sail Classes, Summer Sailing Camp, and One Design Racing. Administrator Petra Guilders. “It is The club will provide a facility, boats and training equipment and US Sailing all about goofy family fun where Certified instruction and coaching to enable public and private schools to parents and kids play together on/ create sailing teams. Sailors will learn and compete interscholastically on St in the water, on any craft we have Croix, with opportunities to participate in, regattas, clinics, and other events available.” Events include a Laser at the local, inter-island, National and International levels. Relay Race and a Boat Tipping Commodore Vicki Bandola said, “We are excited to be able to support the Competition (a favorite). “Although sport of sailing by supporting high school sailing programs with access to our we are a serious Yacht Club, we Club resources. Sailing is a historical and cultural foundation in the Caribbean, have a fun side as well!” Petra says. and by bringing that skill and sport to our children, we will increase their awareness and understanding of our island environment.” St. Thomas Yacht Club, USVI The club was planning a Columbus Day Regatta October 11 and 12, open to all one-designs including Optimist, Laser (3 rigs) and 420’s. “We are holding an annual memorial match race to honor Carlos Aguilar in the Charlotte Amalie harbor to be sailed in IC 24 Dec 4 – 7,” reported Manager Bill Canfield. The club has 14 male and female teams entered, including Anna Tunnicliffe (recent Olympic Gold Medal winner), Liz Baylis Ranked top 5 in the World and some of the best male skippers in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, the club has opened online registration for its International Rolex Regatta and posted its Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions in an easy- print format on its website, www.rolexcupregatta.com. “Simple is how we’re SMYC’s Boat making it,” said event Co-Chair John Sweeney about the regatta, which, in its Tipping Competition 36th running, is scheduled for Friday, March 27 through Sunday, March 29. 24 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 25 Please send future events for our calendar to [email protected] This month and next month’s events are currently published here. Your specific EVENTCALENDAR area may or may not be shown based on identified activities for these months. 11/8-9 ANTIGUA North Sound and Back Race GUADELOUPE ST. 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At the awards dinner on Monday SUNFLOWER’S WEEKEND Even so, fishing is still “Lines went in at 6:30 a.m. and we headed for a male-dominated sport. C-buoy about 18 miles north of St. Croix,” Fennessy According to the U.S. Fish & says of the first day, or “Guys” day, of fishing. “We Wildlife Service, 75 percent kept trolling and trolling. Nothing. We started of the 30 million anglers getting a bit sleepy and inattentive. Then, it was who fished in the U.S. in just after 11 a.m. when I saw tuna birds 300 yards 2006 were men compared to the left. I ran right over the spot where they to 25 percent for women. were and Paul Anderson hooked up a 47-pound Men and women get bull dolphin. It put up a good fight. Then, we went a little more equal billing back around and caught its mate.” on the global scale. The After this, Fennessy steered his boat over International Game Fishing towards the Lange Bank. “We took a few passes Association recognizes on the east side of the bank and had a good hit both women’s and men’s by a 60-pound wahoo that got off. Minutes later ANDUZE ALDA records. Rolando Maissonet caught a 27-pound wahoo.” Today, there are many This gave Fennessy’s Sunflower a total of 100.1 24 millimeters, or less than an inch. Two Fer Sure famous lady anglers who come to the Caribbean pounds for first place on the Guys day. Leisure Lady took third prize with 46.3 pounds of fish caught each year to fish. These include Kerri Burrus, finished second with 83.4 pounds and Two Fer Sure by its Gal anglers. better known as the Billfish Girl; Tami Noel, third with 46.3 pounds. A combined Guy/Gal two-day total of 157 whose husband Dave captains Double Trouble; The following day, the Gals day, Fennessy’s pounds earned Sunflower the Top Boat prize for and Jennifer Bacardi who angles with husband Sunflower had a surprise turn of events. Once the tournament. Luis aboard the Rum Bum. There are notable again in the vicinity of C-buoy, angler Trish Rhodes In the end, the Guys reeled in 283.6 pounds Caribbean billfisherwomen as well, such as hooked up, but it wasn’t a fish that was going to of fish to the Gals 183.2 pounds to give the Guys St. Thomas’ Andrea Courteau, who won the USVI earn her team official points for this tournament. this year’s win. Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) “Trish released a blue marlin,” says Fennessy. in 1992 and María Perez, who just earned Top “The marlin did count toward our point total in MORE LADIES NOW FISHING Female Angler in the San Juan International our annual billfish series, and it actually gave us the The Gals have triumphed five times in the nine- Billfish Tournament. lead in that series by 50 points over Oh Suzanna.” year history of the Golden Hook Fishing Club’s Debbie Austin, a Florida-based lady angler Later in the day, Sunflower anglers, Peggy Guy/Gal Challenge to the Guys’ four times, so the who fished this year’s ABMT aboard Freebie, Noel and Joan Kupfer each reeled in a wahoo— ladies are still in the lead. sums it up best. “Guys like having women on together, the fish weighed 56.9 pounds. Nationally and internationally, more women board because we listen. Guys don’t listen. Guys Ironically, Stress Buster’s Gal anglers also reeled are fishing. “As many women went fishing in think they know it all and they’re set in their in two wahoo weighing an identical 56.9 pounds. 2006 as went running or jogging,” says Mary ways. When girls listen, it builds the guys up. And, The length of the fish gave Stress Buster the Best Jane Williamson, communications director for the it makes the guys look really good when we win Boat prize for the Gals day over Sunflower by only American Sportsfishing Association. a tournament.” 30 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 << Left to right: Dean “Rasta” Dunham, Ryan Mertens, Sam Jennings, Capt. Mike Lemon FISHING Jennings Releases 1000TH BLUE MARLIN BY CAROL M. BAREUTHER, RD WELL-WISHERS GATHERED ALONG THE DOCKS inland lakes and streams. He attended law school Pushing the envelope, Revenge has found at St. Thomas’ American Yacht Harbor marina as the in Miami and traded over to salt water fishing, fishing good from as early as the April moon 58-foot Revenge backed into its slip on September eventually buying his first sports fishing boat in until as late as October – “effectively six to seven 9. Aboard, 81-year-old owner/angler Milton ‘Sam’ 1978 and setting his sights on marlin. It wasn’t moons, or six or more months out of the year Jennings had just spent his day catching and until 1993, after meeting Lemon during a charter there can be some spectacular marlin fishing from releasing his 1000th blue marlin…and releasing aboard the late Win Rockefeller’s Alchemist, that St. Thomas,” Lemon says. an additional two later in the afternoon for Jennings signed Lemon aboard his new vessel – All of Jennings’ 1000 blue marlin catches were good measure. Revenge Yachts’ hull number one – and started released and almost all were caught in Virgin “We knew when we started the day that there keeping tally. Islands’ waters. was a real good chance of catching that 1000th Lemon explains, “Sam and I sat down, looked at This number’s feat, says Lemon, “shows Sam’s fish, but we didn’t zone in on it to the exclusion of the calendar, and planned the fishing days. That’s true commitment, dedication and enthusiasm for anything else,” says Revenge Capt. Mike Lemon. when I realized I had an opportunity to catch more the sport of fishing. He’s certainly endured his share That 1000th fish was what Lemon calls, “just an fish than I ever had before.” of bad days as well as great ones. He understands ordinary catch. It was small, about 150-pounder, The key to success, Lemon adds, “is pinpointing how the fishing can change year to year, month Sam caught by pitch-baiting and released in the best time to fish. Five days before the moon to month, day to day, and he’s handled it well and about 15 minutes.” and three days after gets about 60 percent of the excelled over the past 15 summers.” Jennings, who hails from Juno Beach, Florida, best fishing days. Of course weather will affect Congratulations to Sam Jennings from all of us started angling as a boy on his home state’s this too.” at All at Sea! PHOTO COURTESY OF JIMMY LOVELAND/ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT MARLIN BLUE LOVELAND/ATLANTIC JIMMY OF COURTESY PHOTO TWO THOU WINS ST. LUCIA’S 18TH INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT IN MARIGOT BAY The Marina at Marigot Bay and the five-star Discovery Hotel welcomed Dervin Miguel from >> anglers from all over the Caribbean for the 18th St. Lucia International Billfish Sailfish of Martinique holds a 25.5 lb dolphin Tournament from September 11-14th. Fishing vessels hailed from Trinidad, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Jamaica and St. Lucia. Whilst there was no record breaking catch to rival the current record of 707lbs, there was much excitement created after Antiguan fishing vessel Rum N Coke reportedly spent six hours struggling to try to land an 800lb blue marlin on the final day of the tournament. BELOW: On Saturday the 13th, Two Thou, the winning fishing vessel from At the prizegiving ceremony, office manager of the Marina, Martinique, hooked a 700lb big blue on the Lay Day. All this serves as proof Isler Wellington, presents the that St. Lucia’s waters are a fishing “hotspot” that lies in the migratory path of trophy to Best Overall Boat and the blue marlin. Winner of the tournament: Two Thou (Captain Marc Mougee) A Bikini fashion show and Lay Day festivities on the Marigot Bay La Bas from Martinique peninsula added to the fun and excitement for the anglers. Two Thou, captained by Marc Maugee of Martinique, emerged as the Best Overall boat of the tournament with a total of 1,050 points for the most released blue marlin and won the grand prize of $5000 and entry to the IGFA Offshore World Championship. This guarantees them to be the boat to beat in the 2009 tournament. With plans already underway for 2009, organizers are expecting a record- breaking tournament with bigger and better prizes. For highlights of the 2008 tournament and information on upcoming events visit our website at www.stluciabillfish.com or www.marigotbay.com. PHOTOS BY REFLECTIONS, ST. LUCIA REFLECTIONS, ST. BY PHOTOS Report submitted by the Marina at Marigot Bay NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 31 TIPS & TRICKS DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING – PART TWO BY DAVE COOPER aving discussed the emergency functions of DSC in October’s All At t Their VHF switches automatically to Sea, I would like to expand on that this month. Let’s start with DSC the channel you requested and you H selective calling and polling. Recall that an MMSI # is no more than a can begin communicating when boat’s “telephone number,” unique worldwide as discussed in part one. they answer. A group call is made similarly except that you As the requirement for ships to monitor VHF ❏ All Ships: calls all ships within create a “group” before the call is made. It then channel 16 fades into the sunset, the DSC feature range with a DSC radio rings on each boat within the group and their will accelerate the list of items for boaters to be VHFs switch to the channel you have selected. familiar with. If you want to call someone using t For an individual call this will An “All Ships” call will ring on all DSC-equipped DSC the general procedure is: either bring up a list of names or VHFs within range. It sets the receiving radio to Ch 16 MMSIs that you have already put into to allow communication of your reason for calling - i.e. t Select the channel on which you the VHF memory or will allow you this is basically just one step below a “Distress Call.” wish to converse. to input the MMSI number of the All of these are distinct and in addition to vessel to call. using the Emergency DSC features we discussed t Then select the DSC feature from in part one. the menu list that you wish to use; t Select or input the name/MMSI # Making VHF calls this way removes one more individual, group or all ships piece of “clutter” from the normal hailing channel, t Press the call key and the VHF then a boon to fellow boaters. In fact, if all VHF calls ❏ Individual: is for just one places a silent call on VHF Ch 70 were made this way, Channel 16 would become Name/MMSI number to the vessel/vessels you specified truly an uncluttered distress/emergency channel. It takes a readjustment in your thinking to do ❏ Group: calls a pre-selected group t This call is received with a series of this, but once the MMSI numbers of your friends’ of names/numbers, i.e. a fishing fleet, tones on the called vessel – i.e. their boats are input, it takes far less time than hailing charter fleet or buddy boats VHF “rings on 16 and then moving to another channel. The 32 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 ring tone is also hard to miss, where a call may be missing while we are towing it or perhaps just bands. This allows more vessels to be aware of any missed over the noise of engine, wind or stereo. finding it “missing” one day. emergency condition that may occur. Another feature is the ability to “poll” (the ability A few of the latest handheld VHFs have DSC As ships are no longer required to maintain a to ask another DSC VHF to send you its position features with built-in GPS which can be a good watch on VHF CH 16, how can we call them without coordinates) another vessel’s location. It requires way of keeping track or locating someone – useful their MMSI number? This will be explained in part no action on the polled vessel other than the VHF if someone is overdue or perhaps you are worried three of this series when we discuss Automatic being on, a GPS input and polling enabled. This about them for another reason. Identification System, aka AIS. can be used as a means of keeping track of another DSC is also a feature on the GMDSS equipment vessel’s location or to locate them and is very useful that ships are required to have operational now. if the VHF is unattended due to an emergency They are no longer required to maintain a watch Dave Cooper spent over 20 years designing & marketing condition. Search responders have up-to-date on SSB 2182, nor are the USCG though both may computers, in the U.S. and Japan. He sailed to the knowledge of your location without needing your for sometime. To my knowledge the ICOM 802 Caribbean in the mid 70s where he ran seasonal private attention. We find it is useful on our tender as is the only recreational SSB at present that has charters throughout the islands for a decade, then worked in the yachting industry in the BVI until 2006. He whenever the VHF is on, we can poll it from Swan this feature. 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Vermiculite is used in gardening to lighten the weight of the growing medium and also to absorb water. 1 Figure 1 The floors before starting Figure 2 Removing floors Figure 3 Rotten floors Figure 4 Floors removed 5Figure 5 Foam in place Figure 6a Glass covering Figure 6b Glass covering Figure 7 Building new floors8 Figure 8 Floors painted A boat-building material that absorbs water? and the gunk in the bilge. This job took several The entire removal process took about two hours. It sounds as if somebody really screwed up! hours of chipping with a long-handle, cold chisel. Figure 3. Rotten floors. At the stage shown Virtually every J/24 that had vermiculite has had it Eventually the entire bilge was clean and the here, rotten floors litter the cabin sole because the removed by now, and this boat was no exception. floors were ground flush. wood fell apart during removal. But in this case, the job had been done by a true Figure 1. The floors in the J/24 before we Figure 4. The floors have now been completely amateur. It looked as if the sump well had been started work. As you can see, they are quite rotten removed. You can see how the fiberglass simply filled with Bondo or a similar water-absorbent, and were easy to strip out. In places the entire peeled up from the hull. We ground the area back non-closed cell foam. Edges were left rough, and fiberglass laminate simply pulled off the hull. to provide a good clean surface for new material. the plywood used for new floors was not marine Figure 2. Removing the floors was quite easy. This took about an hour. grade. In fact, it had almost rotted away. Smacking them with a hammer destroyed most of the Figure 5. Foam in place. The bilge area in the So our first job was to remove the rotted wood wood, so it was just a matter of pulling the pieces out. J/24 was refilled with high-density foam. Sizing, 34 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 cutting and dry-fitting the foam took most of a bearers. The sole was screwed to the old fiberglass Roger Marshall’s award-winning technical writing about day. Then we numbered each piece, removed liner around the edges. Measuring and cutting boats has appeared worldwide from the New York Times it, and made sure that everything was clean by the sole took several hours. We coated it with to Sports Illustrated. Marshall is abetted in his technical writing by his sons who buy boats in really poor shape wiping it down with a solvent. We used Epiglas Ultimate Sole, a high-gloss, varnish-style finish without telling dad and leaving them in the driveway epoxy thickened to a peanut-butter-like paste and with low skid properties (www.ultimatesole.com). until they are fixed. Marshall chronicles much of the smeared it around the bottom and edges of each This product looks just like varnish but is much rebuilding efforts in his newest book (his 15th) called foam piece. The process was rather like laying less slippery when wet. “Fiberglass Repair Illustrated.” bricks. Any voids were filled from the top with a runny solution of epoxy. The entire structure was then left to set up. To prevent the floors from rotting again, we decided to use a marine-grade high density foam March 30 – April 5 for the filler and floor material. On the J/24 the stainless steel keel bolts stick up into the sump Sailors Wanted area. They could have been removed from the keel, shortened, and rethreaded, but this seemed like a time-consuming, expensive job. So we opted instead to fill the bilge sump with 1-inch foam bedded in a resin mix. The foam pieces were carefully cut to fit the bilge sump. We put compression tubing around each keel bolt to ensure that it could not pull through the foam. One well was left for a real bilge sump, while another well was left for the keel lifting strap. New keel bolt washers were then made to suit the new floor arrangement. This work took about four to six hours. Figure 6. Glass Covering. To prevent any moisture ingress into voids that might remain in the foam, we glassed over the top of the bilge, leaving a recess for the lifting strap and a sump for any water that might get inside the hull. In photo (a) the glass has just been cut and is about to be epoxied in place. In (b), despite the sun shining directly through the companionway, you can see that the bilge and keel area have now been glassed over. Figure 7. The next job was to build new floors to suit the new bilge sump. These floors were cut from high-density foam and covered with fiberglass before they were set into the hull. We remembered to cut limber holes in each piece before installing it. At the stage shown here, the floors have been World Renown Racing tabbed to the hull. Fitting the floors in place took most of a day. Each one was taped in place, then Three Race Areas BVI covered with two precut layers of 6-ounce woven One Design Racing pring roving. The entire job of floor cutting, trimming, and S glassing took almost two days to complete. After Spin/Non-Spin Classes egatta 2009 R the job had set up hard, we spent another two Windward-Leeward and & sailing festival hours or so “touching up” with a grinder to remove sharp edges before painting out the area. Round Island Courses Figure 8. The floors are glassed in place and CSA and IRC scoring the entire area is painted out with Interlux Epoxy Primekote. The photo shows the keel bolts that Cruise or Race with 17 Classes were specially made to fit into the lifting sling well. Having a flange on the keel bolt washer is intended protect the glasswork in the lifting For more information on sailing in the beautiful British Virgin Islands sling area. www.bvispringregatta.org | [email protected] The final job was to cut a teak and holly sole 284-494-3286 or 284-496-6732 from plywood and place it on the new floor NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 35 CARIBBEAN RACING CIRCUIT REGATTAS BEHIND THE SCENES: HENRY MENIN, ISAF JUDGE AND UMPIRE BY CAROL M. BAREUTHER, RD Menin (left, in red shirt) and Henry Menin at the 2008 his fellow judges weigh a Rolex Press Party in March protest during the 2006 St. on St. Thomas Croix Optimist Regatta enry Menin has long been a force on the Caribbean racing scene. At first, this St. Thomas-based sailor campaigned his J/29, HMagnum VI, in many of the major spring regattas, winning the International Rolex Regatta in 1989. Today, Menin still loves being on the water—both in the Caribbean and around the world—but it is on an umpire boat rather than racing yacht. He’s risen to the level of the BARNES DEAN BY PHOTOS America’s Cup and says there are opportunities for other Caribbean sailors that would take me to New Zealand and away from St. Thomas for two years. to pursue the officiating side of sailing. At that point, I sold my interest in my sailboat and basically stopped racing for those two years.” A SAILOR FIRST Since 2003, Menin has concentrated more on officiating, particularly It was prior to moving to St. Thomas in 1980 that Menin got his feet wet umpiring in match racing, although he is also an ISAF (International Sailing in the management side of sailing. “I started doing some officiating when I Federation) judge. was coaching a small college sailing team in Philadelphia,” he says. “But my real immersion into officiating started in St. Thomas. John Nichols, a legend JUDGES & UMPIRES among race officials in the USA who had retired to St. Thomas, encouraged WHAT IS A SAILING JUDGE? me and invited me to do some officiating locally. Then he started taking Menin says, “A sailing judge is a person who knows the Racing Rules of me to international events around the Caribbean and on the US mainland. Sailing, has racing experience and has the appropriate temperament for However, while doing that, I continued racing very actively in the Caribbean, making logical and reasoned decisions in an unbiased manner.” so one activity did not exclude the other.” “Sailing judges generally sit on a panel with other judges and, after the Menin’s role changed with the America’s Cup. “I had umpired and served racing is finished for the day, they listen to the Protest of boats that feel they on the America’s cup Jury in 1999/2000. As a result of that experience, I was have been fouled during the day’s racing,” he says. “The protest hearings are invited by John Cutler to join the Oracle BMW AC challenge in 2001 as their mini-trials, where the parties and their witnesses testify before the judges, rules advisor/coach and as their in house umpire. That was a commitment after which the judges render a written decision.” In some cases, mostly in the dinghy classes, judges go out on the water during racing and assess penalties for violations of rule 42 or kinetics, such as illegal pumping, sculling, ooching and rocking. Menin, for example, officiated on-the-water at the Optimist World Championships in Cesme, Turkey, this summer, and headed up an International Jury of ten. WHAT IS AN UMPIRE? An ISAF umpire (called an International Umpire or IU) serves and officiates at match racing events. Menin explains, “In a match race, only two boats compete in each race or match. The races are fairly short; just 15 or 20 minutes each. But there are many such races each day during a match-racing regatta…as many as fifty-five races. If they do a double round robin, which often happens, there would be about 100 races.” In each match, Menin continues, “there is an umpire boat with two umpires aboard following the two competing sailboats. Each umpire takes 36 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 one of the sailboats and acts as if he is the skipper of that boat. He talks constantly with his fellow umpire about whether he is the right of way boat or if he must keep clear, what his rights are and what his responsibilities are (must give room, must tack to keep clear, etc.), whether he is fulfilling his responsibilities…and discussing what his next likely moves will be. “If one of the boats feels it has been fouled, it displays a “Y” flag (orange and yellow diagonal stripes) and then the umpires must agree on whether a foul was committed. The umpires will usually know the answer even before the “Y” flag is displayed because they have been keeping close tabs on the action all around the course. The decision is usually given within a few seconds after the incident and is communicated by the display of a penalty flag or a green and white flag, the latter indicating no foul,” he says. There is no time for the umpires to consult a rulebook or to go into a long or intensive discussion of the applicable rules. Therefore, they must be very well-versed and knowledgeable of the racing rules and of the tactics and strategies of match racing so that they can anticipate the next moves of the competitors and be in the right position to clearly see the incidents. So, to sum up the differences, a judge generally sits on protest hearings after the racing is finished for the day. An umpire acts on the water and makes instantaneous decisions during a match race—and generally has no hearings at all. Menin says, “I got into judging before umpiring was started. Umpiring began in 1988 at the Congressional Cup in California. I like both activities, but I prefer umpiring because you are part of the game and are involved in the action, up close and personal, during the race.” Another point Menin enjoys about umpiring, he says, is that is offers an excellent opportunity for interaction among competitors and umpires. “It’s very educational for both. We discuss rules and their applications, as well as tactics and strategy, which help both umpires and competitors to better understand each other and how the game is being played.” Judging and umpiring has taken Menin and his wife Fredelle literally around the world. “It enables you to see some wonderful places and to meet some wonderful and interesting people. It definitely broadens your horizons and gives you a different perspective of the world and how the world sees us.” On the horizon in umpiring, Menin foresees a greater and greater emphasis being put on umpire education, particularly with respect to the tactics and strategy used by competitors in match racing. “This emphasis is continuing even with umpires who have already been appointed as IUs and it is important to have this continuing education to keep up with developments in the sport since match race skippers are constantly developing new tactics and strategies.” He adds, “I also see an effort to get more match racing competitors involved in umpiring. People who have competed as match racers make better umpires.” JUST DO IT! If you have any interest in judging, Menin says, “let your local club and/or race organizers know that you are interested. It does not matter if you have not judged before. Organizers are always interested in finding new judges and giving them judging experience. You will be working with other judges, so you won’t (or shouldn’t) be left to work alone. “You can start with your local club races and work your way up. There are major Caribbean regattas that are anxious to bring new judges into the fold and to give them experience. Just let people know you are interested. As with Race committee work, local clubs should require competitors to serve on the Race committee or on the Protest Committee at least once every racing season.” If you have any interest in match racing, either as a competitor or an umpire, contact Menin at [email protected] Carol M. Bareuther, RD, is a St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands based marine writer and registered dietitian. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 37 REFLECTIONS FROM BEIJING REFLECTIONS ON QUINGDAO & THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS BY CAROL M. BAREUTHER, RD “Being in China was one of the greatest experiences of my life,” says Douglas. “The highlight was walking out in the opening ceremonies and seeing all those people.” Barrows says, “It was great to meet and COURTESY OF SHEP BARROWS SHEP OF COURTESY COURTESY OF RAUL AGUAYO RAUL OF COURTESY converse with people of such a different LEFT ABOVE: culture. I also really enjoyed getting to see the historical sites Raul Aguayo and the Olympic rings around Beijing.” On the sailing side, Aguayo says, ‘The Olympics were an extremely RIGHT ABOVE: challenging experience. The level of all the participants was so high that Barrows adjusting any small mistake or shift would cost you several places. There was also his downhaul something different compared to many other events. You could feel more LEFT: tension in most of the athletes. On the other hand, it was especially nice to Raul Aguayo see all the top sailors from the other classes, which I normally don’t get to talk to. There was more mix between classes.” Sailors were only able to complete nine of the 10 races planned, even after using the two designated rest days, due to light winds. The light shifty breeze combined with a strong current created very tough conditions, says Douglas. “You had to be 100 percent focused all the time about what was going on.” The event proved to be a great learning opportunity. “I was able to gain experience sailing at the highest level of the sport, which will make it easier for me to be more comfortable in the future,” says Barrows. “I was also able to watch how the top guys went about their pre-regatta training and witness the strategies they used during the regatta to do well.” In the final standings, Barrows finished 21st, Aguayo 40th and Douglas 43rd. “I was able to beat some really good people, so that was exciting and encouraging,” Barrows says, adding, “The highlight of the event for me was rounding the first weather mark in third one race. I finished 11th in that race but it was because of tactical mistakes and not a boat speed issue.” Aguayo says, “Most times, I think I did good because I never gave up trying to pass boats in any race. But sometimes, when looking at the result, I think I should have been up a few places higher. My worst race was a 38, and COURTESY OF RAUL AGUAYO RAUL OF COURTESY still I ended up 40 because everyone had some good races that moved them The Caribbean was well represented in sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympic up. In other conditions this would have been very attainable.” Games in Quingdao, China. The Dominican Republic’s Raul Aguayo, U.S. Virgin He adds, “The highlight was sailing the windy race on the second to last Islands’ Thomas Barrows and Barbados’ Gregory Douglas raced in the Laser day. It was so nice to finally hike and feel the boat going fast!” class. For these sailors, dreams of competing in the Olympics turned into reality Though Douglas didn’t do as well on the scoreboard as he would have in China, bringing great pride to their friends, families—and to readers of this liked, he says, “I learned so much and I am happy about that.” magazine who have followed their careers. What’s next for these three young men? To wrap up our year-long series, “Countdown to Beijing,” All at Sea’s Carol “Going to the Olympics was my goal as an athlete,” says Aguayo. “Unfortunately, Bareuther asked each sailor to reflect on the event and his future in sailing. sailing is not a sport that has much funding in the Dominican Republic, so it is 38 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 Gregory Douglas, launching in Raul Aguayo China, represented Barbados represented the Dominican Republic COURTESY OF RAUL AGUAYO RAUL OF COURTESY really hard to do a good campaign. Therefore, I have started my professional career and work in my family’s business. Hopefully, I can get enough funding to keep sailing with the Central American and Caribbean Games of 2010 in mind. If I can work and sail at the same time is yet to be determined.” Both Douglas and Barrows are college students. “Now that I am finished at this Olympics, I am focusing on school. I’ve just started the engineering program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario,” says Douglas. Barrows is entering his junior year at Yale University. “In terms of sailing, PETER OF DOUGLAS COURTESY right now I am focused on college sailing. This summer the Laser Worlds are in Nova Scotia and I hope to do that. Once I graduate from college though, Carol M. Bareuther, RD, is a St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands based marine writer and I plan to focus on Laser sailing and will try to make the Olympics in 2012.” registered dietitian. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 39 REFLECTIONS FROM BEIJING LUIS CHIAPARRO COACHES CARIBBEAN SAILORS AT THE OLYMPICS BY LYNN FITZPATRICK (Left to right) Thomas Barrows, HERE WERE 62 COUNTRIES AND Greg Douglas, and Alejandro TERRITORIES REPRESENTED AT THE Foglia in Lasers under tow—the 2008 OLYMPIC SAILING REGATTA trio shared a coach in Quingdao IN QINGDAO, CHINA. SOME TEAMS SHOWED UP WITH A FULL COMPLEMENT OF 18 COMPETITORS, COACHES, TPHYSIOTHERAPISTS, SPORTS PSYCHOLOGISTS, RULES CONSULTANTS, FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVES AND ATTACHES—WHILE LONE SAILORS REPRESENTED OTHER COUNTRIES. Alejandro Foglia was the only Uruguayan sailor to qualify for the Olympics—and he hired his old acquaintance Luis Chiaparro to accompany him to Qingdao. Meanwhile, the start of the summer of 2008 brought fantastic news to certain sailors who had missed out on qualifying for the Olympics during the 2007 and the 2008 World Championships in their classes. Some were granted wildcard invitations to the Olympics. Thomas Barrows and Gregory Douglas were among them. Greg Douglas (Barbados) and Thomas Barrows III (St. Thomas, USVI) were the sole representatives of their countries at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta. As first-time Olympians, Douglas and Barrows could have arrived in Qingdao and been overwhelmed Gregory Douglas (L) and coach Luis Chiaparro (R) in the Olympic Boat Park Douglas only learned of his acceptance more efficiently with three,” said Foglia during the within minutes of his arrival in Bermuda to train Preliminary Series of the Olympic Regatta. with Chiaparro and be a junior sailing coach The three from different countries were alongside him for a month. While Peter Douglas, comforted to hear Chiaparro belt out his classic Greg’s father, filled out the paperwork and phrases during practice, “Bamo Arriba!” and “Go fast made arrangements to accompany his son to like a fart.” The friends also banded together during the Olympics, Chiaparro made a proposal to meals and other activities in Qingdao and during Alejandro Foglia. their visit to Beijing for the Opening Ceremony. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LUIS CHIAPARRO LUIS OF COURTESY PHOTOS Would Foglia consider sharing Chiaparro Rather than being on their own at their first with Douglas and Barrows during the Olympics? Olympics Foglia, Douglas and Barrows maximized by the foreign city, life in the Olympic Village and Foglia jumped at the proposal. The three young their Olympic development opportunity. With the sheer hype of the Olympics, but they had a men would have the benefit of a seasoned one Olympics under their belts, they will be much secret weapon: their coach, Luis Chiaparro. coach to help them navigate the excitement of better prepared for Weymouth 2012 than most Chiaparro, a native of Uruguay, has been a sailing the Olympics and the demands of such a high others their age. coach in Bermuda and has been coaching junior profile regatta. Pleased with the experience, Barrows said, sailors from all over the world. He has seen some of “It’s good to have others to sail with and “This is the most fun sailing you can do. Even if his Opti kids, such as Barrows whom he first coached to share opinions with. We can test different you are in last, you’re close to the best Laser sailors ten years ago, grow up and excel in other boats. sides of the course and the starting line much in the world.” 40 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 REFLECTIONS FROM BEIJING Julio Reguero is the First to Represent Puerto Rico in Sailing at the Paralympics ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNN FITZPATRICK Reguero rigs his boat Said Reguero as he surveyed the docks filled with Paralympic representatives from all over the world, “Paralympic sailing is so competitive that to do well you need to compete throughout the entire-four year cycle (from one Paralympics to the next).” As it was, for three months leading up to his trip to Qingdao, China, Reguero took to the water for two training sessions a day. Reguero and his coach, Jorge Santiago, had a fantastic time in Qingdao and learned a lot from former 2.4 Metre Open class World Champion, Nick Scandone of the USA, who managed an unprecedented victory in the SKUD 18 class at the Peace A fresh lot of country codes, boats and faces showed up in Qingdao, China for the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Regatta, which followed the Olympics. The Caribbean Basin’s cheerful representative was Puerto Rico’s Julio Reguero and his coach, Jorge Santiago. Reguero was the only sailor to represent Puerto Rico in either the 2008 Olympics or Paralympics. Reguero has been a sailor all of his life, but this was his first trip to the Paralympics. The Sonar, SKUD18 and 2.4 Metre Paralympic fleets were Athick with past national, hemispheric and world champions, but no fleet was more top heavy with talent than the 2.4 Metre fleet. Reguero went up against past 2.4 Meter Open Paralympics, despite the advanced stage of his World Champions and IFDS (International Association of Disabled Sailing) World Champions in a mostly Lou Gehrig’s disease. light air regatta, although there was a breeze reminiscent of those off of Club Nautico de San Juan on Reguero finished in the middle of the 16-boat the last day of the regatta. fleet. With a beaming smile, he said, “I really want Reguero, formerly involved in construction, had his life change when he and his Harley Davidson to bring disabled sailing to Puerto Rico. It is such a motor cycle met up with a young driver. Reguero lost his leg in the collision, but didn’t lose his love for fun sport.” He will always remember his Paralympic sailing. He has had a J-105 for years and actively races it. His prosthetist, Waldo Esparza, lured Regurero experience and all of the sailors, coaches, assistants, into sailing the 2.4 Metre and, before he knew it, he was trying to qualify Puerto Rico for the Paralympics. friends and family who exchanged tons of ideas His first stop was Shake-a-Leg Miami and the 2006 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta where many of the about boat tuning and handling; sailing programs; best disabled sailors congregate during the winter. contact information and invitations to other Reguero then set off for the 2006 IFDS World Championships in Perth, Australia. After two weeks of regattas while there. Whether seated in a 2.4 Metre, practicing in heavy air, Reguero and the other competitors were dealt the ultimate, but not uncommon, a SKUD18 or a Sonar with adaptive equipment, surprise when Mother Nature delivered light and shifty air for the regatta. It was a great experience but sailors with disabilities can compete on an even a long way to go to miss qualifying for the Paralympics. playing field with sailors without disabilities and The 2007 IFDS World Championships in Rochester, New York presented the last opportunity for Reguero enjoy sailing well into their sunset years. to qualify Puerto Rico for the Paralympics. Up against 44 teams from 24 countries, Reguero finished ninth and did what he set out to do just a little more than a year earlier. He qualified his country for the most prestigious international sailing event that he could – the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Regatta. Lynn Fitzpatrick’s articles on sailing appear regularly in Throughout his Paralympic sailing campaign, Reguero’s biggest sponsor has been the Department international publications including AARP The Magazine and Cruising World. She has been a highly competitive of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico. The department has provided funding to purchase the small Snipe sailor and was the 2008 Sports Information 2.4 Meter single-handed keelboats and to assist with coaching. Specialist for sailing at the 2008 Olympics. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 41 JUNIOR SAILING RACING CIRCUIT “One of my first memories of sailing in a regatta was heading out from the beach and straight into a squall,” Barnes Barnes races in the Opti tells. “I looked behind me and my best friend wasn’t there; she South Americans in Peru headed back in. I continued out with everyone else. It was fun. That’s when I discovered I really liked racing.” Her first major regatta was the 2005 Optimist North American Championships in Tobago. “I was scared out of my mind,” she says. “I had no idea then that I’d get to where I was today. But I hung in there. I didn’t want to quit. In the end, I finished every race and beat 20 other kids.” What really led Barnes to the next level, she says, was a series of clinics and training sessions held on St. Thomas and Puerto Rico, as well as coaching by Agustin ‘Argy’ Resano. “Argy really helped us fine-tune the skills we had,” she says, about being a member of the Virgin Islands Optimist Dinghy Association sailing team. “First, he made us stronger. We ran like crazy and he built hiking benches so we could strengthen our stomach muscles. Then, he filmed us sailing. We’d watch the videos, look for our weaknesses, and strategize how to improve. Out on the water, we worked on boat speed. Argy would come up behind us and suggest trying something or he’d ask us what we thought and we’d try to figure out how to fix it ourselves. If not, he helped us.” Barnes first big success on a large scale was at the 2006 U.S. junior sailor CAPIZZANO MATIAS Optimist National Championships, held in Sarasota, Florida. “I was really homesick, but I stuck it out.” She finished 22nd out of 350 sailors, ninth in the 10- and 11-year-old Blue Fleet and Second Best Girl. Come the fall of 2006, Barnes and her fellow team members were PROFILE: training some 22 hours a week under Resano’s direction. They traveled to the Optimist World Championships in Uruguay over the Christmas holidays, the ST. THOMAS’ North Americans and Worlds in 2007, in Mexico and Italy, respectively, and finally the South Americans in Peru, North Americans in Curacao, and Worlds NIKOLE ‘NIKKI’ B ARNES in Turkey this year. BY CAROL M. BAREUTHER, RD Along the way, Barnes progressively improved. Score highlights include 11th overall and Top North American Girl in Mexico, 15th overall and 2nd Best Girl in hen St. Thomas’ 15-year-old junior sailor Nikole ‘Nikki’ Barnes Peru, and 35th overall and 7th Best Girl in Turkey. The VI Optimist Dinghy Team, of emails with friends a few minutes before bed each night, which Barnes is a member, helped to put the Caribbean on the map in the area the locales of these pals sound like the global adventures of of Team Racing, too, scoring top three finishes in several international regattas. W “Where’s Waldo.” There’s Peru, Argentina, Trinidad & Tobago, “It’s fun to travel,” Barnes says. “The only hard part is security. We always Puerto Rico, Mexico, Ecuador, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South had to explain that we had sails and spars in our tubes, not weapons.” At Africa, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and many more. All of these are friends each destination, Resano coached the kids through a set plan to acclimate met through sailing. them to the area. Born in September 1993, Barnes got her racing start six months before, Barnes explains, “We’d first look at the wind information on the Internet, accompanying her mother in utero out on a spectator boat for the Windguru or Weatherunderground. Then, we’d go out before the racing International Rolex Regatta. She took her first swim lesson at age three weeks started and look at the winds over the course. Then on the course, we’d look and kayaked at age four months, albeit in her mother’s front pack. at the angle of the committee boat to tell the current. Then, we’d test the Barnes started sailing in the junior program at the St. Thomas Yacht Club wind patterns and see where the slow patches were. This made us really (STYC) at age nine. “I saw my brother Rian sailing and it made me want to prepared by the time the starting horn blew.” try. I wanted to be able to beat him.” Sailing lessons in the Optimist dinghy What has sailing taught Barnes? turned into a weekly highlight. “In a way, survival,” she says. “The thinking is like playing chess. You need to “My friends and I would sail around the buoys on Friday nights and see make quick decisions. I guess you could say sailing is the physical counterpart of who could beat who,” she says. Columbus Day weekend in 2003 marked chess.” She also enjoys the competitive nature of the sport. “In real life, people Barnes’ first regatta. yell at you for being too competitive,” Barnes says, “But in sailing, they like it.” “I got second in the Green Fleet and was so happy,” she says. “I thought, What’s next? “I’ll be sailing an I-420,” she says, “and also a Club 420 with the ‘I’m going to get first next year.’” Antilles School Sailing Team.” Barnes continued sailing lessons and competed in STYC club races. Barnes’ suggestions for younger sailors? “Never give up even if you want She also ventured out to compete in the BVI Dinghy Championships, to,” she says. “In the end, if you don’t, the results will show.” St. Croix’s Valentine Optimist Regatta and Club Nautico de San Juan’s She adds, “If you’re a girl, don’t just think about being top girl at a regatta. International Regatta, gaining sailing experience and good friends along Realize that you can beat the boys and win the whole regatta if you put your mind the way. to it. Also, understand that there’s nothing special to being a girl. You’re a sailor.” 42 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 SAILING HUMOR Sailing with Charlie BY JULIAN PUTLEY JULIAN PUTLEY IS THE AUTHOR OF “THE DRINKING MAN’S GUIDE TO THE BVI” AND “SUNFUN CALYPSO.” Reef Huggers, Part Two Environmentalists tell us that the world is on Polar bears are literally on thin ice as their habitat the verge of catastrophe. The ozone layer has slowly disappears. Some good news recently in is been depleted, temperatures are increasing that a bear and her two cubs were seen swimming and sea water levels are rising, threatening up the Sir Francis Drake Channel. “They looked low lying islands. We are told that the cause of exhausted,” said a spokesperson. Later they were said global warming lies in harmful emissions. So to be recovering, swimming on their backs in the recently the passing of wind has been made shallows at Peter Island. Each had a pina colada in its illegal and defaulters are subject to heavy fines. paw with a cherry and an umbrella. Straw hats and The sale of beans, beer and cabbage has fallen sun glasses were also in evidence. “They looked to be off dramatically. adapting,” said the scientist. hosted flamingoes (now re-introduced and Many aspects of life as we know it are But species usually don’t adapt, not quickly doing well). It is likely that the demise of these changing with global warming. Species are enough anyway, and the BVI has been impacted three species was due to a lack of human becoming extinct, habitats are being lost by by loss of species. The Dog islands are so named understanding and over hunting. The same indiscriminate deforestation, the temperature of because at one time there were seals, the tropical might be said of the present global climate sea water is rising threatening the very existence monk seal, inhabiting the area. Sea Cow Bay change – a total lack of understanding and of coral reefs. was home to manatees. Anegada’s salt ponds willingness to change. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 43 SAILING HUMOR This is one of the reasons I seldom come ashore during… election years. People can be so tedious. Some innocents just don’t seem to get it. So I’ve had to explain the political reality v-e-r-y The Sea Gypsies’ Guide to s-l-o-w-l-y, in Special English… time and time again… about why our presidential candidates Global Economic Melt Down both have to raise 66 million dollars a month from special interests. “They have to raise the money to COPYRIGHT 2008 BY CAP’N FATTY GOODLANDER buy television ads which show they’re beholden to nobody!” …one guy must not have understood a word his has been an interesting time to be cruising I said because he started muttering something about welfare reform. Southeast Asia. I’m constantly asked by the local “Yes,” I agreed while trying to hide my Tbusinessmen to explain what is happening in exasperation. “We’ve made a lot of progress with America. Sometimes this isn’t easy. They’re woefully welfare reform recently. It used to be if a father uniformed here in Thailand… even on such basic was working two jobs and had two kids and was struggling to make ends meet… and his wife got matters as what free enterprise is. sick and couldn’t go to her job… well, we’d send him a few pennies to tide him over. Not anymore. Cap’n Fatty tells Thai Now we know him for what he is… a whiner and economist to slash budget a cheat! Even worse, he might be a pedestrian… friendly, non-monetary way of showing him their one of those obnoxious, foot-driven slobs who is appreciation for his sterling financial efforts. always getting in the way of limos and loitering “Now, let’s say for the sake of argument… around bus stops… who’d want to financially through no fault of the broker… the dumb encourage a guy like that?” shoeshine boy has difficulty managing this new “…so there’s no welfare anymore,” asked one ‘income’ property and fails to pay back his zillion of the Thai dock boys who’d gathered to hear my dollar mortgage! Why should the broker or his pearls of economic wisdom being strung together bosses suffer? in a necklace of fiscal knowledge. So, it is only natural that the taxpayers… “No, there isn’t… on an individual basis. But the low-paid check-out counter girls, fast food we all also know that stable, profitable markets workers and the taxi cab operators of America… require steadiness and trust. Let’s say, a VP of AIG take up the slack! And, thus, pay off not only the makes a million dollars and gets a new Benz every outstanding mortgage… but also the outstanding year. Now let’s say that some of his decisions make tab for the coke, caviar and sweat hogs, too!” his corporation’s share price drop fifty percent… “…but aren’t those bad debts…” started out should he be penalized personally? Why? Doesn’t one of the more irritating fellows and I had to he still need and expect a new Benz? And might quickly nip him in the bud. not the father of the two kids and sick wife enjoy “…stop right there,” I said sternly. “Those paying off the share-price deficient by, say, working “Free enterprise is called that,” I aren’t ‘bad debts,’ those are ‘illiquid assets.’ And 18 hours a day in a car wash? So corporate welfare patiently explain, “because the taxpayers shouldn’t mind paying for them… so isn’t a freebie… it’s a God-given right. And no proud, taxpayers of America are free to that corporate America can ‘…get back to work patriotic American would ever say a word against it.” pay off the debts of their rich without undue government interference’ and “…isn’t that trickle-down…” people! In fact, that’s their job, maintain the status quo.” “Yes,” I said. “Very good! Skilled career politicians their reason d’etre!” “…but your system of government…” know that if birds are starving to death, you can’t “But,” stuttered one of my puzzled questioners, “Yes, we have a two-party system,” I said, just give ‘em bird seed! No sirree! That won’t work. “isn’t private enterprise…” struggling to remain calm to the face of such It would ruin their work-ethic, their peck-peck- “Oh,” I chuckled. “Don’t confuse those two inscrutable ignorance, “because no matter which peck-ability. Instead, you give all rich people in the terms, private and free. Private applies to profits. party is in power, both groups get to party! That’s world more money and some of them will then Let’s say a bond trader at Lehman Brothers gets what freedom and fat cats are all about… being buy thoroughbred race horses… and said horses paid a million dollar bonus for signing up a shoe- free to tell the worker-drones who to pay and will consume a bit of bird seed in their high- shine boy’s billion dollar mortgage to buy a failing how much!” protein, high-fiber diet… and then the starving casino in Vegas… that’s a private bonus and, thus, By now there was a whole crowd of Asians birds can follow behind them… pecking at the, of course… he gets to keep that money… which gathered around me at the Sea Swine bar at Yeech er… droppings… and, well, getting the birdseed is only fair AND the American Way. In addition, Haven of Phuket. And many of them looked both properly metered!” his smiling corporate bosses might send him puzzled and distressed. I wasn’t getting through. “But in a republic…” started the same off on a junket to Monte Carlo for some R&R… So I raised my voice louder. “It’s a democracy, irritating guy. with plenty of pure cocaine, cold caviar and hot okay?” I shouted, “And in a democracy, every dollar “Yes, our system is a republic. That means that we hookers tossed in as added bonus… as a nice, gets a vote!” elect people to represent us. Now, let’s be realistic. If 44 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 the taxpayers and voters are always footing the bill for the rich guys, well, the taxpayers and voters aren’t too bright, are they? But everyone, no matter how ignorant, wants to feel superior to some poor idiot… so, in the privacy of the ERROL polling station…” “Ah, so,” said a grinning Chinamen on the periphery of the crowd, F “Veeerrrry, veeerrry interesting! Finally, after all these years… the election of LYNN Dubya begins to make global sense!” “…is Cheney the puppet master,” cried a bikini-clad Thai bilge bunny. MARINA “…well,” I said with a sly smile, “never underestimate Dickie! …remember when he shot that guy in face… what did the guy do?” & B “…apologize?” said one of my students who was particularly well-read on OATYARD current affairs. “Exactly,” I said. “The guy with a face-full of shotgun pellets said, ‘Oophs! PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT ON Sorry! I goofed and stupidly stuck my face in front of the VP’s shot-gun! Please THE WATER THIS HURRICANE SEASON forgive me!’ Now, we’ve all probably shot a few random people here and there… but have any of our victims apologized for catching the bullet? No! Out of the Water Storage That’s power, raw power, power WASHINGTON-STYLE! And that’s why he’s VP Up to 95 Feet and we’re just a drop in his sea of admirers!” Full Service Marina Open Air Market “…so your country’s system is different than, say, a communist one…” 100 Ton Travel-lift 1 Min. by Foot “Aye, you’re getting it now, Comrade,” I gushed. “But we’re not too rigid or 24 Hour Fuel Downtown Nightlife ideological. For example, during this current financial crisis… we privatized Paint Sheds 24 Hour Security profit while we socialized debt! That’s fair, isn’t it? Ying and yang? 50/50? I Engine and Parts Gated Marina mean, even Hugo Chavez would approve!” Specialists Restaurant, Beach “…but the massive size of the bail-out…” chipped in a bare-footed Buddhist Duty Free Zone in Marina Bar & Grille monk as he rubbed his shaven head in befuddlement. “…is it fair that…” Protected Harbor Free Wi-Fi Always “Excellent debating points!” I shouted, “Fairness and size! …very good! Depth up to 25 Feet Mega-Yacht Docking Now, if you guys ever wanna be rich, I suggest you listen up! On the same at Face Dock to 600’ Alongside day that the Fed announced an 850 million bail-out of AIG and possible one trillion dollar ‘free mountain of money’ hand-out for the rest of Wall Street’s sticky-fingered capitalists… on that very day, a judge in Sheboygan, Michigan, sentenced Ryan Mueller (Google it) to six years in jail for stealing $20! The reason? Because Ryan was such a small thinker! He only robbed 20 bucks ONCE from that kid’s piggy bank! Contrast this to Wall street, who unabashedly put a trillion dollar, multi-year lien on the same kid’s future… see why one goes to jail and the other goes to St. Barths on vaca?” “Let me see if I’ve got this straight,” questioned one of the brighter ones. “There are only a few rich people… too few to equitably share a heavy financial burden. But there are a LOT of poor folks, so why should they care?” “…irrefutable logic,” I praised. “And I like the implied callousness too! You see, when a private citizen named George W. Bush sat on that Savings-and- Loan board a few years back… and they needed a multi-million bail-out… he didn’t just turn to his super-rich daddy, the Prez… but to his deeper- pocketed uncle, Uncle Sammy!” People started applauding, first one… then two… then, many! It felt great… to be able to impart some of the economic wisdom I’d picked up over the years. I smiled. They cheered even louder. Finally, one raised his hand and asked me wistfully, “…do you think that Thailand might… someday… be a world power too?” It would have been easy to give them false hope—but I did not. “No,” I said. “I do not… because… well, frankly, because your 1400-year- old system of government makes no sense!” Editor’s note: Fatty’s next column may focus on Russia’s invasion of Georgia… “I personally never liked Atlanta,” laments Fatty, “…but what’s next… Alabama? Mississippi?” CONTACT DALE WESTIN 876-715-6044; 876-993-3209 [email protected] Cap’n Fatty Goodlander lives aboard Wild Card with his wife Carolyn and cruises throughout the world. He is the author of “Chasing the Horizon” by American Paradise VHF CHANNEL; 16/9 Publishing, “Seadogs, Clowns and Gypsies” and “The Collected Fat.” For more Fat-flashes, see fattygoodlander.com. WWW.ERROLFLYNNMARINA.COM NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 45 ~~ PETS AT SEA ~~ A Grenadian kitty by birth, I live aboard S/V Catspaws of Honolulu, Hawaii. Right now we’re anchored in Salinas, Puerto Rico where I’m enjoying watching all the birds,ds, fish, dolphins and something new: manatees! This yyoungg male hhas been visiting us quite frequently and seems toto have amorousamorous feelings toward the dinghy. Sincerely, Pepe LePew Thanks, Denis Pendergrass for sendingg photos of Pepe LePew and his new friend,end, the manatee.mannaate EMAIL PHOTOS OF YOUR SEA-GOING PETS TO: [email protected] 46 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 PUERTO RICO THE YACHT CLUB AT PALMAS DEL MAR: Megayacht n September 26, The Yacht Club at Palmas del Mar inaugurated what developers say is the first megayacht resort marina in Puerto Rico, at a Oreported investment of $40 million. About 35 boats ranging in size from Marina Opens 40 to 120 feet in length were on hand for the inaugural weekend. The 162 slip marina, located at the outer harbor at Palmas del Mar, Humacao, on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico can accommodate mega yachts up to 200 feet long. Club will be managed by Marina Management Services, Inc. (MMS), an Puerto Rico’s Director of Tourism and Assistant Governor were in international management and consulting firm based in Boca Ratón, Florida attendance at a press conference with the President of Palmas Del Mar, Inc., that has operated marinas for over 20 years. Tim Keogh, Director of Business Jamie Morgan, and The Yacht Club’s Luis Muñiz and Juan Boschetti. All spoke Services – Regional Manager, will be in charge of jumpstarting the operation. about the importance of nautical tourism and the economic impact for the “Several boats are staying full time in the marina which has all the utilities, local economy. Additional opening events included a media cruise on a including power, water, and in-slip pumpout,” reported Keogh. “We are private yacht to nearby Vieques and a party on Saturday night under the expecting to have cable TV, internet, the fuel dock and in-slip fueling by the pavilion and tents on the club house grounds. end of middle of November. The club house building which will house the “The Yacht Club at Palmas del Mar opens Puerto Rico to a new kind of restaurant, bar, a lounge, and boutique retail will be completed by January. tourism that will generate new opportunities and jobs,” said Muñiz, President “It’s an exciting opportunity to open up the southeast coast of Puerto of PDMYC INC., developers and owners of The Yacht Club. “It also requires that Rico to the cruising, charter, and transient yacht market,” Keogh said. we develop new skills, talents and amenities in a type of tourism that has gone www.palmasdelmar.com. largely untapped but that can generate many new economic opportunities.” In a press release, the developers reported that the construction of the marina created 250 jobs and its operation will generate 150 jobs. The Yacht Preview submitted by The Yacht Club at Palmas del Mar NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 47 View from Property LAND FOR SALE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, WATER ISLAND, DRUIF BAY 50 ft. Waterfront Property w 1/2 Acre, or 450 ft. Waterfront Property w 2.0 Acres Zoned W-1 w 10 mins. by Ferry/Boat to St. Thomas Water Island U.S.P.O. Honeymoon Beach Mode of Transportation Contact: Jan Robinson w Direct: 704-277-6521 www.shiptoshoreproperties.com [email protected] 48 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 U.S.V.I. Davis Murray & The Art of Compass Adjusting BY JAN ROBINSON Davis Murray avis Murray lopes into the room with his unruly, flowing, shoulder-length blond hair, dressed in shorts and D t-shirt. The 52-year old “Master of Deviation,” originally from Massachusetts, begins our interview with an explanation of the history of PHOTOS BY CHRIS KENNAN CHRIS BY PHOTOS compass adjusting. Decades ago, when ships were made entirely of wood, compasses were simple to use; they always pointed towards the magnetic north pole—or more exactly, the compasses always pointed in line with the magnetic meridian for that latitude. The difference, measured in degrees, between the compass pointing toward the magnetic North Pole and pointing toward the geographical North Pole was called variation. And variation was also defined as degrees east if the compass pointed to the right (or eastward) of true north, or as degrees west if the compass pointed to the left of true north. When ship construction changed from wood to iron, the magnetic compass was affected, which was the principle means of steering a vessel. The compass would not point to magnetic north or south, so ships’ navigators had to find a way to reduce magnetic interference around the compass card. Thus the art of compass adjusting came into play. The British Royal Navy became the largest Davis belonged to the Philadelphia Maritime Society, an association of ship owners, agents and investor in the study of compass adjusting. As marine professionals, with most of the members being captains. As Murray was not a captain, they the original “dry-card” compasses were not stable called him the “Master of Deviation.” enough for fast, iron ships, the modern day liquid- The first ship that Murray went on was Global Explorer, built by Howard Hughes, and operated by the filled (spirit) compass bowl evolved. The non- CIA. Publicized as a seabed-mining vessel for its cover story, Global Explorer actually picked up a sunken magnetic housing for mounting the gambled USSR submarine off the ocean floor. Since then Murray has been on every type of vessel including compass is called a binnacle. aircraft carriers and every Navy ship sea trial that went out of Philadelphia from 1973-1986. The binnacles are also incorporated for the Wanting a change of scenery, Murray moved to the Virgin Islands in 1991. He not only set up his proper placement of the corrector magnets for compass adjusting business but also met his bride-to-be, Margot. They married in 1994 and live on their the horizontal irons and vertical irons. It was up 34’ lobster boat, Splinter Beach. to the Compass Adjuster to place these correctors Davis is an avid sailor and has been the fleet captain for the Caribbean 1500 since its inception in 1990. in the proper position to neutralize the local He also has a band, fondly called “The Barefoot Davis Band” and a popular CD called “DayDreamin’.” magnetic attraction around the compass card. In this modern day, many vessels rely on a GPS, but this only gives you your direction that the vessel A great uncle, Victor A. Gustin, taught Murray is traveling over the ground, and not the vessel’s actual heading. Vessels should have a reliable working the art of compass adjusting. The first compass compass on board in order to determine the vessel’s actual heading—take it from a compass adjuster… adjuster in the USA was a gentleman by the name and “Master of Deviation.” of John E. Hand. He taught his son, John L. Hand, who taught Victor Gustin, who opened a nautical Capt. Jan Robinson, a native of New Zealand, was Captain and Chef aboard her 60 foot yacht Vanity and for nearly instrument repair shop in Philadelphia in 1954 20 years cruised the Caribbean. She is the author of the Ship to Shore Cookbook Collection and a regular contributor where Murray started his apprentice in 1973. to All at Sea. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 49 50 ALLATSEA.NET AUGUST 2008 U.S.V.I. KIOMIE PEDRINI KIOMIE ST. CROIX VALENTINE REGATTA CHOSEN AS OPTIMIST QUALIFIER THE ST. CROIX VALENTINE REGATTA WAS AGAIN CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE QUALIFIERS FOR OPTIMIST NORTH AMERICAN AND WORLDS AT THE FALL VIRGIN ISLANDS SAILING ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE MEETING. TO QUALIFY FOR BOTH THESE EVENTS, YOUNG SAILORS MUST COMPETE IN AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE QUALIFYING REGATTAS: r Discovery Regatta, Ponce, Puerto Rico, November 1-2, 2008 r St. Thomas MLK Regatta, January 17-18, 2009 r St. Croix Valentine Regatta, 21-22 February, 2009 For those sailors who compete in all three regattas, the best two of their three scores are eligible. “We are thrilled to once again be an Optimist qualifying regatta,” says Karen Stanton, regatta organizer. “Ronnie Ramos of Ponce is returning as our PRO and planning to get 12 races off during the two days of competition. We are excited to have Ronnie’s training and experience available to our local sailors; our goal is to raise the bar!” The St. Croix Yacht Club is an ideal venue for small boat racing. The courses are set off the Club beach; sailors can come to the Club house for lunch. The Valentine regatta is run simultaneously with the St. Croix International Regatta, allowing the young and the young-at-heart sailors to mix continuously during the two day event. This year, the race committee plans to display the Optimist results directly from the signal boat, just like the big boat reporting. Optimist prize giving precedes the International prize giving, with the over all Optimist winner on the giant scale for his or her weight in sports drinks—while the winner of the adult regatta weighs in to take home Cruzan Rum. As well as competitors from Puerto Rico, the USVI, BVI and the US, St. Croix’s Frederiksted Community Boating program has their best graduates fully sponsored to compete. Last year, D.J. Lorshbaugh, one of these west end youngsters, was the winner of the Green fleet, with a total of nine competitors. The Advanced overall, a fleet of 19, was won by Ivan Aponte of Puerto Rico, with Nikki Barnes of St. Thomas in second. For more information, please visit the St. Croix Yacht club website (www. stcroixyc.com) or contact the Club office by phone (340-773-9531) or email ([email protected]). Submitted by St. Croix Valentine Optimist Regatta NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 51 B.V.I. DEPARTURE PORTS: Hampton, VA & Charleston, SC, U.S. DEPARTURE DATE: November 2 ARRIVAL PORT: IGY’s Village Cay Marina, Tortola, B.V.I CONTACT: www.carib1500.com, [email protected] Start of the 2007 Caribbean WELCOME BACK: 1500, Chesapeake Bay, VA 19th Annual Caribbean 1500 More than 925 yachts and 4,500 sailors have participated in the Caribbean Over 10,000 website visitors each day will monitor the progress of the 1500 since its inception in 1990, and between 50 and 60 boats are expected boats in the rally. With wireless transponders on each yacht, positions will 1500 to depart this month for the annual rally to the Caribbean. be updated via satellite every four hours. Each boat’s track will be displayed What’s new this year? The Virginia-based Cruising Rally Association on the Caribbean 1500 website (www.carib1500.com) using software announced in late September that the event will add a competitive class for customized to incorporate features from Google Earth. The transponder performance cruisers to expand the racing portion of its event. program is sponsored by Davenport & Company, LLC. “Responding to a request from some of our veteran rally participants,” Black founded the Cruising Rally Association in 1990, and he now manages explained Founder and President Steve Black, “we are adding a level ooff a year-round calendar of offshore cruising rallies and sailing symposia. Over more intense competition for low handicap performance cruisers who joinoin 750 cruisers and future cruisers attend the CRA events each year. Black has the event. This year, we will have our Rally and Cruising (non-competitive)ive) sailed in all parts of the Atlantic, including three solo transatlantic races classes, as always, but will add a Performance class. and more than 40 rallies, and served as executive director of the US Sailing “Qualifying boats that have already signed up for this year’s Caribbeaneaan Association before founding the organization. CARIBBEAN STEVE BLACK, OF COURTESY PHOTOS M1500 include a Swan 56, a Hallberg Rassy 62, a Macgregor 65, a Farr 50, andd a For information on Tortola’s Village Cay Marina, see our Caribbean Santa Cruz 52… all veterans of our previous rallies,” said Black Marina guide, visit www.igy-villagecay.com, email [email protected] or call Also new, the Caribbean 1500 scheduled simultaneous starts onon 284-494-2771. November 2 with the addition of Charleston, South Carolina to its traditionalonaal departure point of Hampton, Virginia. “Over the years, we have discovered that boats from the Southern US ararere Sunlight on dolphins met hesitant to sail north around Cape Hatteras to join us for the start in Hampton,”onn,,” during last year’s crossing said Black. “In addition, some boats under 40 feet may have a less stressfulsffuul passage if they join the Charleston start. The Hampton and Charleston fleetseeettss will converge simultaneously on our destination in the Caribbean and joinn inn post-event activities together.” Black says that the Caribbean 1500 retains some of the competitivetivvee elements of traditional sailboat races, but offers social, educational andanndd technological enhancements that broaden the appeal of the event ttoo couples and families, as well as racers—both experienced and first-timers.s. Prior to the start, the participating sailboats gathered in Hampton andanndd Charleston for several days of safety inspections, workshops and weatherheerr briefings before embarking on the passage to the Caribbean. 52 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 VILLAGE CAY MARINA TORTOLA, BVI Located where the past of the West Indies Southern Trades meets the present of the BVI, VillageCay Yacht Sales, Charters & Management [email protected] Marina offers superb services that cater www.southerntrades.com to the most discerning guests, while 284-494-8003 retaining a casual Caribbean ambiance. ■ 106 fixed slips for yachts up to 190’ CharterPort BVI with 11’ draft Professional Crewed Charter Yacht Services ■ Fuel dock 284-494-7955 ■ Water, telephone, DSL & cable www.charterportbvi.com [email protected] ■ Up to 308 volts, 3-phase power ■ 22-room luxury hotel ■ Dockside Restaurant & Bar B.V.I. 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Rodney Bay T + 284 494 2771 Marina is a full-service marina and F + 284 494 2773 Commercial Dive Services Road Town, Tortola boatyard, offering all facilitieslocated andat Village Cay Marina British Virgin Islands amenities within easy access.Road Town, Tortola [email protected] Tel: (284) 494 8261 www.igy-villagecay.com Fax (284) 494 5172 Email: [email protected] Website: www.commercialdivebvi.com © 2008 Island Global Yachting For information or reservations ISLAND GLOBAL YACHTING WWW.IGY-VILLAGECAY.COM 1.888.IGY.MARINAS AMERICAS | CARIBBEAN | EUROPE | MIDDLE EAST NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 53 ANTIGUA Letter from Antigua FROM JOLYON BYERLEY My daughter Cary and Mr. Kettle on top of the little island of magine how surprised I was when just the Baradel in the Tobago Cays other day I read Peter Muilenburg’s piece I about his Schipperke (Belgium Barge Dog,) Santos. (Editor’s note: Readers will find the article in the September 2008 issue of All at Sea or online at www.allatsea.net.) Maybe it’s because that where ever you go in the world, you seldom bump into a Schipperke! Incidentally we are having the very devil of a time in finding a new puppy of the same breed for ourselves! Our first Schipperke came from Don Aboard any boat he was as sure-footed hearts (perhaps even the odd tear) we regained Street who was in Grenada at the time, and this as a mountain goat. Only once had he been our still drenched crew member who, as you little black ball of fur turned out to be a really hurled over the side by a big cresting wave would probably understand, seemed to be really wonderful dog who spent all his sailing time right at the entrance of English Harbour. But our glad to be back on board. sitting proud and alert alongside me at the helm little Schipperke was made of sterner stuff! He For a couple of days he was not his usual of our lovely, big schooner Lord Jim. somehow swam through the surf to Fort Barclay, exuberant self, however it didn’t take him long When we sold Lord Jim about seven or eight then pelted down to where John Bentley was to get back to normal. If anything, he became years later, we found a house on the banks of working in the Dockyard. John was soon on his more dashing, and took to crawling out along the English Harbour, Antigua and little Kettle took only hand-held radio to us onboard Lord Jim. We came bowsprit with his little legs wrapped around the a few days to acclimatize to not being surrounded about faster than a London Taxi at the height of varnished sprit. During all of this he would lie there by water. rush hour. It goes without saying that with happy grinning like mad and barking at the flying fish. It wasn’t long before we had to stop him doing this death-defying trick right in front of the charterers. But about this time we all moved ashore to our house in English Harbour where Kettle would sit on the dock and welcome all new arrivals to the harbour with a medley of friendly barks. Our little Schipperke quite liked household life and in his old age, he would sometimes dream about his sea-faring days and of a friendly dolphin which always came to meet him when our big schooner got within a mile or so of English Harbour. Then, one day we came home only to find Kettle was not there to meet us. He was down by the water’s edge with his paws in the water and a big smile on his face. I think perhaps he was looking for his friend the dolphin—and he passed away. Jol Byerley arrived in Antigua in 1957 to captain Commander Vernon Nicholson’s schooner Mollihawk. Two years later he bought the first of his many own yachts, Ron of Argyll. She was followed by the 73ft Alden gaff schooner Lord Jim. In 2004 he was awarded a G.O.M. by the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda for long service to yachting. 54 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 55 56 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 Clare Cupples is in the unique position of being one of the ANTIGUA two female skippers (Barbara Campbell is the other) of the only two tall ships in the world designed specifically for able- bodied and physically disabled people to crew together. On board Lord Nelson Her experience in working for the Jubilee Sailing Trust, the UK charity organization behind these tall ships, is what first brought her to the Caribbean, and Antigua in particular, now Cconsidered her second home. Clare has always loved the sea and her first encounters go back to when she was ten years old, sailing with her father on his yacht. She went to an all-girls boarding school and the idea of uniform, which solved the eternal problem of “what to wear,” appealed to her so much that she joined the Merchant Navy—and spent the next six years in a boiler suit. Choice of apparel notwithstanding, she traveled all over the world on tankers, which she enjoyed hugely, until she was made redundant in the early 1980s. Her continued affinity to life on the ocean wave prompted her to volunteer to work with the Ocean Youth Club (OYC), a charity organisation operating out of Northern Ireland teaching eager would-be sailors from 12 to 25 years old. She found herself in a position with a ticket but no boat, and with her usual determination, self-taught herself to obtain her Yachtmasters. She worked for various self-training organisations in the 80s until eventually, in 1990, she took over the 72ft 1914 gaff yawl Duet, which belonged to the OYC, and spent six glorious years as the longest-serving skipper. Always very hands-on, she managed to mend all the leaks except one (the head continued to leak on the port tack). Up until this time, Clare’s sailing had been limited to the seas around the British Isles, particularly off the south coast of BY GILLY GOBINET England, in the Cowes and Gosport area. Joining the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) in 1995 changed all this and Clare signed on as 2nd mate with the tall ship Lord Nelson, which offered winter sailing Skipper Clare Cupples adventures to the Canary Islands for people of all physical abilities, with trips to northwest Europe in the summer. Her outgoing and friendly temperament and natural aptitude for this very proactive type of life led her to work her way up the promotional ladder Most training ships these days are geared toward until she took command in 2005—the youngsters—no bad thing, but these tall ships represent an same year she met her husband-to-be, ideal singles holiday for people from all walks of life, from who came on board as a volunteer the age of 16 to 98 years old. assistant and relief cook for two to three Once on board, origins become irrelevant and the months a year. challenge of sailing the ship together is all that counts. Both Along the way, however, she worked for two years as a ships are specifically-designed to accommodate the blind and otherwise physically-disabled, bursar relief mate on Tenacious, the sister ship of Lord Nelson, including wheelchair users and those with walking disabilities—affectionately referred to which is skippered by Barbara Campbell. Tenacious offers as “wheelies” and “wobblies” by Clare and her small, permanent crew, just as affectionately similar trips to Lord Nelson, but in the Caribbean, and more known to the former as “wankers.” Able-bodied people are known as “walkies.” specifically, out of its Antigua base. Clare so fell in love with Clare maintains that in order for this type of working holiday to be successful, it must the island that she ended up acquiring property and now be above all fun. Joking is the order of the day, and this helps people both relax and enjoy has a house within easy reach of historic English Harbour and their trips, as well as leveling the playing field with respect to background and origins. It is Falmouth Harbour, where Tenacious berths. also essential for surviving the very communal environment from which there is little if any Clare finds working for the Jubilee Sailing Trust to be escape once on board. However, under Clare’s lively and humorous command, it is hard to both very rewarding and great fun—the ideal job in the imagine any holiday not being a winner! minds of many! Trips on the steel Lord Nelson and the Biologist and former Eurocrat Gilly Gobinet took up permanent residence on Antigua in the Caribbean all-wood Tenacious offer two of the few opportunities for in 1984. She has been painting and writing—and sailing—ever since. Her work can be seen at PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE JUBILEE SAILING TRUST SAILING JUBILEE THE OF COURTESY PHOTOS adults seeking a working holiday to sail on a square rigger. originalcaribbeanart.com NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 57 ST. LUCIA The 2007 start from Las DEPARTURE PORT: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands departing for St.Lucia DEPARTURE DATE: Sunday November 23, 2008 ARRIVAL PORT: IGY’s Rodney Bay Marina, St. Lucia CONTACT: UK Telephone: + 44 (0)1983 296060 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.worldcruising.com/arc WELCOME BACK: 23rd Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2007 orld Cruising Club officials report that they are “justifiably feet (4.25m) improving access for the larger race yachts which previously had proud of the international interest being shown in to anchor off. Now all participating yachts will be able to dock at Rodney Bay its ARC Racing Division.” The event’s 23rd edition will to celebrate their Atlantic race. feature racing 34 yachts out of a total anticipated entry A full program of social activities welcomes arriving yachts and is of 225 in this year’s ARC. organized by the World Cruising Club, Rodney Bay Marina, and the St. Lucia WThe entire ARC fleet departs from Las Palmas on November 23rd on a Tourist Board. 2,700 nautical mile passage to Rodney Bay in St. Lucia. While fundamentally a fun rally for cruising yachts, the ARC does have a more serious Racing Division, run under the auspices of the Royal Ocean ARC FACTS Racing Club (RORC). Yachts in the Racing Divisions are not permitted to use their engines for propulsion (unlike the cruisers), although use of autopilots >> To date, some 4,100 yachts and 19,000 crew have participated in is allowed. ARC. The first four ARC rallies finished in Barbados, then in 1990 the Rally relocated to Rodney Bay, St.Lucia. The Racing Divisions have this year attracted entries from as far afield CLUB CRUISING WORLD © IMAGES OCEAN LANGDON, RICHARD BY PHOTO as Australia and the USA whilst also appealing to skippers from Ireland, >> The time for the fastest yacht to complete the passage entirely Germany, the Netherlands, Monaco, Spain, France, Italy and the UK. Yachts under sail has fallen steadily. The current course record was set in compete using the IRC rating and RORC medallions are awarded for 1st, 2nd ARC 2006 by Italy’s Capricorno: 11 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and and 3rd placed yachts in each IRC Division. 30 seconds. The racers are split into two divisions by size - Division II Racing, for yachts >> The distance of 2700 nautical miles will take most of the yachts between 8.23m to 18.29m (27ft to 60ft) and Division VII Invitation Racing, between 18 and 21 days. for yachts greater than 18.29m. There are further sub divisions into classes >> The Croatian Volvo AAG Big One was the first to complete the by TCF band depending in the numbers competing in each division. The 2007 course by sail alone. competition for 2008 has to date attracted yachts ranging from an Elan 37 >> The ARC is open to cruising monohulls with a minimum length of (11.16m) up to a Swan 76 at 23.10m length overall. 8.23M to 25.91M (27ft to 85 ft) and to cruising catamarans from The ARC Racing Divisions were introduced into the ARC in 1989. 8.23M to 18.29M (27 to 60 ft). Yachts outside these sizes may be Both Racing Divisions are run under the auspices of the Royal Ocean permitted to join in the open division. Racing Club (RORC) and completion of the ARC in one of these two divisions >> The smallest boat participating in ARC 2007 was Ariel, a Nordic meets the offshore racing qualification necessary for RORC membership. Folkboat from the UK, at 7.63M (26 feet). Ariel won the WCC As part of the redevelopment of Rodney Bay Marina, the ARC finish award for best double-handed performance on corrected time. location in St. Lucia, the entrance channel has recently been dredged to 14 58 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 THE COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED YACHT HAVEN ST. LUCIA Grande at St. Thomas is careful to say that its reconstruction of Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia will be modest by comparison. A MODEST PROPOSAL: International Global Yachting acquired Rodney IGY Adds 32 Megayacht Berths to the Mix at Rodney Bay Marina Bay Marina in 2007, from the estate of founder Arch Marez, who died in 2005. Under IGY’s plan, Rodney ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY PETER SWANSON Bay will be able to accommodate 32 megayachts Marina construction Rodney Bay Marina Manager Cuthbert Didier of up to 250 feet along with more than 200 smaller yachts inside its hurricane hole basin. Rodney Bay’s new owner retained Marez’ protégé, Cuthbert Didier, as marina manager. An influential St. Lucian, Didier represents the marine side of the island’s effort to brand itself as the luxury destination of the Southern Caribbean; he’s an advocate for the yachting community Cruisers is a 2,700-mile ocean crossing event that Rodney Bay will become the second big-boat and development—as long as the latter is both brings more than 230 European sailboats to the facility on the island. The Marina at Marigot Bay sustainable and brings better education and jobs Caribbean each year. Obviously, the demographics can accomodate several megayachts on its docks to ordinary St. Lucians. for cruising sailors are distinctly different from in Med-moor fashion, in a setting reminiscent of “We are not going to be Yacht Haven Grande those of megayacht owners and crews, so IGY is Tahiti. Besides the view, advantages of a layover here,” Didier said in September during a tour of spreading the word that despite its multi-million- here include walking-distance access to amenities Rodney Bay aboard his Sunseeker motoryacht. dollar transformation, the marina will continue to at the Discovery at Marigot Bay resort, which “We’re still going to be a down-home island welcome this important element of the Rodney boasts a spa, pools, boutique shopping and one marina, but with the same level of service as Yacht Bay brand. of the island’s best chefs. Haven Grande. While we are catering more to According to Didier, the marina’s new floating megayachts, we are still going to be St. Lucia.” docks will be ready in time for ARC sailors, who get In this, Didier is hewing the company line as under way from the Canary Islands in November Peter Swanson is a marine journalist that usually well as expressing his personal beliefs. Rodney and begin arriving at Rodney Bay an average of 14 writes about the Greater Antilles. He operates a website www.cubacruising.net, anticipating that the ban that Bay Marina has been the finish line for the past to 21 days later. Megayacht berths will be ready for prevents U.S. citizens and their yachts from visiting 18 ARC transatlantic rallies. The Atlantic Rally for occupancy early in 2009. Cuba will soon end. Simplicity. Reliability. Long life. 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A secure and protected place to leave MARINA your boat in the water when you travel, even in thethe hurricanehurricane season.season. www.clarkescourtbaymarina.com 60 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 CARRIACOU GRENADA YACHTING COMMUNITY IN Mt. Airy Young CARRIACOU RAISES ANOTHER $17,000 FOR THE CHILDREN Readers Set Sail our cruising sailboats took out 29 young people ages 7 to 15, plus a few parents Fand teachers, for a two hour sail—and came back with the same number. A few cruisers anchored around Prickly Bay and Hog Island have been volunteering Saturday mornings with the Mt. Airy Young Readers group, working on reading and literacy skills, a valuable community program led by Jeanne and Everest Pascal of Mt Airy. On Saturday, Sept. 13 the group was invited to Prickly Bay to be taken for a sail on Wild Cat, a 38 foot catamaran (thanks Pam and Chris), Blue Tang, a 42 foot Halberg Rassey (thanks Guy, assisted by Kevin, another cruiser), Debonair, a 30 foot cutter (thanks Larry and Deborah), and Veleda IV, an Ontario 32 foot sloop (thanks Aubrey and Judy). Extra life jackets and refreshments were provided by several other area cruisers. The group was espite the rain (and rain…and more rain), the annual Carriacou Children’s returned by dinghy to the public beach near the Education Fund (CCEF) activities were another resounding success. Calabash resort in Prickly Bay where all enjoyed DWith donations still coming, the amount raised this year has already swimming and the picnic goodies. The children exceeded $17,000! Through the generosity of all who took part, the CCEF were entertained by Jeanne with a spelling quiz on will be able to continue the projects that have benefited hundreds of island nautical terms. A large nautical Word Find puzzle was children for the past eight years. made up by Judy Millard of Veleda IV, for the kids to work on at home, and it will be reviewed on a few Saturday morning activities. The fund is an informal, voluntary group comprised of individuals from visiting yachts, their friends and families back home, and concerned local business people in Carriacou. CCEF had its beginnings in 1997 when a group of cruisers in Tyrrel Bay for Regatta gathered together for a potluck BBQ prior to the Report and photos submitted by Aubrey Millard, Veleda IV start of the Carriacou Regatta Festival. At that time, there were no more than fifteen visiting yachts at anchor. Through word of mouth, the total experience of Carriacou Regatta has spread and the number of yachts continued to increase—to as many as 90 visiting yachts. In 2000, a group of cruisers discussed a way to demonstrate appreciation and thanks to the people of Carriacou for their friendliness, and held its first benefit auction. A number of worthy causes were discussed to receive proceeds and the group chose the education of Carriacou children. Since that time over $86,000 has been raised to assist children in their mainstream schooling, from pre-primary, through primary, secondary and post secondary levels. With this money, needy children are provided with school uniforms and supplies, hot school lunches (“Meals from Keels”), and full tuition and a book stipend at the Carriacou campus of T. A. Marryshow Community College. This year CCEF will be sponsoring six students at TAMCC. In addition, through a matching funds program, CCEF has assisted two primary schools in Carriacou to upgrade the wiring and purchase air conditioners for their computer labs. It is the hard work of many volunteers throughout the year that culminates and boils down to two or three days of activities in August. Throughout the year, cruisers are spreading the word about Regatta, others are making items for the craft table or collecting items for the auction, and many people who are not able to attend Regatta are dropping off contributions at the Yacht Club as they pass through Carriacou and others emailed pledges of money. In addition to the auction, other fund raising activities this year included a silent auction, the Welcome BBQ, a dominoes tournament, book swap, a craft table of jewelry and other handmade goods contributed by the many artisans aboard the visiting yachts, and a table of those treasures of the bilge that we all have on board. Sincere thanks go out to everyone who participated this year and in the past. Report and photos submitted by the Carriacou Children’s Education Fund NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 61 BELOW: GRENADA (Left) Hon. Peter David, Minister of Tourism with Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Arlene Buckmire-Outram NEW SUPERYACHT BERTHS meet with Clyde Rawls, General Manager and Danny Donelan, Sales & Marketing Coordinator to Open at Port Louis this Month of Camper & Nicholson Port Louis Marina he first ten superyacht berths at Camper & Nicholsons Marinas’ Port Louis development on Grenada will be T fully operational at the beginning of November. Phase One of the Port Louis Marina development is nearing completion and 50 fully-serviced berths are currently in operation. When completed, the new marina will offer almost 400 berths for craft from 10m to 90m, including 73 superyacht berths (25m+ in length). Clyde Rawls, General Manager of Port Louis Marina, said: “It’s all about location, location, location – and Grenada is in a perfect position for charters and cruisers wanting to explore the untouched islands of Grenada and the Grenadines. The marina, which offers world-class services, is also 12 degrees North and listed outside of the hurricane belt so it’s a perfect place to moor IMAGES COURTESY OF PORT LOUIS GRENADA PORT LOUIS OF COURTESY IMAGES during the summer months.” “We have had yachting in Grenada for many Alongside the marina, the EC$1.5 billion Maritime Village is planned. The Peter de Savary project years and we already have experienced chandlers, will include individual houses, residential units, a five-star hotel, a spa and wellbeing lifestyle centre, mechanics and provisioning here on island. restaurants, bars and boutiques. However, we expect these services to grow even Minister of Tourism Hon. Peter David and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Mrs. Arlene more with the development of Port Louis. We will Buckmire-Outram met with marina officials in September to discuss plans for the Marina. On site were more than double the number of yachting berths General Manager Clyde Rawls, Marketing and Sales Coordinator Danny Donelan and Project Manager available in Grenada and with this will come Robin Swaisland. a huge increase in the services needed,” The Camper & Nicholsons team briefed the Minister and his permanent Secretary extensively on Donelan remarked. the progress of the project. “When this project is completed we will have some of the best facilities any Speaking to the media after the meeting, where in the world,” Rawls said. “This project is one which I am sure we at Camper & Nicholsons and the Minister of Tourism Hon. Peter David expressed people of Grenada will be very proud of.” the Government’s full support for the project. The meeting also discussed the benefits of yachting to Grenada. Sales and Marketing Coordinator “As Minister of Tourism, I can assure you that Danny Donelan outlined Camper & Nicholsons view on this topic to Minister David. “We are sure that Government will take steps to ensure that this this project will create many new, high quality jobs right here in Grenada,” Donelan said. The Camper & project and others of its kind succeed. We welcome Nicholsons team and the Minister agreed that much more focus needed to be placed on yachting as an the further development of the yachting industry industry and that more collaboration needed to take place between the Government and the yachting here in Grenada and look forward to receiving more community to push this marina. yachts from many different parts of the world.” Donelan said that the new Camper & Nicholsons marina will bring more of the yachting community to Grenada and assist in making Grenada a global centre for yachting. He also stressed the fact that Update submitted by Camper & Nicholsons Port yachting encourages the development of a range of ancillary and support services. Louis Marina A new artist’s rendering of Port Louis Marina 62 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 GRENADA New Look for Grenada Sailing Festival 2009 SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN REGATTA CIRCUIT NOW INCLUDES CARRIACOU, GRENADA, AND TOBAGO logo also incorporates 12 Degrees North – the unique location of the island. So look out for the ‘button’ to get more news and information on courses, entries, parties and events, as they are announced. Check the official Festival Website at www.grenadasailingfestival.com where entry forms are also available. All these changes are complemented by the new Festival Administrator, Ria Delves, who can be contacted on [email protected] Festival Chairman, Jimmy Bristol commented: “2009 will be an exciting year for all of us and I see the new Southern Circuit being a great incentive to skippers to keep their boats in the Southern Caribbean longer so they can find out just how much there is on offer – not only some of the best racing, but also some of the best ‘partying’ in the region. I am also very pleased to announce changes this year at the Grenada Sailing Festival – a new look; new people; a new Racing Class; new parties and more fun, and of course, excellent racing as always.’ The event for 2009 will be run with presentation partners Port Louis and CHRIS KENNAN CHRIS Camper & Nicholsons, in association with the Grenada Board of Tourism. The organisers also welcome back sponsors Digicel; United Insurance; Mount Gay There will be a new look and new features to Rum; Heineken; True Blue Bay Resort & Villas and Colombian Emeralds. the Grenada Sailing Festival presented by Port Louis and Camper & Nicholsons, to be staged from 30 January – 3 February 2009. Preview submitted by Grenada Sailing Festival As always, there will be four days of challenging top-quality racing off the island’s southern coast together with the unique crowd-pulling traditional Digicel Workboat Regatta, and this year will be the first time that international competitors will be able to race under both CSA and IRC Rules. This will make the Grenada Sailing Festival even more attractive to the growing numbers of international yachts in the Caribbean for the Season. The key focus of this move is to encourage yacht owners and skippers to spend more time in the region to enjoy the great racing conditions and famous party-loving hospitality. Another exciting change which will encourage yachtsmen to come and participate in the Grenada Sailing Festival is a new initiative creating a ‘Southern Caribbean Regatta Circuit’ to kick off 2009 in the Caribbean. The Festival will now take place between the Carriacou Regatta (14 – 18 January), moved from its traditional pre- Christmas dates, and the new Tobago Carnival Regatta (10 – 14 February), creating for the first time a great three-event racing schedule in the Southern Caribbean. The organisers are very excited by the plans and are liaising with both Regattas to promote this. There are other reasons to come back to Grenada for the end of February. Two more very different and fun sailing events are coming up then, with the Grenada Classic Yacht Regatta from 19 – 22 February and the Le Phare Bleu Grenada Round the Island Race over the week-end of 13-15 March. There will also be a new look to the party programme for the 2009 Festival. Once the racing is over, skippers and crews will be treated to a new programme of great events and Themed Parties, adding to the ‘must go to’ We save you $$$ by consolidating your orders. Weekly Ocean Freight @ Affordable Rates! Mount Gay Red Cap Party, plus a different mix of locations including the www.marinewarehouse.net fantastic new Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and Le Phare Bleu Marina, as well as the ever-popular Dodgy Dock at True Blue Bay Resort & INT’L ORDERS [email protected] Marina – Pure Sail, Pure Spice and More Fun for 2009. Panama [email protected] To reflect this new style and character for the future, the event also has Curaçao [email protected] Miami 305 635 0776 [email protected] a brand new logo. Striking and modern, with strong sailing imagery, the Trinidad Tardieu Marine, Chaguaramas 868 634 4150 [email protected] NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 63 VENEZUELA The late sculptor Dimitrios Demu SCULPTOR OF THE SEA DIMITRIOS DEMU BY NANCY TERRELL Demu, locally called Taki, was an international the sea; he is quoted as saying, “The sea of Lecheria sculptor who was a great lover of the sea and ends nowhere; this air that never stops is endless.” crafted enormous stainless steel structures showing Much of his art from this period is entitled ‘Art in his awe of water, light and movement. Of particular Motion’. “Movement, as in the sea, is the basis of life interest to me is his large sculpture of a Mermaid, – without it there is no life. This is why my sculpture which is housed in its own circular room, within incorporates both movement as well as equilibrium. the museum. The Mermaid was sculpted in 1985 I have freed steel, iron and bronze, along with my and weighs approximately 80 kilos of stainless anxiety, fears and dreams, into a torrent of water steel. As you walk into the darkened room this which flows. My sculptures are made up of volumes large sculpture picks up light from well-placed of space. There is not art without poetry and for me recessed lighting which highlights its handcrafting poetry is the happiness of love and space.” and movement in space. Steel sculptured fish His enormous sculptures are placed throughout surround her in protection. both public and private spaces within Venezuela— The Mermaid is hollow with the exception of airports, parks and commercial properties—but Mermaid, the breasts which each weight 10 kilos of stainless my favorite will always be his Mermaid. To me, she sculpted of stainless steel. It was crafted using ribbons and threads is the essence of gracefulness in water. steel in 1985 of stainless steel applied much in the same way as paper mache except that it was welded. In this way, Demu suppressed the notion of weight Nancy Terrell is a freelance writer who has lived in the Caribbean for 22 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in and the lovely sea maiden looks as though she Literature and is currently cruising on her trawler, Swan is actually moving through the water. All of his Song, throughout the Caribbean. sculptures dance, they move, and touching them is encouraged. Children were stroking the mermaid as I walked through the exhibition. They seemed to identify with the sea around them even though they understand that a mermaid is fantasy. Demu had an interesting life. In 1929, at the age of eight, he left Greece with his parents to settle in Cavarna, Romania. In 1939 he attended the ne of the most delightful Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest, from which he aspects of foreign travel is the graduated in 1944. He was invited to have his first discovery of massive talent individual exposition in 1946 in Bucharest where in remote locales. Such a critics stated, “He tries to give his sculpture an place is the Museo Dimitrios internal energy, a movement intended to express Demu in Lechería, Anzoátegui, strength and longing.” In 1949 Demu won 1st OVenezuela. Here is a museum of such prize for his bust of the Russian poet, Alexander diversity that it almost takes your breath Pushkin, which is housed in the Pushkin Museum away. The locale is the home, now turned in Leningrad today. into a museum, of Dimitrios Demu, one of Although not a communist, Demu became the leading sculptors of Venezuela, who famous as the young sculptor who received 1st prize was born in Macedonia, Greece in 1920 and for his Monument of Stalin, which was erected in died in Venezuela in 1997. The museum, Bucharest in 1951 and was destroyed in 1958 when comprised of some 3200 square meters the “DeStalinization Movement” began. A copy of of art, brings together in a permanent the bust is housed in Demu’s museum today. display most of the sculptor’s smaller In 1965 Demu moved to Lecheria, Venezuela, works starting from the time he arrived in where his brother Nicolas lived. This move to South Venezuela in 1965. 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The Regatta will take place in the Anna Bay and incorporate several THIS MONTH: water sports in different classes. The event will not only feature the large sailing yachts, but HEINEKEN REGATTA also sunfishes, fishing contests, kite surfing, water skiing and a lightning parade. Especially unique is CONQUERS CURAÇAO the fact that spectators will be able to enjoy the The St Anna Bay will be this various water sports from the historic Handelskade month’s venue and Kleine Werf. for these and The Heineken Regatta Curaçao also has plenty other boats that to offer to those who will not be participating in will participate in the Heineken any water sports. On Saturday and Sunday from Regatta Curacao 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., everyone will be able to enjoy endless activities and events at the Regatta Village at Kleine Werf and at the Handelskade. UTS will organize a family event at Brionplein, where CTB will host a culture & cuisine experience. Evening entertainment on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November will take place at the ‘Kleine Werf’ (Regatta Village). The festival will be headlined by the ‘Undisputed Queen of Soca,’ Alison Hinds from Barbados, who will provide a sizzling closing performance on Sunday. In the final quarter of 2008, Curaçao will be Heineken Curaçao & Bonaire, along with the The island is showing broad support for the completely captivated by the year’s biggest event: Curaçao Sailing Festival Foundation, have taken goals of the Heineken Regatta Curaçao. CPA will the first edition of the Heineken Regatta Curaçao, the initiative to organize the Heineken Regatta make sure that there is plenty of room for the sailing which will take place on 7, 8 and 9 November. Curaçao. The Regatta’s purpose is to increase competition by temporarily rerouting commercial It has been inspired by the world famous St. Curaçao’s popularity in Europe and the United shipping traffic. The port authority will further IMaarten Regatta, which has grown into an event States. It will put Curaçao on the international contribute by making the Kleine Werf area available where sailing and world-class music both take sailing calendar. In addition, Curaçao will become at no charge, and by supplying security. center stage. more interesting as a place to repair and maintain NIBanc is the proud sponsor of the NIBanc Cup. The Heineken Regatta Curaçao will start and yachts, especially during the hurricane season. The NIBanc Cup is the cup for the overall winner finish in historic downtown Willemstad. Spectators Above all, the organization aims to offer two days of the regatta. The winner of this first Heineken will not only witness a large number of water sports and nights of top of the line entertainment for Regatta Curacao will be the first to have its name in several classes, but can also enjoy countless visitors and locals to enjoy together. engraved on the cup. NIBanc will also be hosting fun activities, including performances by several The Heineken Regatta St. Maarten, which served as the Captain’s Cocktail Party that will take place on local artists in the Regatta Village at Kleine Werf, the inspiration, has provided an enormous economic Friday November 7th welcoming our international Handelskade and Brionplein. On Sunday night the impulse and has increased its island’s popularity. and local participants to the regatta. ENNIA and first overall winner of the Heineken Regatta Curaçao With this firmly in mind, the Curaçao Sailing Festival Banco di Caribe are also partners in the event. will be awarded with the prestigious NIBanc Cup Foundation decided to contact Heineken. For more information about the Heineken Regatta and the festival will conclude with a sizzling show The Heineken Regatta Curaçao uses the slogan Curaçao, www.heinekenregattacuracao.com or call by the undisputed Queen of Soca, Alison Hinds. ‘Real different!’, which will permeate all aspects of Heineken’s Jurriaan van ’t Hoff at 461 7060. PHOTOS BY ELS KROON ELS BY PHOTOS Open space shown is the “Kleine Werf” from Preview submittedwhere the by Heineken the Heineken Regatta Regatta Curacao Curaçao will be organized and coordinated 66 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 67 internetmarine Connect to more Wi-Fi networks, at faster speeds. Complete system $449. www.portnetworks.com or (877) 476-9434 Money-back guarantee 25x more transmit power 5 minute setup 68 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 or 2008, it was only Curacao’s Wim van der Gulik CURAÇAO veteran Wim van der Gulik who was able to mingle among the 72 participants from all over the world. Busy Breezy Summer FVan der Gulik was not the only sailor from Curacao present, but also represented all islands of Sunfishing in Buffalo the south and east Caribbean. Travelling the US in his RV, accompanied by his wife Gonny, and Curaçao it was easy for him to make a stop in the beautiful state of New BY ELS KROON York and test his skills against the world’s best Sunfishers, as he has done many times before. GONNY VAN DER GULIK DER VAN GONNY Being past his seventieth Summer time is a busy time for Curaçao’s top birthday it was quite an achievement to sail and finish all twelve races, which Sunfish sailors. The ones that can break loose from he did! Van der Gulik gathered 479 points, worth a 53rd place. Paul Foerster family, friends and work duties attend the world from the USA was crowned the new world champion. championship, this year held at the Buffalo, New York In Curaçao the Sunfish sailors who stayed at home were preparing for the local championship at the same time. After two weekends and eight races Canoe Club August 23 through 29. Jürgen Schneider is the new champion. Schneider recaptured the prestigious title after 27 years. “Is it a Guinness world record?” asked race assistant Alex Roose at the A Sunfish start prize giving ceremony on September 14th at organizer Theo Frerik’s Pro Sail Curaçao clubhouse. Maybe it’s not, but remarkable it is, for sure! In 1981, at the age of 18, Schneider won the local battle for the Sunfish crown for the first time and in 2008 he did it again, adding his second title at age 45. In the years between he worked, lived and sailed in the Netherlands, being the moving spirit of the Dutch Sunfish Association. Recently Schneider came back to his roots where his Sunfish career started: Curaçao. “It was not easy,” says Roose. “A mixture of very experienced sailors with several young and talented ones provided plenty of competition.’ The Sunfish, sometimes called the “old age” boat in Curacao, has changed its name to be an “all age” boat: the 2008 winner is in his forties, the runner up Ard van Aanholt only 14, while number three, the experienced four- time national champ Niek Kort, is in his fifties. Among the 26 participants in the championship, there was an age difference of 59 years between the youngest and the oldest sailor! For 34 consecutive years the championship has been held in “Spanish Curacao’s new ABOVE: PHOTO BY ELS KROON Sunfish Champ, Waters,” where Randall Swan triumphed in 1986 in the Sunfish senior RIGHT: PHOTO BY ALEX ROOSE Jurgen Schneider Olympics. Winds of 20-25 knots are common all year long, but in September it can differ. And it did! Traditionally the races are held during two weekends with totally different weather conditions. This year was no exception. CURACAO SUNFISH During both weekends, four long races and four so-called short track CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: races were sailed. The average of two short tracks together do count as 1. Jürgen Schneider one long race. In fact six long races are adding to the total. For the youth, 2. Ard van Aanholt a “sunfish double” class is allowed. Maximum age is 14 and the combined 3. Niek Kort. weight is not allowed to pass 90 kg/198 lbs. The Sunfish spirit once again showed to be very much alive and YOUTH: continues to be the largest one design fleet as well as the Optimist. With the 1. Kevin Otterdijk participation of very talented young sailors, the future of the class looks bright 2. Alexandra Siebels in Curacao. There could be a significant change next year during the worlds 3. Jarrick Bijsterbosch 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas. Forget about Wim, Niek and Dolf—but watch for Ard, Kevin and Alexandra, and all the other young Curaçao talents! YOUTH DOUBLE: 1. Just van Aanholt and Els Kroon is a Dutch former teacher who now lives and works as an award-winning Deion van Rooijen free-lance photojournalist on Curaçao. First Lady: Barbara Brandt NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 69 70 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 It was a spectacular sight to see the kettle of Red-billed Tropicbirds circling OUR NATURAL WORLD high above the bay at Little Tobago Island. In the blink of an eye we heard air shredding as a Magnificent Frigatebird dove upon a Tropicbird. The steep dive ended with the Frigatebird grabbing the Tropicbird’s tail and giving it a firm shake. My first thought was that tropicbirds were too large to be a prey item for the Frigatebird. As we watched the dramatic scene, it dawned on us Aerial Robbers that the Frigatebird was not after the tropic bird; instead the Frigatebird was trying to get the tropicbird to regurgitate its stomach contents in midair. We were watching kleptoparasitism. Kleptoparasitism is stealing food from other birds and is not the only way IFrigatebirds feed themselves. Frigatebirds opportunistically take chicks out of seabird nests or grab hatching sea turtles. They also fish by skimming the surface and grabbing fish just under the surface. They are often seen behind fishing boats dipping for fish or offal thrown over by the fisherman. Have you ever watched a Frigatebird fly? They are the ultimate gliders. Frigatebirds are said to have a greater wing span to body weight ratio than any other bird, allowing them to soar for days with little energy expenditure. Frigatebirds cannot swim, and walking on land or taking off from the BY DEVI SHARP | PHOTO BY LINDA MASTERSON water is quite difficult. Their long, forked tails allow these aerial masters to turn, duck and dive in order to rob the prey from other seabirds. In flight, the forked tail often will appear as one long pointed tail. Frigatebirds nest colonially. A rough nest is constructed in low trees or Adult male Magnificent Frigatebirds are all black with a red gular, or throat on the ground on remote islands. A single egg is laid each breeding season. pouch, that is inflated during the breeding season to attract a mate. The gular The Magnificent Frigatebird is found in the Caribbean and along the coasts of pouch is rarely seen outside of breeding season. Adult females are black with north and South America. Worldwide, there are five species of Frigatebirds. The a white breast and the immature birds have a white head and breast. During Magnificent Frigatebird is the only one of the species we see in the Caribbean. breeding season, males inflate their gular pouches until they look like red, heart- Across its range, the Magnificent Frigatebird is declining. Destruction of shaped balloons. Courtship is a noisy affair with the males making a rattle or mangroves and other seaside vegetation are causing a loss of nesting habitat. drumming sound with their gular pouches, clacking their bills and vibrating their extended wings. Females encourage the courtship chaos by giving their attention Devi Sharp is a retired wildlife biologist and is exploring the birds of the Caribbean with her husband, Hunter on their sailboat Arctic Tern. Linda Masterson is an avid to the males presenting the greatest show of noise and largest gular pouches. photographer and enjoys photo-documenting her adventures in the Caribbean. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 71 YACHTBLAST MARITIME/SAILING SHOW www.yachtblast.com YachtBlast EVERY SUNDAY 1100 Hours (1500 hours GMT) on Island 92 - 91.9 fm www.island92.com Available as a weekly podcast from Itunes From St. Maarten Yachting Capital of the Caribbean On Air and Online with Gary Brown 72 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 OUR NATURAL WORLD From Trickle to Torrent: THE AMAZON BY BECKY A. BAUER It begins as a tiny trickle of melting glacial ice high in the Andes; making its way down the 18,363 foot water discharge and the speed at which it flows tall Nevado Mismi deep inside Peru near the town of Arequipa. Some 75 miles downstream, at an forth will allow one to dip a cup of fresh water from elevation of 12,000 feet, it is joined by one of over 500 tributaries, the Apurimac River flowing milky the Atlantic over 100 miles to sea. turquoise due to pollutants, principally mercury, dumped into it by gold and silver mining operations. Why anyone would consider drinking the The expanding river continues is northerly flow toward Iquitos, Peru, where it is joined by the Rio Amazon’s water, or bathing, or swimming in it is Marañón, the Ene´, the Tambo, and the Rio Ucayali. beyond imagination. Mercury contamination in At Iquitos, the rapidly growing river turns to the East, where it is joined by the Rio Napo from the Rio Tapajos is not thought to come from mining Ecuador, and crosses into the state of Amazonas in Brazil. Now known as the Solimões River, it travels activities so much as it comes from deforestation. on for another 1,200 miles before reaching Manaus, Brazil, where it is joined by the Rio Negro, the ‘Black Logging, slash and burn agriculture, and scouring River’. Although actually more the color of strong tea due to the concentration of acid from decaying the land bare for mining has released mercury Iplant life entering the river as the Negro flows out of the mountains of Columbia, the confluence of the filtered out of the air by trees and long held within Solimões and the Negro is distinct. The muddy reddish waters of the Solimões and the black waters the ground. Without cover and roots to anchor of the Negro do not mix immediately, instead, the expanding river, which becomes the great Amazon the land, it is washed away and eventually ends River at Manaus, flow side by side; the two colors visible from the air as well as from land and boat. up in the Amazon River. Before reaching the Atlantic Ocean, the Amazon is joined by approximately 500 additional rivers with To date, 20% of the Amazon Rainforest has been headwaters in Bolivia, Columbia, lost to deforestation. The Amazon River Basin I flew Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, over in 1966, just as the sun rose at the mouth of northern-most Brazil, and Ecuador. that mighty river, no longer exists. From August, Among these 500 tributaries the 2007, to August, 2008, over 3,200 square miles Tapajos River, which joins the of forest was cleared…2,048,000 acres; 828,815 Amazon at Santarem half-way hectares; approximately 621,610,683 trees (using between Manaus and the Atlantic, the average of 750 species of trees per hectare); is, as many of the other tributaries, approximately 1,243,222,500 plants; and countless highly contaminated with mercury birds, mammals, insects, and invertebrates. as well as other dangerous and What does the loss of the Amazon Rainforest potentially deadly pollutants. and the pollution and sedimentation in the About one million miners work Amazon River have to do with Central America, along the banks of the Rio Tapajos, the Caribbean Islands, the Florida Keys, and the using mercury to remove the gold. During testing, scientists found high mercury levels in every fish pulled Eastern Atlantic? In addition to the loss of millions from the river, in all the river sediment, and in the tissues and hair of everyone living along the Tapajos. of carbon monoxide-cleaning, oxygen-producing According to Dr. Donna Megler from the Institute of Science and Environment at the University of Quebec in plants, the pollution sent forth by the Amazon Montreal, studies she conducted seem to indicate the contamination did not come solely from mining. River does not stay in Brazilian waters. The Amazon River Basin covers more than 44% of the total land mass in South America and within The Caribbean Current picks up along the the Basin lies the Amazon Rainforest which covers about one billion acres. A hectare (2.471 acres) of horn of Brazil, south of the Amazon’s mouth and undisturbed rainforest contains an average of 750 species of trees, over 1,500 species of plants, and that current flows past Central America, through untold birds, reptiles, insects, and mammals. One in ten of the world’s known species of plants, animals, the Caribbean, and into the Straits of Florida past birds, and insects live in the Amazon Rainforest and cannot be found anywhere else on earth. which it flows toward the Gulf Stream. The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. The Amazon River carries approximately How much sediment with beginnings in 20% of the world’s freshwater. Over 120 prescription drugs used worldwide are derived from plants the Peruvian Andes, how much mercury from found in tropical rainforests. The U.S. National Cancer Institute has found 3,000 rainforest plants with deforestation and mining in the Amazon, what some cancer fighting properties. And yet, only about 1% of the plants found in the Amazon have been quantities of what other dangerous chemicals tested for medicinal properties even though the indigenous peoples of the Amazon are known to are traveling on ocean currents to places far and successfully use over 2,000 forest plants for various infections and diseases. wide—killing reefs, contaminating seafood, and The Amazon River, running through the heart of the Amazon Rainforest is the longest river in the tainting water? world with a total length of over 4,000 miles. In addition to being the longest, it is also the widest and the deepest; ranging from seven to 28 miles wide during the rainy season with an average depth of 131 feet. When the Amazon River reaches the Atlantic Ocean it spews forth between 200,000 and 300,000 cubic After 30 years as a wild and domestic animal rescuer, rehabber, and educator in the states, Becky Bauer meters of freshwater per second—per second!, making the Amazon’s outflow more than the combined became a scuba instructor and award-winning journalist total of the next nine largest rivers in the world. The force behind that outflow carries the freshwater many covering the marine environment in the Caribbean. She miles out to sea, by some estimates almost 200 miles out. It has been said that the force behind this fresh is a contributing photographer to NOAA. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 73 CRUISING & CIRCUMNAVIGATING Daysail Dog BY PETER MUILENBURG Most people work because they have to. It is not usually what they After spending most his life in, on, would choose to do had they unlimited options. Dogs are different— and by the sea, Peter Muilenburg wrote “Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light,” their duty is their delight. They do it with a passion—herd sheep, Visit his website www.sailBreath.com hunt foxes, retrieve pheasants, track convicts, pull sledges, and guard flocks with tireless devotion—giving an altogether different meaning to the old expression, to “work like a dog.” From medieval times his ancestors had been til they had to. The dinghy was normally tied too imminent, and peeled off with a flurry of good- bred for service afloat and he was born ready and far astern for him to jump, so Santos would wait natured barking after a rooster. It flew to a tree, the eager—he didn’t have days off during which it lying on the afterdeck next to the tiller arm, his swift little dog snapping theatrically under it. “wasn’t his job,” or sick days, or personal leave or head between his paws. He would watch intently Having got everybody’s attention, he moved emergency family obligations. Keeping watch, and keep up a sputtering, muted growl ‘til a shift in to his main act, a furious charge at a troop of warding off and sounding the alarm—work was the fitful harbor breeze brought the dinghy close peacefully-grazing donkeys, barking insolently like his reason for being. Santos’ working day started enough for him to suddenly spring up, snarling in he had the king’s commission in his pocket to at the crack of dawn. At least it did during triumph, feigning a leap. The gulls would shriek, disperse this rabble at once. These were the same laughing gull season. and take to the air—grudgingly. donkeys who regularly browsed through the dock Visitors from the north say we have no seasons— Santos rarely actually jumped into the dinghy, environs, keeping an eye on things, and they’d seen but one sure sign of our spring is the return of the because then he would be stuck in it, bobbing this absurd show more than once—many times laughing gulls. These East Caribbean gulls are around, marginalized, ‘til someone lifted him back up. more than once. A young donkey might snort and nothing like their drab, lumpish northern cousins. When we got back to the Virgin Islands, we stamp its hoof, another might lift its leg disdainfully Laughing gulls are small and pristine—crisp studies entered the charter business, taking tourists out like there was something unsanitary underfoot, but in black and white with bellies of fresh snow, heads for a day of sailing and snorkeling...a day that the rest totally ignored him, their body language of jet black and uppers of nimbus gray. They are Santos dominated. Breath was clearly his boat and emoting a wearied, scornful “whatever...!” Then seafarers and migratory wanderers; they fly south by the end of the afternoon, people would take he turned and, with all eyes upon him, made his to Brazil for their winter bivouac. Then, after a six- leave of him with a certain awe. triumphal entrance onto the dock. month silence, early on an April morning, a familiar A lot of the charter business is social and in Until they saw his face, most of the passengers raucous cry registers through the fleeting fog of this the little dog easily equaled any human crew. weren’t sure he was a dog; from a distance sleep—the laughing gulls are back. One of the first, and most important, jobs of the he looked like a coked-up hedgehog or some For a few days or a week, only loners straggle day was breaking the ice between the guests offbeat cross between a Tasmanian devil and an in, outriders and scouts; and then suddenly the who often were complete strangers to each other. Amazonas peccary...but the moment he danced whole laughing gull nation appears en masse Early one morning a full boatload of passengers up to the dock, alert, savvy, confident, with his and for the next half-year, the wild, free sound was congregated on the narrow, antiquated Coral ears laid back in affable greeting, his tongue of their lunatic laughter pervades the harbor. Bay dock, waiting. I was in a jam because on the lolling, he was unmistakably a dog. They take up their usual posts, on buoys, rocks, way in to fetch them, the outboard had given He was going from guest to guest, giving and especially unused boats, including dinghies, a sodden cough, stopped, and now wouldn’t each of them a cursory inspection, when two which they soon foul with their droppings. start—water in the carburetor. large young pups loped up eagerly to share the A charter boat cannot have dung in its dinghy The tourists were getting fidgety. They hated attention and started badgering Santos to play, and Santos’ first order of business was to keep ours being made to wait. Their time was precious— knocking him clumsily with their uncontrollably- free of gulls. We would wake up in the morning quality time—and being herded together like wagging hips and tails. He bore it testily in the to a low growl directly above us on the after deck. sheep in a chute didn’t make them happy. Santos manner of one who suffers a fool. They kept it Santos knew not to bark before we rose unless the saved the day. He had been doing his morning up, almost edging him off the dock, ignoring his situation were dire and immediate, and he also rounds—making his mark afresh, checking at Skinny warning growls—‘til suddenly he exploded like a knew that mere barking wouldn’t do the job—the Legs for scraps, policing the other animals. He ran letter bomb in their faces, a black tornado with a gulls were brazen and canny and wouldn’t move back to catch the dinghy, saw that departure wasn’t blood-curdling snarl and a blur of snapping teeth. 74 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 no-go zone that surrounds Breath—breaching the previous experience, he knew they would wind sacred circle!—he convulsively wrenched himself up overboard. Every splash elicited a hysterical away and bounded onto the deck with bristling protest, his bark taking on the distinctive timbre mane to peal out his warning—a warning to the he reserved for Man Overboard! The urgency transgressing boat as well as to us. Nothing—no of his inbred responsibility had not diminished caress, emolument nor delicacy—came between a whit over the centuries. Despite having seen him and his duty. It was unthinkable that any thousands of people, hundreds of children, boat—especially a fast runabout—should pass jump into the water, Santos unfailingly went unheralded or unchallenged. ballistic. He even started barking at jumpers on Each day, when the guests took out their neighboring boats. snorkeling gear, Santos tried desperately to He took himself and his responsibilities very, herd everybody away from the rail where, from very seriously. It so startled the ungainly dogs, they sprang backwards—and landed in the drink. While they floundered through the shallows back to shore, Santos calmly resumed his greetings. The tourists all started talking at once...”Didya see that? This little dog? Just ran those two big guys right off the dock!” “Unbelievable...talk about force of character!” “Awesome snarl!... like a wolverine on bad acid!” By now they were all laughing together. His next act was dinghy jumping, negotiating the usual congestion of small craft at the dock by leaping from dinghy to dinghy with impeccable balance till he got to our skiff, and strode its foredeck—on station, ready to ride. By this time the guests were delighted to learn that this was a ship’s dog, belonging to the very boat they were sailing on. Much mollified, they peppered me with questions about Santos’ breed while I cleaned the plugs and drained the float chamber; and when the machine once again fired up, we all ferried out to Breath anticipating the best, with Santos, as always, riding in the prow, reaching a forepaw out toward the boat as if guiding the way. People loved that. We sometimes stopped at the Bight in Norman Island and ferried our guests over to the William Thornton for lunch. This vessel (aka the “Willie T”) was one of Santos’ all-time favorite establishments. Most so-called “floating restaurants” are merely a barge bolted to a city wharf in water one would never eat the fish out of, but the Willie T was a 100 year-old 90’ Baltic trader moored to a 7000-lb anchor in 30’ of water, as blue as sky. Santos loved the sounds and smells of the busy restaurant; though he wasn’t allowed to go, he often followed us, leaping into the water no matter how choppy. He had numerous saviors who thought the small dog was a puppy. He played on that one briefly! Santos assessed the guests every day in the morning, visiting each one briefly, until he found a willing lap where he could lie on his back, his eyes closed in supreme languor, his rear leg occasionally pawing the air as she scratched his belly, a little Roman emperor awash in pleasure. Yet part of him remained ever on guard; when he sensed a power boat penetrating the NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 75 CARIBBEAN DINING & PROVISIONING WHERE TO PROVISION THIS YEAR: A CRUISER’S GUIDE BY CAROL M. BAREUTHER, RD Whether you island-hop sail the ‘Thorny Path’, go offshore and direct, or ship your vessel to the Caribbean, there’s one thing you’ll want to do once you arrive: provision. All islands offer food for sale. However, the size and number of stores varies from no more than convenience-type markets with a bulk of canned goods, to Puerto Rico’s find-anything-you-want Wal-Mart-owned Supermercados Amigo. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find: Shop for fresh produce at the Fruit Bowl when visiting St. Thomas DEAN BARNES DEAN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC from fresh fruits and vegetables to Puerto Rico’s bagels. “You’ll see a big table of fresh produce Major marinas such as Casa de Campo and Ocean delicious lechón or roast suckling pig. when you first walk in,” says Goldberg. “We have World boast excellent supermarkets within walking the room for more variety, as well as more organic distance. In other areas, large towns and small U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS items.” The store now offers Thai, Asian and Indian have corner stores and supermarkets where you Warehouse-type stores, Pricemart and Cost-U- foods as well as a fresh soup station, salad bar, nut can find all types of foods. Dominican ingredients Less, and large mainland-like supermarkets Plaza display and prepared salads to go that include take up much of the shelf space, but there are Extra and Pueblo, are found on both St. Thomas specialties such as wakame and octopus. also many North American and European-made and St. Croix. There are also a couple of neat ‘finds’. “We offer pick up, drop off and free delivery products. Health foods, vegetarian products and On St. Croix, Lori’s Deli is within walking distance service to and from all marinas on St. Thomas,” low-calorie foods can be found in supermarkets of Teague Bay and the St. Croix Yacht Club. On St. says Goldberg. “You can also fax or Email us in the larger resort areas. John, Starfish Market boasts an in-house chef who your order.” daily prepares to-go selections, and offers fresh PUERTO RICO produce, cheeses, meats, and bakery goods plus BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Pueblo—under new management and with wine and liquor in an adjacent store. Bobby’s Supermarket in Road Town, Tortola, with a recent facelift—as well as Supermercados On St. Thomas, The Fruit Bowl in the Wheatley satellite stores at Nanny Cay Marina and Cane Amigo, Grande, Econo and SuperMax are major Shopping Center has tripled its retail space with a Garden Bay, is a full-service supermarket with an supermarkets. There are a number of smaller renovation that means “a brand new everything,” active provisioning service. In-store, cruisers usually stores at marinas and nearby in the Fajardo area, says general manager David Goldberg. Fresh aim for the beverages as well as fresh fruits and as well as the ports of Salinas and Ponce on prime and choice meats as well as seafoods are vegetables. “Prepared fruit platters and sandwich the south and Boqueron to the west. You’ll also now flown down from New York along with fresh platters are popular with cruisers,” says Sean, who find foods sold by roadside vendors, everything produce and bakery goods such as real NYC-style adds, “We do deliver to boats and marinas.” 76 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 Riteway Food Market is another popular St. Maarten-St. Martin also has several smaller and Europe and new world selections in wines.” supermarket, and Ample Hamper is a gourmet stores, gourmet groceries, delis and bakeries that Marigourmet will provision for yachts locally and grocery with lots of neat finds. The Best of British offer a wonderfully global selection. to both Soufriere and Rodney Bay. shop, in Road Town, offers a great selection of imported British foods. ANTIGUA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO On Jost Van Dyke, you can find basics at There are several large and small supermarkets Hi-Lo Stores is the largest supermarket chain Christine’s Bakery and Rudy’s Superette, both in here as well as roadside produce vendors and fish in the islands, and there’s a small store located Great Harbour. On Virgin Gorda, head to Buck’s sellers at the ports. Gourmet goods are available at at Crews Inn marina in Chaguaramas. There’s a Food Market in Spanish Town or Leverick Bay Gourmet Basket, located within the Island Provision bigger version of this chain located in the West for general shopping, and to The Emporium at Complex on Sir George H. Walter Highway. Mall Compound, about a 20 minute drive away. the Bitter End Yacht Club for scrumptious chef- Epicurean Supermarket, at the Jolly Harbour Dockside Supermarket at Power Boats is small, but prepared fare to go. Marina, is a large one-stop shop that also offers a stocks the essentials. If you really want to load up, deli complete with meats, cheeses, take-out foods head to PriceSmart, in the MovieTowne Shopping ST. MAARTEN-ST. MARTIN and on-site bakery. There’s also a sizeable selection Center about 35 minutes drive out of town. This Grand Marché is one of the biggest supermarket of beer, wines and non-alcoholic beverages. warehouse-style store operates on a club format, chains in St. Maarten/St. Martin, with locations at but one-day passes are available. Bush Road, Cole Bay & Simpson Bay. Each has a large ST. LUCIA Gina Carvalho, YSATT administrator, says, “The variety of international products, flown-in produce, Super J’s is the main supermarket chain on fresh fruit and vegetable market, also called the certified Angus beef and good selection of French St. Lucia, with island wide outlets including at Central Market in Port of Spain, is where you can find cheeses and Dutch Goudas, hams and pates. Rodney Bay Marina. To the south, Marigourmet anything. There is a wholesale section where you can This season, “We’re bringing in more organic Supermarket is located at the Marina at Discovery buy in bulk. There is also a fresh meat, seafood and products and specialty foods such as Kosher, Bay in Marigot. poultry section as well. Farmers bring in their livestock Indian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, French and Dutch. Raoul Massé, store manager, says, “We are fresh from the abattoir and you can select your cuts With the holidays approaching, we’ll also bring selling unique items to the island such as Sushi of meat. Lots of fresh fish and shrimp, too. Port of in chocolates, cookies, foie gras, caviar and duck products and French cheeses. This season, we have Spain is about a 40-minute drive from Chaguaramas. breast,” says general manager Prakash Sujanani, expanded varieties of cheeses and wines. Like last The best time to go shopping is between 6:30 a.m. - who says marina delivery is available. year, we will get in game meats, fresh fish fillets and 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday or Sunday.” The Cole Bay supermarket carries more than USDA prime and choice beef for the holidays.” 2500 wines from France, Italy, Spain, California, Regarding beverages, Massé says, “We have Carol M. Bareuther, RD, is a St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Chile, Argentina, South Africa and Australia. all sorts of beers and a wide range of French based marine writer and registered dietitian. NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 77 CARIBBEAN DINING & PROVISIONING EDAMAME BEANS THE DISH BY CAPTAIN JAN ROBINSON AND SAUTEED ONIONS Preparation time: 5 minutes Capt. Jan Robinson is author of the Ship to Shore Cookbook Collection. Cooking time: 20 minutes She holds certificates from the Culinary Institute of America, The Ritz Serves: 8 Cooking School, and the Cordon Bleu. Available at your local marine 2 (16-ounce) bags Edamame beans (shelled soybeans) or bookstore or website www.shiptoshoreINC.com or email 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil [email protected] or call 1-800-338-6072. Mention All At Sea to 2 medium yellow skinned onion, peeled and finely sliced 1 cup apple cider receive your special discount. Salt and pepper Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil and the onions and cook until beginning to A Traditional Thanksgiving caramelize, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the cider, raise the heat to medium high and cook until liquid is reduced and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix in the beans and the second Monday of October in Canada. It is a traditional North American holiday, which is cook 5 minutes more. Keep warm until ready to serve. a form of a harvest festival. ROASTED CARROTS EASY PUMPKIN SOUP WITH Put butter in a small pan, add three bay leaves Preparation time: 5 minutes and heat over low heat until the butter is bubbling. Cooking time: 20 minutes CHILI CRAN-APPLE RELISH Remove from the heat and set aside. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 50 minutes Place the turkey breasts on a work surface then 14 carrots, peeled Serves: 8 carefully run your fingers between the skin and the 1/4 cup olive oil 2 Tbsp olive oil flesh from one end, but leaving the other end intact, 1-1/2 tsp kosher salt 1 medium onion, chopped creating a pocket. Season the turkey then stuff half 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 cup diced celery of the herb paste under the skin of each breast 3 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley 2 Tbsp chopped garlic and spread it evenly. Transfer turkey breasts to the Preheat oven to 400ºF. Slice the carrots diagonally roasting pan, and place three bay leaves underneath 1 (16 oz) can pure pumpkin into about 2-inch slices. Place in a baking dish in one each one. Baste breasts with half of the bay butter. 2-1/2 cups chicken broth layer and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place in Place the turkey in the oven and immediately oven and roast until tender. Sprinkle with parsley. 1/8 tsp ground ginger or 1 tsp fresh grated ginger decrease the temperature to 400ºF. After 20 minutes, 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg or 1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger baste the turkey breasts with the remaining butter Salt to taste and roast for an additional 20 minutes, until cooked ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUTS 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk, through, and a thermometer placed in the thickest Preparation time: 5 minutes half & half, or regular milk Cooking time: 15 minutes part of the breast registers 170ºF. Serves: 8 In a large pot sauté onion, garlic, and celery in olive Remove from the oven, transfer to a warm platter, 2 lbs Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved oil over medium heat, until onions and celery are cover, and let rest for 15 minutes before carving. soft, but not browned. Add pumpkin, chicken broth, Gravy: Put the roasting pan on a burner at 2 Tbsp olive oil ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Simmer about 15 minutes. medium heat. Sprinkle the flour over the pan juices, 1 Tbsp minced garlic Add coconut milk, cream or milk. Purée in blender. stir for a few minutes with a wooden spoon while 1/2 tsp sea salt Serve hot or cold with Relish. it is cooking. Add the brandy and scrape the pan to 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper Relish: lift the bits that are stuck to the bottom. Cook for a 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest, fresh 1 crisp apple McIntosh or Granny Smith, finely chopped minute more, then, while stirring, pour in the apple 2 tsp lemon juice 1/4 red onion, finely chopped cider. Bring to a simmer, and stir until thickened. Garnish: Grated Parmesan cheese Preheat oven to 400ºF. Put Brussels sprouts in a 2 tablespoons lemon juice Season with salt and pepper. Slice the turkey breast on the diagonal, and serve bowl with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper; toss to 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries, chopped with the warm gravy. coat. Place in a roasting dish and cook for about 15 1 tsp chili powder minutes or until crisp-tender. Shake the pan from 2 tsp honey time to time, to cook evenly. Sprinkle with lemon zest FENNEL AND POTATO GRATIN and juice; toss to coat. Garnish. 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon Preparation time: 15 minutes Combine apple, onion, lemon juice, cranberries, chili Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes powder, honey, and cinnamon. Serve soup in bowls Sitting time: 10 minutes DELICIOUS TRIFLE and garnish with relish. Serves: 8 -10 Preparation time: 20 minutes 2 small fennel bulbs Cooking time: 10 minutes ROASTED HERBED-STUFFED 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced Chilling time: 1 hour TURKEY BREAST WITH 3 Tbsp virgin olive oil Serves: 8 2 Tbsp butter 4 ripe firm bananas, peeled and sliced BAY LEAF BUTTER AND GRAVY 4 large potatoes (about 2 lbs), peeled and thinly sliced 2 cups fresh raspberries or halved strawberries Preparation time: 15 minutes 2 cups plus 2 Tbsp half and half 2 cups fresh peaches or fresh mangoes Cooking time: 50 minutes 1/2 cup pecan pieces or slivered almonds Serves: 8 2-cups plus 1 cup grated Gruyére cheese 2 Tblsp olive oil 1 tsp kosher salt 1 (3-3/4 oz) pkg vanilla pudding 1 medium onion, peeled and coarsely chopped 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 pound cake, sliced and cut in about 1-inch pieces Zest of one lemon Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place potatoes in a large bowl 2 oz. (good) brandy 10 fresh sage leaves of ice water. Butter the inside of a 9 x 16 x 2-inch, Garnish: 1 cup heavy cream whipped with 1 tsp brandy, 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley oven-to-table baking dish. Remove the stalks from and coarsely grated chocolate Select a glass serving bowl about 7-inches in 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil the fennel and cut the bulbs in half lengthwise. diameter and 4-inches deep. Mix gently all fruits and 1 tsp salt Remove cores and thinly slice the bulbs crosswise. Heat olive oil and butter in a sauté pan over medium nuts. Prepare vanilla pudding as directed on pudding 4 Tbsp butter heat. Add fennel and onions and cook for about 15 package and let cool. Arrange a layer of pound cake 8 fresh bay leaves minutes or until tender. pieces in the bowl. Top with a layer of mixed fruits 2 (2-1/2 lbs) boneless turkey breast halves, skin on Pour out ice water from potatoes, pat dry, then mix and nuts. Sprinkle with brandy. Continue layers, Freshly ground black pepper the potatoes in the bowl with 2 cups of half and half, ending with fruits and nuts. Spread vanilla pudding 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 cups of cheese, salt and pepper. Add the sautéed evenly over top. Place in refrigerator for 1-hour or 1/4 cup (good) brandy fennel and onion; mix well. Place the potatoes in the more for flavors to mingle. 2-1/2 cups apple cider baking dish. Combine the remaining 2 Tbsp of half To serve: mound whipped cream over trifle, Salt and pepper and half and the one cup of cheese. Spread on top of sprinkle with chocolate. Spoon down through trifle Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Oil a baking dish and set potatoes. Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until potatoes are so that each serving consists of whipped cream, it aside. Put the onion into the bowl of a mini food tender and top is browned. Remove from oven and let pudding, fruit and cake. processor. Add lemon zest and chop both until fine. sit for about 10 minutes before serving. Hint: If time permits, place the fruit decoratively Add the sage, parsley, olive oil, and salt and pulse Note: This recipe can be cooked several days ahead inside the bowl against the glass. Looks and until it forms a coarse paste. and reheated for about 30 minutes in a 350ºF oven. tastes great! 78 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 CARIBBEAN DINING & PROVISIONING $$$$ ENTRÉE > $20 BW BEER & WINE $$$ ENTRÉE $16-$20 CR ALL MAJOR WHERE TO EAT $$ ENTRÉE $10-$15 CREDIT CARDS $ ENTRÉE < $10 MV MASTERCARD/VISA RR RESERVATIONS N NO CREDIT CARD RECOMMENDED WF WATERFRONT FB FULL BAR LE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT GRENADA PIRATE’S COVE BAR & GRILL Coldest Beer on Island! Fish, Burgers, Salads, DE BIG FISH RESTAURANT & BAR Great food, great prices, good music, good Pizza and Quesadillas. Phone orders welcome! Boat provisioning at company. Live music Friday and Sunday. Dine all day, English breakfast, Mexican General Store. 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Asking 130K 43’ C & C Ketch 1982 42’ Hershine Motoryacht 1989 42’ Beneteau 423 2004 42’ Hallberg-Rassy HR-42E 1984 41’ Hunter 410 1998 2 cab/2 hd Well equipped 4 cab/3 hd Very spacious 3 cab/2 hd 2 cab/2 hd Major refit 2-3 cnvrt cab/2 hd Extremely Asking 90K Asking 49K Asking 159K Asking 229K well equipped Asking 129K 41’ Beneteau Oceanis 413 2001 40’ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 2001 40’ Hinkley Bermuda MKII 1970 40’ Fountain Pajot Lavezzi 2003 39’ Tollycraft Fastpassage 1983 3 cab/2 hd Great price 2 cab/2 hd Recent upgrades 2 cab/1 hd True 3 cab/2 hd Owner’s Version 2 cab/1 hd Fast cruiser Asking 103K Asking 129K classic Asking 95K Asking 279K Asking 120K 38’ Morgan 38 CC 1998 38’ Bavaria Ocean 38 1998 38’ Hunter 386 2003 36’ Hatteras Sportfish/Flybridge 32’ Catalina 320 1995 2 cab/2 hd Very spacious 2 cab/1 hd Never 2 cab/1 hd Fully 1983 2 cab/2 hd Twin Detroit 2 cab/1 hd Asking 99K chartered Asking 125K equipped Asking 109K diesels Asking 75K Great cruiser Asking 59K www.bviyachtsales.com TEL: 284-494-3260 FAX: 284-494-3535 US FAX: 954-337-0739 Email: [email protected] BROKERAGE 2000 Donzi 80 SportsFish “Ghost Dancer” 2001 Patagonia 55’ Power Catamaran 2008 Sun Odyssey 42 Deck Salon an exceptional vessel. 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Refitted Gorgeous! $140K offers AWESOME LIVEABOARD 7 Million Euro and ready for blue water. $490K WITH OFFICE! $124K Offers $99K Offers WARLORD Rebel Marine 2003 Beneteau 473 1992 Kennex 445 cat. 2005 Fountaine Pajot 2002 SUNSEEKER Sports fish pristine Very clean, air Clean and ready to go Bahia 46. One owner CARMAGUE. GORGEOUS $119K conditioned. 190K Euro since new. Never $375K OFFERS in charter fleet $195K chartered. US$500Kk 2006 Jaguar 36. No 1985 42 ft steel PETIT 2006 JAGUAR 36. 66 FT ALUMINIUM 2003 Voyage 50 cat. expense spared. One owner PRINS.... INDUSTRIAL SPOTLESS AND PRISTINE EXPEDITION CLASS turnkey charter or since new. Lying Spain. INTERIOR GOOD $275K OFFERS. LIVEABOARD TRAWLER. bluewater cruise LIVEABOARD $75K READY TO GO $385K $560K 1987 Brewer Ketch 2002 Buddy Harris Cuddy Dynamique 62. One care- 2003 PURSUIT 28ft. 2002 Grand Soleil 46ft Recent upgrades. 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US$98,000 MONOHULLS 30’ 1999 Henderson 30 (Racing Yacht) ...... US$60,000 51’ 1987 Beneteau Idylle 15.5, located in Martinque...... US$160,000 34’ 1978 Steel Sloop ROB ...... US$45,000 53’ 1995 Super Maramu (REDUCED!!) ...... US$329,000 36’ 1977 Roberts Home Built (located in Barbados) ...... US$40,000 53’ 1984 Amel Custom Mango ...... US$269,000 37’ 1977 Gin Fizz ...... EU30,800 55’ 1998 Zerft Motor Sailer (must sell!!!) ...... US$59,900 39’ 1968 Cheoy Lee Off Shore 40 ...... US$95,000 55’ 1994 Oyster 55 ...... £376,000 40’ 1986 TaShing Tashiba (excellent condition) ...... US$199,000 56’ 1973 Visch Motor Yacht ...... US$175,000 42’ 1986 Endeavour ...... US$98,000 43’ 1999 Wauquiez Pilot Saloon ...... EU247,500 MULTI-HULLS 43’ 1985 Gitana ...... US$115,000 44’ 1999 Finngulf (under offer) ...... US$169,000 36.5’ 1993 Dean Catamaran (Reduced for quick sale) ...... US$99,500 45’ 1992 Fortuna ...... US$150,000 37’ 2002 Fountaine Pajot, located in Guadeloupe ...... US$325,000 46’ 2001 Tayana (Vancouver pilot house) ...... US$329,000 43’ 2001 Lagoon Catamaran ...... US$334,000.00 50’ 1991 Celestial Pilothouse ...... US$268,000 44’ 2007 Lagoon 440 Catamaran ...... EU438,700 51’ 1986 Beneteau ...... US$225,000 54’ 1980 Norman Cross Trimaran ...... US$295,000 51’ 1990 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey ...... EU159,000 55’ 1995 Custom Built Trimaran, located in Grenada ...... US$350,000 NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 87 BROKERAGE MARITIME YACHT SALES Located in Independent Boatyard, St. Thomas, USVI Member of The Yacht Brokers Association of America C: 340-513-3147 T: 340-714-6271 F: 340-777-6272 [email protected] 46 Bertram SF, 1985 48 Maple Leaf, 1974 42 Cruisers 4270 Express, 1999 GM 892’s, beautiful interior Vintage CC cruiser; New hull and deck Twin Cats, genset, recent bottom paint, $ 189,000 paint in 2007, $ 147,5000 Very clean and loaded, $ 219,000 41 Morgan OI, 1982 42 Grand Banks Classic, 1987 36 Islander Sloop, 1976 Classic cruising ketch Twin Lehmans, Westerbeke genset Roomy performance cruiser Perkins, recent rigging, $ 79,000 Value priced, bring offers, $ 149,900 Priced for immediate sell, $ 39,000 SAIL 51 1995 Hylas – Center cockpit, 3 cabin, 2 head, swim transom ..$335,000 35 1988 Jeanneau – Many upgrades, 04 Yanmar, 05 Doyle main$55,000 48 1970 Hughes – Includes turnkey successful day charter biz . .$299,900 34 1988 Tartan – Classic design, scheel keel, low usage ...... $49,900 45 1974 Fuji – CC Ketch, cruise equipped, recent upgrades . . . . $119,500 31 1995 Corsair – Performance trimaran with trailer ...... $86,000 44 1978 CSY – Classic cruiser, complete engine rebuild & more . .$79,900 27 1988 J-Boat – Race ready, many sails, trailer, winner 07&08 . $29,000 41 1974 Formosa – Classic ketch cutter in excellent condition . . . .$85,000 POWER 41 1984 J-Boat – Vintage racer, elegant & fast, rare offering . . . . . $55,000 57 2003 Carver 570 Pilothouse – Luxury motoryacht ...... $599,000 40 1985 Hunter – Large aft stateroom, great value, offers ...... $49,000 46 1985 C&C Logical – Roomy power cat ideal for charter . . . . . $180,000 39 1974 South Seas – Steel CC cutter ketch, ready to cruise . . . . $65,000 40 1994 Mid Cabin Express – Twin Cummins, 03 genset ...... $190,000 38 1978 Van de Stadt – Steel passage maker, ketch rig, Yanmar .$69,000 38 1967 Camcraft – Aluminum crew boat, single GM, full cabin . . .$78,000 38 1978 Morgan – Ted Brewer designed sloop, bring offers . . . . . $42,000 37 2005 Fountaine Pajot Power Cat – Yanmars w/180 hours . . $399,000 38 1977 Ohlson – English built passage maker, strong & fast . . . . $49,000 36 2000 Doral – Twin Mercs. Complete cabin, new bottom paint $119,000 37 1977 Gulfstar – Total refit, excellent condition, must see ...... $69,000 30 1988 Larson – Mercruisers, very roomy & well maintained . . . . $25,000 36 1985 Frers – Racer/cruiser built by Carroll Marine ...... $39,900 26 2004 Glacier Bay Power Cat – Twin Yamahas, cuddy, trailer . $79,000 36 1980 Mariner – Roomy performance cruiser priced to sell . . . . $49,000 25 2006 World Cat – Twin Yamaha 150 hp. 4-stroke engines . . . .$65,000 Visit us online at www.maritimeyachtsales.com St. Thomas Yacht Sales & Crewed Charters Compass Point Marina 6300 Est. Frydenhoj, Suite 28, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00802 Phone: (340) 779-1660 Fax: (340) 775-4803 [email protected] St Thomas Sales update 37’ 1980 Tayana Cutter 49’ 1979 Transpacific 43’ 1995 Hunter 430 $79,900 $180,000 $119,000 36’ 2002 Custom Catamaran 36’ 1980 Albin Trawler 40’ 1997 Carver 400 MY $125,000 $59,000 $120,000 SAIL 44’ ’77 CSY Sloop , new rigging...... $115K 32’ ’96 Carver 325, twin Crusaders ...... $75K 25’ ’82 Hunter New all over paint ...... $7K 49’ ’79 Transpacific Ketch, loaded ...... $180K 36’ ’00 Custom Catamaran SF, tuna tower .....$125K 33’ ’73 Pearson 10M sloop, refit, ....$33.5K 50’ ‘78 Nautor Motorsailer, exlnt cond. $370K 36’ ’80 Albin Trwl, twin diesels, new paint ... $59K 35’ ’77 Pearson classic, Yanmar ...... $44K 50’ ’90 Morgan Catalina, new engine .$119.5K 36’ ‘89 Grand Banks Trwl twin Cummins ... $170K 37’ ’78 Tayana Cutter, heavily built...... $79.9K POWER 39’ ‘98 Mainship Trawler, twin diesels .. $129.9K 37’ ‘78 Endeavour Sloop loaded ...... $52K 14’ ’06 Aquascan Jetboat, 160HP Yamaha .. $34.9K 40’ ’97 Carver MY, Cockpit, twin diesels $120K 40’ ’84 Endeavour, ready to cruise .$79.9K 27’ ‘89 Mako CC, 200HP Yamahas ...... $27K 42’ ’81 Post SF, twin DD’s, 2 strms ...... $129K 43’ ’79 Young Sun, Bluewater cruiser ...... $95K 27’ ’88 Luhrs Alura, cabin, IB gas cabin .. $20K 42’ ’84 Present Sundeck 135 HP Lehmans .. 135K 43’ ’95 Hunter 430 stepped transom ...... $119K 29’ ’94 Phoenix Sport Fisher, T 225 HP Volvos ..$64.5 42’ ’83 Present Sundeck, Washer/Dryer, AP ...... $99.5 44’ ’82 Ta Chiao CT, Bluewater cruiser $89.9K 30’ ’92 Luhrs Tournament, diesels need repair ...$25K 48’ ‘04 Dyna Craft MY, 3 strms 450HP Cats ..$490K Call, fax or visit our website for a complete list of boats for sale www.stthomasyachts.com 88 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 BROKERAGE “The friendly brokers since 1969” NICHOLSON CARIBBEAN YACHT SALES Located upstairs Antigua Yacht Club Marina, Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, WI Email: [email protected] www.yachtworld.com/nicholsoncaribbean Tel: (268) 460-1093 Fax: (268) 460-1534 65’ POINT WEST SLOOP built in 2003 by Westerly 47’ COMPASS, CUTTER / SLOOP. “Marionette” was 42’ GRAND BANKS CLASSIC TRAWLER LAUNCHED Marine, California. “Point Blue” is a very comfortable high designed by Lavranos and strongly built of GRP in South IN 2000. Original owners have kept this motor yacht in great performance cruising yacht, designed and built to be easily Africa in 1990. Very comfortable Owner’s layout and high condition since new. She has the Traditional 2-Stateroom handled by a couple without the need for crew. She is quality joinery through out. Lying: St. David’s Bay, Grenada. layout with all the comforts of a home ashore. Twin Caterpillar composite-built, “super-strong” & “super-fast”, with a stunning Reduced now to $195,000.US 3116 Turbo powered and lightly used.Asking: $450,000.US, Dick Young interior and 3-stateroom layout panelled in Lying: Hauled-out at Jolly Harbour Marina, Antigua. Cherry wood. Still in immaculate conditon after 5 years of 46’ BALTIC 46 RACER / CRUISER SLOOP built world cruising and 30,000 miles later. Asking: $1,750,000. 1976. “Infinity” is a pedigree sailing yacht designed by C&C 38’ C.C VAN ZANDT CUSTOM shoal-draft, steel sloop, US Lying: Caribbean. and built by Baltic Yachts. She has a 3-cabin layout, 50 H.p launched in 1982. “Sequel II” recently arrived in the Caribbean Perkins diesel and/but she needs new decks. Basically this after making her 6th Atlantic crossing with her young family of 51’ BENETEAU FIRST 51 BY GERMAN FRERS 1989. yacht is a great project-boat for the right buyer. She sailed up 3. She is safe, well built and absolutely ready to go when you “Mermaid” is a cruiser/racer with outstanding performance to Antigua last season and now awaits a new loving owner. are. Lying: Antigua, reduced now to $105,000.US gained from her pedigree design. That coupled with her Asking:$70,000.US Lying: English Harbour, Antigua. luxuriously appointed interior make her a superb yacht to sail 36’ MORRIS JUSTINE 36 CUTTER-SLOOP built and live aboard. She is a special Owner’s model built as a 44’ CHERUBINI KETCH BUILT IN 1990, a lovely in 1985. “Peregrine” is a lovely little cruising yacht built by show boat in 1989 and not commissioned until sold in 1991. example of Herreshoff inspiration. Professionally maintained Morris Yachts, Southwest Harbor,Maine. She has Dark Green Mermaid is now offered for sale by her second owner. Lying: for the past 11 years by her meticulous owner with no-expense Awlgrip topsides and a beautifully finished traditional interior. Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. Asking:$240,000.US spared. Beautiful to the eye, easily sailed short-handed and Always maintained in excellent condition and fully fitted-out for highly competitive in the Classic Regattas. An extremely rare serious Blue Water cruising, Peregrine is ready to go when you 51’ SWAN GERMAN FRERS / NAUTOR SWAN, built in find on the market today. Asking: $350,000. US Lying: Antigua. are!!! Asking:$220,000.US Lying: Jolly Harbour, Antigua. 1981. Many recent upgrades including new “racing bottom” in ‘06, Awlgrip, sails and complete new electronics package ‘05. 43’ LAGOON POWER CAT built in 2004. Owner’s version 30’ ISLAND HOPPER DIVEBOAT built in 1985. Ready to Go !!! Asking:$425,000.US Lying: Tortola, BVI with comfortable 3-stateroom layout and 300 H.p Volvo diesel “Rendezvous II” is set up for dive charter business here in package. “Blue Lagoon” is a one-owner yacht in excellent Antigua, she has a 350 H.p Caterpillar diesel engine giving 48’ CELESTIAL KETCH BUILT IN 1983, “Secondhand condition, she has been professionally maintained since 22 knots cruising speed. Large 12’ft beam allows for a good Rose” is in fair condition and well priced. Owners no longer day-1 and dry stored on her lift when not in use. Recent price work-boat or fishboat application also.Asking:$69,000.US have time to spend cruising and wish to move on. Asking: reduction to $399,000.US makes her very good value. Lying: Lying: English Harbour, Antigua. $125,000.US Lying: Antigua Slipway, English Harbour. Jolly Harbour, Antigua. Located at Yacht Club Marina, Falmouth Harbour A Delightful Little Book Shop T: (268) 460-1093 F: (268) 460-1524 [email protected] MAKE YOUR NEIGHBORS JEALOUS! Totally quiet , reliable Yamaha Power….in a compact package. Subbase - St. Thomas (340) 776-5432 www.offshorevi.com NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 89 BROKERAGE COMMERCIAL BOAT - SHIP BUS (954) 467-7000 SALES & CONSULTING FAX (954) 467-7008 EMAIL: [email protected] CELL (954) 298-7916 Mike Grysko P.O. BOX 4513 • FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33338 2004 32’ X 13’ 2’ 3” Maryland 37 Power Catamaran LAGOON 440 - 2006 ROOKIE EXPRESS 1999 - Good Condition Owner Version - Full Options CATAMARAN, Guadeloupe 169 000 € Martinique 435 000 € 5086 Aluminum: Bottom: 1 / 4” - Hullsides 3/16”. 450 Gal MONOHULLS Fuel- OIL RIG TOUGH! It has Mercruiser engines 800 Halberg Rassy 53 2004 Guadeloupe 700 000 € hrs, gas, but gas is cheaper Amel 54 2007 Like New St Maarten 849 000 € than diesel now anyway! Amel SuperMaramu 2001 Guadeloupe 290 000 € S.E.: U.S.A. $99,000.00 Alubat Ovni 435 2002 Guadeloupe 215 000 € Reduced to ask $ 79,000.00 GibSea 43 2003 Martinique 105 000 € offers Pictures and full informa- tion available CATAMARANS Lagoon 500 2007 Martinique 600 000 € Lagoon 380 2001 St Martin 179 000 € WORKING ALUMINUM WORKING FIBERGLASS Nautitech 395 1999 St Martin 169 000 € 22’ 1974 MONARK…NO ENGINE ...... $8,000 34’ 1995 CRUSADER..CUMMINS DSL ...... $69,000 33’ 2004 Rookie Express..Catamaran ...... $99,000 45’ 1988 Corinthian..needs repair ...... $79,000 Tobago 35 1996 Martinique 127 000 € 36’ 1989 Munson..G.M. 6 v 92…S.F / Dive ...... $89,000 45’ 1989 Corinthian Catamaran / Isuzu diesels ..$150,000 40’ Midshipmarine Fuel Boat ...... $150,000 55’ 1988 Burpee U.S.C.G. cert. 130 passengers $290,000 40’ Alantic Marine Work Boat ...... $400,000 55’ 1989 Burpee U.S.C.G.Cert. Dive/ GlassBottom $295,000 46’ 2004 Armstrong Passenger Cat ...... $750,000 64’ 2000 SeaTaxi 150 passengers ...... $350,000 60’ 1985 Altantic & Gulf Crew-Passenger ...... $450,000 65’ 1988 Corinthian twin deck..149 pass ...... $349,000 Commercial Boats or Vessels..any size..any purpose.. We are here for you.. ST BARTH - ST MARTIN - ANGUILLA - PUERTO RICO Located at Simpson Bay Marina, Plaza del Lago, St. Maarten ST. MAARTEN: +599 544 2798 ST. MARTIN: + 590 690 47 71 45 TRINIDAD: 1 868 634 4868 International Yacht Brokers CALIFORNIA 1 510 814 0400 NEW LISTING NEW LISTING 1989 50’ Beneteau Oceanis 1989 50’ Beneteau Oceanis $199,000 $125,000 NEW LISTING NEW LISTING Buy or Sell 1979 44’ CSY Walkover 2007 58’ Grand Harbour Pilothouse $78,000 $1,950,000 REDUCED REDUCED your boat fast! w w w . s x m - m a r i n e . c o m 2005 28’ Boston Whaler Conquest 275 1988 43’ Slocum Cutter Teell: ++559 006690 38 9999 00 oorr +5599 066990 3344 14 334 $90,000 $149,900 www.bayislandyachts.com ini n fof o @@ss xxmm -maarr iinn ee.ccoo m 90 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 BROKERAGE Powerboats 40’ 1997 Carver 400 MotorYacht Cockpit for Diving or Fishing Roomy 2 stateroom interior $120,000 St. Thomas Yacht Sales 340-779-1660 [email protected] FISHING BOAT 17 METERS TO REPAIR FOR HOUSE BOAT, on sale, make an offer 0690 35 98 42, jmc boat jard 24’ LYMAN ‘BISCAYNE’ CUDDY, FIBERGLASS LAPSTRAKE ‘PICNIC BOAT’ WITH TEAK TRIM. 305 I/B straight shaft with protective skeg, Comfortable & dry day-boat for island hopping, diving, fishing. Lovely restored classic. Trailer available. On St. Thomas, try $9500 (340) 776-3331, [email protected] NEW LISTING! COMMERCIAL BOAT FOR SALE: 30 FT. ISLAND HOPPER (12 ft. beam). 420HP Cat 3126 (year 2005-low hours). Deck, deck substructure, engine, and steering system were all replaced in 2005!. Only $55,000 USD (289) 286-1165 or [email protected]. DECK CAT 31’ 2007 POWERCAT cen- Serving the Caribbean ter console sport fisher/day cruiser,2X150HP Southern Trades Yacht Sales, 2007 Yamaha,VHF,stereo ipod jack,Raymarine Charters & Management for 30 years E80GPS/Navionics,20gal fresh water tank,transom shower,wash down upgrade,two Village Cay Marina, Road Town, Tortola, BVIBVI live wells,table,extended bimini,two swim lad- T: 284-494-8003 F: 284-494-8009 E: [email protected]@@surfbvii com ders/bow/transom,enclosed head/6’ head room/ sink/shower,custom cover,trailer,St.Thomas, US $85,000 954-881-4131 [email protected] 1990 SEA RAY 310EC 31’ CABIN CRUISER for sale located at the Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia. Contact email: [email protected] or tel# (758)285 2859. 67’ Lagoon, 1999. 76’ S. African, fly-bridge catamaran. 82’ Lagoon 1991 Refit 2006. 8 guests + crew. Generator, Huge owner’s suite on deck featuring a bath Up to 12 guests, 4 crew. Airconditioning,new sails in ‘06. tub looking forward. Absolutely perfect for Every conceivable option and PACEMAKER DIESEL 33, twin cummins Near perfect condition. extended cruising or charter. Hull #1 & 2 all in top shape...includes one of rebuild in Miami. Generator, AC, micro. Lots of Charter business included with are successfully chartering in the Caribbean. the most successful crewed new things. Very economical and sea worthy. 20+ weeks pre-booked for ‘08. Hull #3 is ready for owner’s custom out fitting charter businesses. Email to [email protected] price Asking 1.95m and delivery to the Caribbean. 3.75m Euros $3.75m $25,000 sailboat trade considered 36’ HATTERAS EXPRESS ‘SPORT For complete FISHERMAN’ 1986 with 0 hours on factory rebuilt Detroit 485 HP TA diesels & trannys. specifications and Storage and attractive St. Thomas yard rates while you complete re-fit on this solid hi-end boat. Offers photos of all our listings, around $40K encouraged. Comparable selling 57’ Lagoon 1998. 8 Guests + 2 crew. Galley 68’ Irwin 1988. Owner’s version, 2-genera- down. Finished a minor refit in Florida summer ‘06. visit our website at: tors, electric furling, custom transom, one of over $120K. (340) 776-3331, [email protected] Shows extremely well and is completely turn key the last Irwin 68’s built equipped with all the for continuing in charter. Includes lucrative charter www.southerntrades.com toys - extremely nice. Active crewed charter. 38’ REINKE, 1989, save steel boat, from business. New Listing $849,000 Asking $549,000 german owner, Mercedes Nanni Diesel, build for worldwide travelling, located in Saint Martin, Euro 39.000,00, for detailed information pls. contact us per e-mail: [email protected] FERETTI 57 FLYBRIDGE YEAR 2000, Price: 1050000 USD The yacht is in very good condition, make an offer 2 Engines MAN V8 45’ Robertson & Caine, Moorings 4500 ‘98. 47’ Mayotte 1996. 37’ Island Spirit 2001. 4 double cabins+ 2 heads, galley up. Diesels with approx. 740 hr. 1 Kohler generator Never bare boated. 4 cabins + 4 heads, galley Last yacht built by Scholtz Marine before Voyage. up, Northern Lights generator and A/C. 14’ RIB 3 doubles + crew all with private heads. Refrigeration, furling genoa, of 13,5 KW, 1 owner cabs, 2 guest cabs, 2 crew w/50hp outboard. Very active charter business. Galley up. Shows extremely well and includes very new interior paint. Can continue in cabs, e-mail monikavenohr@caribbean-market. $349,000 active charter business. Asking $449,000 charter or go cruising. $165,000 com 0058 412 1418476 NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 91 BROKERAGE Sailboats Sailboats NEW 2008 HOBIE 16 FOR SALE, White 1991 HUNTER LEGEND 43, Excellent w/ black tramp, double trapeze, Used only two Condition, Windlass, 5k Generator, GPS, 2 A/C, regatta’s, excellent shape, Lying STYC, $8395 EPIRB 2006, Spinnaker, VHF, Zodiac Tender US, Call 340-643-2632 with Engine, Autopilot, Depth Finder, Knotmeter, 50hpYanmar, Electric Winch, Galvanized Steel BENETEAU FIRST CLASS 8. 26’ Well Cradle, Many Extras, $129,000, Located Salinas, respected design. Drop keel. Built 1985. New suite of North sails, New standing rigging. Optimized, Puerto Rico, Contact Ronnie 939-639-7820 OR serious fun sailing yacht, Super daysailer, club [email protected] racer or do the Caribbean regattas. Blank interior. $US 16950 Lying Antigua . Tel +1473 5361306 51’ USCG 44 PAX DAYSAIL TRIMARAN “COCONUT”. Tried and true moneymaker. Fully 2006 WOODEN GAFF CUTTER 26FT equipped and inspected. Coming out of annual “WYNFALL” DESIGN BY MARK SMAALDERS. Yardbuilt mahogany on pine dry dock and cosmetic surgery in September. She hull. Longkeeled.2008 atlantic crossing.Monitor is easy to sail and maintain. $260k Call Glen @ Windvane.s.s anchor chain. 3 anchors.4 sails as 340-775-2584 or email [email protected] new.Otboard engine.Lots of cruising gear. Avon dinghy. A serious contender for best ever valued CSY 44 1979, major refit ‘99/00, rebuilt Perkins classic boat! Lying St.Maarten.US$50 OBO 00599 60HP 1,000 hrs, new sails 2004, solar & wind gen- 5815603 [email protected] erator, no osmosis, strong reliable boat, new AB 1977 HUNTER 27 SLOOP, LIVEABOARD/ 10’ RIB, Yamaha 15. Lying St. Martin hauled for PROJECT BOAT. Mast unstepped/no rigging season. $78,000 includes mooring in St. Barths. or sails. New interior lites, 50W solar panel, (2) [email protected] +590 690 35 73 38 6v batteries, newer bilge pump & switch. Porta- potti. $1,800 OBO St. john, USVI 340-277-3532/ OCEAN 60. Bespoke World Cruising Yacht. [email protected] Owners Version, Built to the highest standard 35’ CORONADO 1973 sloop--center cockpit. 1984 . Never Chartered. Very Comprehesive Good condition, lots of room, diesel engine, sever- inventory, two of everything and a spare. $US al extras (wind gen, refrigeration, a.c., pressurized 325,000 Lying Eastern Caribbean. Telephone. water, hot water) $32,000. Lying in Puerto Rico. +1473 5361306 or +1268 7236547 [email protected] (787) 484-7737 80 - 2003 – Excellent condition 4 double cabin 1976 TIBURON 36 KETCH, center cockpit /2bath. Low time Yanmar . Solar + Wind generator bluewater cruiser. Fair condition, needs TLC. 12V fridge, Air X wind gen, (4) 6v batteries, new Sony + large battery bank . Must see in Guadeloupe . stereo, new VHF, 65 h.p. Perkins, 2002 survey @ Call and we’ll send you a private aircraft to come $53K Asking $34,000/St. John, USVI 340-277- see the boat. [email protected] 170.000 €. 3532/[email protected] (767) 4404403. 92 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 BROKERAGE 1998 Krogen 49 Express Yacht “BLUE MAGIC” One-owner yacht in excellent condition, fully equipped for extended cruising and living aboard. Fiberglass hull. Very quiet due to the underwater silent exhaust system, excellent engine room insulation and Aquadrive system reducing vibration of the engines. 2-350 HP Cat Diesels. 600 Gallon Fuel capacity. 2 staterooms/2 hds. Fully Air-conditioned. Raytheon electron- ics, 12KW Northern Light generator, Universal Aqua 35 gal/hr watermaker, Bennett trim taps, 13’ Novurania dinghy in new condition with collapsible operating consol, 40 hp Yamaha motor and depth, speed and fish finder, low profile electric dinghy crane, big battery bank with Link 2000 monitoring system, cable master and Vacuflash electric head system. Pilot house has satellite Globalstar telephone. New antifouling bottom paint applied in Nov. 07. Currently located in St. Thomas, USVI.PRICE REDUCED $575,000 USD. For more details go to : www.veloxius.com/bluemagic Contact: Eva or Tony (787) 848-6423 / (787) 413-9663 / (787) 306-0902 [email protected] Riviera 40 2003 Spencer 62 2001 CAT powered, Onan genset, 2STRM, Re-powered w/ CAT C-30 in 2004 only 550hrs. H20 maker Great cruising or fishing 40kn+ 3 Strm/ 2 Head, New electronics, boat. Call for more details. Genset, H2O maker, Loaded. Tiara 42 2007 Viking 50 2001 Cummins QSM 670hp. 300hrs, 2 Strm MAN 1300hp. Very Fast 40kn+, low hour, layout, H20maker, Pipewelders tower, Twin gensets, Bowthruster, H20maker, Loaded w/ options Tender, Ready to Cruise or fish. Bertram 57 2004 Viking 48 2007 CAT C-30 1550hp. Twin 23kw gensets, MAN 1100hp. CR, Twin gensets, 3 Strm/3 Head layout, H20maker, 3 staterooms, H20maker, Bowthruster, Loaded w/ electronics, Mint Condition. Ask $1,299M Call Roger Casellas for information on other listings NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 93 MARKETPLACE USVI High Speed Internet Boat Charter St. Thomas, USVI Bookings 340-642-3916 [email protected] Phone, Fax Messaging VHF Monitoring All Day CRUZ BAY (340) 776-6922 CORAL BAY (340) 779-4994 A SHORT WALK FROM BOTH DINGHY DOCKS Compass Adjuster “Master of Deviation” Serving all the Caribbean Davis Murray 340-244-0627 St. Thomas, USVI JOIN THE MARKETPLACE! Display Your Business Here Rates starting at just $45/month 443-321-3797 [email protected] 94 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 MARKETPLACE BOOKAY MARINE BOAT REPAIR & SHIPWRIGHT N18.03.697 W63.05.292 ST. MARTIN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE FACTORY TRAINED MERCURY VERADO / OPTIMAX CUMMINS MERCRUISER COMPUTER. MARINE YARD UP TO 45’ TRAILER. T: +59 0690505661 F: +59 0590296934 [email protected] WWW.BOOKAYMARINE.COM NOVEMBER 2008 ALLATSEA.NET 95 CLASSIFIEDS Boat Gear / Parts Boat Gear / Parts Business Opportunity Employment Opportunity FOR SALE 3 BRUCE ANCHORS 110 LB. POLYCORE HONEYCOMB PANELS FOR FOR SALE - DAYSAIL CHARTER BIZ, FABRICATOR / WELDER REQUIRED - EA. and one 90 LB. Danforth Hi-Tensile Anchor. SALE at an affordable price in Curacao, Neth- RETAIL SHOP & BOOKING CENTER ON Machine and fabricating workshop is seeking Good for hurricane season or for a mooring. Will erlands Antilles. $77.30 for 20mm, $61.30 ST. THOMAS. 40’ Cheoy Lee sailboat, 2 shops & skilled fabricator with five + years in T.I.G. sell all or individually. Contact: (787) 530-7007 or 12mm. International shipping can be arranged. storage, 5 yr. lease with renewal option, very profitable - M.I.G. - ARC and GAS welding in Stainless, [email protected] Email: [email protected] .+5999 526 for 20 years, owners retiring, will train, $195K plus Aluminum and Steel. Must work from sketches 6416,567-5678 inventory. Call 340-774-3175 or 340-513-3147 and be able to use most workshop fabricating EXCEPTIONALLY SPECIAL DEALS on machines without supervision. Top rate of pay sails and canvas at http://doylecaribbean.com/ WINDSURFING BOARD AND RIG: Exocet EXTRA INCOME SEEKERS!!! Sailors, for right applicant. www.nautool.com. CV to specials.htm Kona One board with 490 mast, Alum Boom, 8.5 Beachbums & Surfers, Stop looking..... you [email protected] or call 284-494-3187 Aerotech Rapid Fire Sail, extension and base. found it! No selling, No prospecting N o LAUDERSALE MARINA, KNOWN FOR IT’S All equipment is in like new conditions ready to meetings! 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They had been alerted by Bermuda Radio to get us cleared promptly so that we might get a drink at the White Horse Tavern before it closed. .JLFIPMEJOHVQXPSMET Evidently enough boats TNBMMFTUESBXCSJEHF arrive after office hours such as participants in the Bermuda Race to warrant this most unusual courtesy. The White Horse Tavern did not let us down. Much later that morning we awoke to Fifty-four hours under spinnaker—can you believe it!? It was our first sea some shouting where a trip with Avenir II in 1970 and it was as idyllic as one could ever want. By regatta with the Bermuda the time we reached the entrance through the high, abrupt limestone cliffs 14 dinghies had started. guarding the town of St. George’s on Bermuda three days later, it was all we These very tippy dinghies fcould do to rouse ourselves from the deck cushions to drop the sails. were unique with their Bermuda assails you with its fragrance the moment you pass through 35-foot tall masts, nine- the cliffs. After being at sea for even a couple of days, your sense of smell foot bowsprits and piles seems to become keener. Its 138 islands seem like little emerald petals of sails. Seven men scattered from a flower. crewed them and one of them did nothing but bail with a big dish pan from the moment the crew boarded until they got SKY LIGHTSby Jeannie Kuich off the boat. The place in the dinghy where this crew bailed was sheathed in metal so that he would not wear through the wooden hull. Upon rounding Jeannie Kuich, once a long-time charter chef in the Virgin Islands, has been writing monthly columns for the Daily News since 1985 and periodic columns for Caribbean Boating, the last mark, the rules allowed one crew member to abandon ship! Nautical Scene, St. Thomas This Week and Cruising World magazines. Jeannie is the Bermuda and its very tidy towns with its distinctive British flavor are best author of “Soap Operas of the Sky”, the only stargazing sky guide for the Caribbean. explored by motor scooter. A must-see site was the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse with a climb up to its light to survey the islands, most of which were NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHTS: THE MOON SAILS NEAR: connected by small bridges. Most are well protected by low-lying reefs SAT. 1ST: 7FOVTJOFWFOJOHo t5IFUXPNFHBSBDFSTUPXBUDIUIJT which may catch unwary sailors such as the British explorer, George Somers NPOUIBOEOFYUBSF7FOVTBOE+VQJUFS JO CFBVUJGVM UIFTPVUIXFTUTFWFSBMIPVSTBGUFSTVOTFU MON. 3RD: +VQJUFSJOFWFOJOH who ran into them on his way to America. 5IFUXPXJMMDPNFXJUIJOUXPEFHSFFT THU. 13TH: 1MFJBEFTTUBSTJTUFST Not only can Bermuda boast that it has more scooters than cars than JOFWFOJOH GSPNFBDIPUIFS NBLJOHBTQFDUBDVMBS anywhere else, but it also has the world’s smallest drawbridge which can easily QBJSPGCSJHIUFZFT MON. 17TH: 1PMMVYJO(FNJOJ t'PVSNFUFPSTIPXFSTSJQUIFTLZ UIF MBUFFWFOJOH be raised by one person. Rather than go to a lot of expense to build the usual NPTUGBNPVTUIF-FPOJET QFBLJOHPOUIF WED. 19TH: 3FHVMVTJO-FP drawbridge, some genius just adapted the bridge that was already there. By UICVUOPUGBWPSBCMFUIJTZFBS CFGPSFEBXO FRI. 21ST: 4BUVSOCFGPSFEBXO lifting up a section in the middle of the bridge, an opening was made which NOVEMBER PLANET PARTICULARS: MON. 24TH: 4QJDBJO7JSHP is just wide enough for the mast of a small sailing boat to pass through. t.FSDVSZIBTOPCPEZUPSBDFJOUIF CFGPSFEBXO Bermuda seems to have a reputation for catching storms. It sticks 640 QSFEBXOSBDFDPVSTFBOEDSPTTFTUIFMJOF MOON PHASES: MBUFJOUIFNPOUI.BSTJTJOGPSBSFGJU WED. 5TH: 'JSTU2VBSUFS miles WNW of Cape Hatteras. Sometimes curious magnetic changes seem to XJUIUIF4VO4BUVSO BMBUFTUBSUFSBSPVOE THU. 13TH: 'VMM occur around Bermuda. NJEOJHIU IBTUIFDPVSTFBMMUPJUTFMG WED. 19TH: -BTU2VBSUFS On the afternoon that we planned to leave Bermuda for Newport, there t7FOVTBOE+VQJUFSBSFUIFPOFTUPXBUDI THU. 27TH: /FX XJUI7FOVTDMPTJOHSBQJEMZPO+VQJUFSPO was a vicious thunderstorm. Once it had cleared and we rechecked that the UIFFWFOJOHSBDFDPVSTF weather forecast was favorable, we left the lovely harbor of St. George’s late in the day and headed out to sea. When Mike took his first sextant sighting NOVEMBER BRIGHTEST NAVIGATION STARS that evening, we were surprised to find that we were well off course. DUSK: 7&(" "-5"*3 '0."-)"65 "-%&#"3"/ How could that be? He took sightings again just before dawn and found DAWN: "-1)"$&/5"63* "3$56364 7&(" $"1&--" that both of our compasses were so far off that they were un-useable. We could only conclude that a magnetic anomaly had altered the compasses. Or had we fallen into the – Burrmewdah Triangle!? Dum-de-dum-dum! 98 ALLATSEA.NET NOVEMBER 2008 VIRGIN GORDA YACHT HARBOUR VIRGIN GORDA, BVI CRC Engines & Fabricating Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour is a full- Providing top quality engine sales, service and repairs. We also specialize in steel, stainless service marina & boatyard. 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