The Caribbean's Waterfront Magazine
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
NIVE NNNIVERRS H A A S A TH A T R R Y 55 Y 1 1 REGATTA Why PREVIEWS: Regattas NEED VOLUNTEERS Culebra Heineken Sailing DOWNWIND St. Barth Bucket PROFILE: St. Maarten Guy Harvey Heineken How to Virgin Islands Reconnect Race Week your Wiring The Queen HONORS FOXY After an Opti: the I-420 CRUISING COLOMBIA’S COAST 2 ALLATSEA.NET MARCH 2009 4 ALLATSEA.NET MARCH 2009 A warm welcome awaits you and your yacht at Port Louis Port Louis, Grenada Limited availability Nowhere extends a warmer welcome than Port Louis, Grenada. 30-year slip licences are available for sale. For a private consultation Visitors can expect powder-white beaches, rainforests, spice plantations to discuss the advantages of slip ownership, please contact our and a calendar packed with regattas and festivals. Grenada is also International Sales Manager, Anna Tabone, on +356 2248 0000 the gateway to the Grenadines, one of the world’s most beautiful or email [email protected] and unspoilt cruising areas. To fully appreciate this rare opportunity, we highly recommend a visit. Now there’s another good reason to visit. There are 50 new, fully To arrange an on-site meeting please contact our Sales and Marketing serviced slips for yachts of all sizes (including superyachts of up Co-ordinator, Danny Donelan on +1(473) 435 7432 or email to 90m) available right now for sale or let. From November, [email protected] nine additional superyacht slips from 75 to 85m will be available. Sitting alongside the marina, the Port Louis Maritime Village will include luxury hotels, villas, restaurants and bars, plus some of the finest boutiques and shops in the region. EGYPT | ITALY | MALTA | TURKEY | WEST INDIES $0-7;<@+4=;1>- ()+0<16/-;<16)<176 16<0-):1**-)6 Guests, Captains, and Crew – Enjoy High-end Amenities D1>-#<):=@=:A"-;7:<)6,#8)C1;+7>-:A)<):1/7<)A D#->-647+)4:-;<)=:)6<;)6,*):; D')<-:;87:<; D")16.7:-;<<7=:;;3A:1,-;*13-<7=:;)6,57:- D#07801/0-6,:-<)14)<$0-):16)&144)/- First-Class Facilities, Services, and Staff D()+0<+)8)+1<A .--< .--<*-)5 .--<,:).< D'11)6,01/0;8--,16<-:6-<+766-+<176 D#16/4-)6,<0:--80);--4-+<:1+1<A )6, B D1/0;8--,.=-416/ D47:)4)::)6/-5-6<; D19=7:)6,.77,8:7>1;17616/ D=;16-;;-6<-:-,@+)::-6<)4<:)>-4)/-6+A D#8):-8):<7:,-:16/)6,,-41>-:A D0)6,4-:A#078 D1:87:<<:)6;.-:; Charter Yacht Pick-up and Drop-Off D6<-:6)<176)4)1:87:<?1<0,1:-+<.41/0<;.:75<0-%#)6,% D-4187:<6-):*A D!:1>)<-2-<4)6,16/)<6-):*A-7:/-0):4-;1:87:<&1/1- Marigot Bay – Nature’s Hurricane Hole St. Lucia’s Food and Rum Festival – An Event Worth Sailing For DHave627A+=416):A,-41/0<;8:-8):-,*A:-67?6-,+0-.;.:75):7=6, you Made Plans for the Summer Yet? <0-?7:4, DThen-41/0<A7=:8)4-<<-?1<057:-<0)6 :=5; Come to Marigot Bay – We Guarantee: D627A<0-,166-:;<0-5=;1+<0-,-576;<:)<176;)6,<0-;=6 D· ???.77,)6,:=5.-;<1>)4+75)6=):A Best Wind and sea shelter between Puerto Rico and Venezuela · Excellent captain and crew accommodations, services, and relaxation. · Mega yacht berthing in hurricane conditions · Security patrols and surveillance at all times · Competitive low-season berthing rates 76<)+<%;.7:-<)14; (758) 451-4275 5):16)5):1/7<*)A+75 ???5):1/7<*)A+75 &0)66-4 6 ALLATSEA.NET MARCH 2009 NOW IN THE CARIBBEAN PUERTO DEL REY Fajardo, Puerto Rico Sea-Lift is proud to announce the delivery and startup of the most recent Model 45 to Puerto del Rey in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. This newly designed Sea-Lift features expandable width lift arms which enables a greater variety of catamarans to be handled than ever before. The Sea-Lift will haul vessels weighing up SOPER’S HOLE to 45 Tons and 65 Feet. Tortola, BVI Along with day to day usage, Puerto del Rey will enhance their hurricane haul out capa- bilities, further providing unsurpassed speed and safety in boat handling to customers throughout the Caribbean. Visit www.sea-lift.com for additional information. CONTACT KMI SEA-LIFT T: 360.398.7533 F:360.398.2914 6059 Guide Meridian Rd Bellingham, WA 98226 USA [email protected] 8 ALLATSEA.NET MARCH 2009 RODNEY BAY MARINA ST. LUCIA, WI Newly renovated to accommodate megayachts, Rodney Bay Marina offers one of the finest marina facilities and fully-outfitted boatyards in the Southern Caribbean, situated in a spectacular, protected lagoon. ■ 248 slips for yachts up to 250’ with 14’ draft ■ 32 new fixed berths for megayachts ■ 14’ wide floating docks ■ On-site Customs & Immigration ■ High speed fueling ■ 50 & 60 htz single & 3-phase power with up to 400 amps ■ Telephone, cable, Wi-Fi on megayacht docks ■ Marina Village with shopping, dining, ship’s chandlery, recreation & guest services ■ Full-service Boatyard on site featuring 75-ton Marine Travelift, 40-ton self- propelled boat trailer, 6,100 square feet of paint/refit shelters 14°04’32.72”N / 60°56’55.63W T +1 758 452 0324 F +1 758 458 0040 P.O. Box 1538, Castries St. Lucia, West Indies [email protected] www.igy-rodneybay.com © 2008 Island Global Yachting For information or reservations ISLAND GLOBAL YACHTING WWW.IGYMARINAS.COM 1.888.IGY.MARINAS AMERICAS | CARIBBEAN | EUROPE | MIDDLE EAST LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ALL AT SEA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. Send your correspondence by email to [email protected], or mail letters to: All At Sea, PO Box 7277, St. Thomas, VI 00801 Dear Editor, I applaud your series of articles on Digital Selective Calling (DSC) beginning with your October 2008 issue. They were extremely informative and helped me with my DSC installation in my BVI-registered sailing Publisher vessel Autumn Passage. CHRIS KENNAN It would seem that the BVI does not issue updates to the ITU, and in fact there seems to be great confu- [email protected] sion about this within the BVI agencies. My MMSI number was issued here in May of 2008, but there has been no update to the ITU data base. At one point I was even told this was the responsibility of a local electronics company which of course is absurd. Both the electronics company and I have written letters Editorial Director CHRIS GOODIER but it would seem this issue is not very important. [email protected] I am concerned that many private yacht owners, and perhaps even commercial vessels that have reg- istered MMSI numbers, are assuming that the information is in the ITU data base when, if fact, it is not. When searching the ITU data base I find that the information of the two previous owners of Autumn Pas- Creative Director NICOLE KENNAN sage when registered in the U.S. is in the data base, making the issue even more troubling. [email protected] Perhaps you might want to alert your readers of this issue so that they can be forewarned. Thanks to you and David Cooper for these excellent articles. Graphic Designer NEVA HURLEY TIPS & TRICKS any replies to your call – from there it is handled also be sent, along with the distress signal, to alert Ships are no longer required to maintain like any other distress situation. Your VHF has the responder as to the type of distress – making it a listening watch on Channel 16 – many do, now set an alarm off in EVERY DSC-equipped VHF an even more valuable tool as the responder can but in the future DSC will be the only way to within range, typically a 15-25 mile circle of your evaluate its nature and take action even if there is contact them, and a call to all ships or to their vessel. This alarm signal is annoying, loud, and no additional voice communication. Perhaps the specific MMSI number is required. New systems DIGITAL SELECTIVE overrides the volume setting on receivers and sender is too busy to work a voice connection or are becoming a must for cruising safety and BY DAVE COOPER it is sure to get attention – whereas a May-Day the nature of the distress has progressed beyond general communication. Ron Rowe broadcast on 16 may not. The listening station their ability to function. Whatever the reason, CALLING (DSC) may not be on 16, may have the squelch set the message has been sent & received and the Dave Cooper spent over 20 years designing & marketing too high, the volume turned down or no one is name of the vessel, location and nature of the computers, in the U.S. and Japan. He sailed to the listening – the DSC feature cuts thru these issues distress are stored in the memory of the receiver’s Caribbean in the mid 70s where he ran seasonal private and gets attention. VHF; however, as with any distress it is better to charters throughout the islands for a decade, then worked in the yachting industry in the BVI until 2006. He Newer VHFs have additional DSC features for establish voice communication guaranteeing the retired on his classic trawler Swan Song and cruises the British Virgin Islands the Distress Message – a menu of messages can responders can be coordinated. southern Caribbean. Advertising LATITUDE: 28° 80" N, LONGITUDE: 41° 70" W International and not a worry CHRIS KENNAN Editor’s note: Readers will find Dave in the world It’s not one thing we [email protected] Cooper’s series about DSC on our website, do that sets us apart, it’s everything we do.