C A R I B B E A N On-line C MPASS JUNEJUNE 2008 NO.NO. 153153 TheThe Caribbean’sCaribbean’s Monthly Look atat SeaSea & ShoreShore Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta See story on page 13 TIM WRIGHT / WWW.PHOTOACTION.COM JUNE 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 2 JUNE 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 ama Puerto Rico St. Croix St. Lucia St. Martin St. Vincent Trinidad and Tobago Antigua Barbados Bequia British Virgin Islands Curacao Croix Puerto Rico St. Panama DominicaGrenada h Virgin Islands Curacao Dominica Pan Grenada Virgin Islands Curacao h St. Lucia St. Martin St. Vincent Trinidad and Tobago Tobago and Trinidad Vincent Martin St. St. Lucia St. t Trinidad and Tobago Antigua Barbados Bequia Britis Tobago and Trinidad t Antigua Barbados Bequia British Virgin Islands Curacao Curacao Islands Virgin British Bequia Barbados Antigua Dominica Grenada Panama Puerto Rico St. Croix Croix St. Rico Puerto Panama Grenada Dominica St. Lucia St. Martin St. Vincen St. Martin St. Lucia St. CALENDAR JUNE 9 Queen’s Birthday (UK). Public holiday in Anguilla 14 – 15 Harris Paints Regatta, Barbados. www.barbadosyachtclub.com 15 Fathers’ Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico 18 FULL MOON The Caribbean’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore 19 Labour Day. Public holiday in Trinidad 19 – 22 Scotiabank Opti Regatta, St. Thomas, USVI. www.styc.net www.caribbeancompass.com 20 – 24 La ExpoNáutica Anzoátegui (boat show), Lecherías, Venezuela. www.enoriente.com/expomorro JUNE 2008 • NUMBER 153 21 Summer Solstice 21 Financial Services Challenge Race, BVI. Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC), tel (284) 494-3286, [email protected], www.rbviyc.net Hurricane 21 International Music Day: Music and Mariners Festival. Marina Bas-du-Fort, Guadeloupe. (590 690) 72 88 09 Season Info 21 - 22 Caribbean One-Design Keelboat Championships, Special Pull-Out Section ....... 27 St. Maarten. www.tropicalsailloft.com MCCLARY STEPHANE LEGENDRE 24 Battle of Carabobo Day. Public holiday in Venezuela 26 - 28 12th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival. www.stkittsmusicfestival.net 27 - 29 Fishermen’s Festival, Charlotteville, Tobago 27 - July 8 St. Vincent Carnival. www.carnivalsvg.com 28 - Jul 6 North American Optimist Championships (OPTINAM), Rally to New Sights Curaçao. www.optinam2008.org Guadeloupe to Cuba .............12 29 Fisherman’s Birthday (St. Peter’s Day). Boat and dinghy races in many fishing communities 29 - July 6 HIHO Windsurfing Week, BVI. www.go-hiho.com Bonjour, Haïti TBA Green Island Weekend, Antigua. Antigua Yacht Club (AYC), A Step Back in Time ............20 tel/fax (268) 460-1799, [email protected], www.antiguayachtclub.com TBA Morgan’s Run 2008, rally from Cartagena, Colombia to Old Providence and San Andres. www.DestinationCartagena.com/morgans_run.html CONNELLY - LYNN JULY 1 Territory Day. Public holiday in BVI 2 Curaçao Flag Day. Public holiday in Curaçao Hail Colombia! Very Fishy… 3 Emancipation Day. Public holiday in USVI 10 Reasons to Go ................. 26 Big Catch for the Barbie ....... 42 4 Independence Day (USA). Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI. Carnival in St. John, USVI DEPARTMENTS 4 - 5 17th Annual Firecracker 500 Race, Tortola, BVI. West End Yacht Club (WEYC), tel (284) 495-1002, fax (284) 495-4184, Business Briefs .......................8 Cruising Crossword ............... 37 [email protected], www.weyc.net Eco-News .............................. 10 Word Search Puzzle ..............37 5 Independence Day. Public holiday in Venezuela 7 CARICOM Day. Public holiday in CARICOM countries Regatta News........................ 16 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............38 8 - 21 St. Lucia Carnival. www.stlucia.org Destinations...............20 and 24 Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............38 11 – 14 Premier’s Cup International Youth Regatta, Tortola, BVI. RBVIYC All Ashore…..............32 and 33 Book Reviews.................39 - 41 11 – 20 Dominica Dive Fest. www.discoverdominica.com/site/divefest.cfm This Cruising Life ....................34 Cooking with Cruisers.....44, 45 12 Clean-Up Dive, Bonaire. www.dive-friends-bonaire.com Meridian Passage .................35 Readers’ Forum .....................46 12 - Aug 2 Tobago Heritage Festival 13 20th Bastille Kingfish Tourney, St. Thomas, USVI. (340) 774-5206 JUNE 2008 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4 Sailors’ Horoscope ................ 36 Caribbean Marketplace...... 51 14 Bastille Day. Public holiday in French West Indies Island Poets ...........................36 What’s On My Mind ..............53 15 Luís Muñoz Rivera’s Birthday. Public holiday in Puerto Rico Cartoons ................................ 36 Classified Ads ....................... 54 16 – 19 3rd Freelander Fishing Festival, Marina Bas-du-Fort, Guadeloupe. www.guadeloupefishingclub.com/calendrier.html Caribbean Compass is published monthly by Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: 18 FULL MOON Compass Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Ad Sales & Distribution - Alan Hooper 19 Tel: (473) 409-9451 [email protected] Lowell Wheatley Pursuit Race, Anegada , BVI Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 20 - 28 Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410, Guadeloupe: Ad Sales & Distribution Statia Carnival [email protected] Stéphane Legendre 21 Schoelcher Day. Public holiday in Martinique www.caribbeancompass.com Mob: + 590 (0) 6 90 49 45 90 [email protected] 24 Birth of Simón Bolívar. Public holiday in Venezuela Editor...........................................Sally Erdle 24 - 27 [email protected] Martinique: Ad Sales & Distribution - Isabelle Prado USVI Lifestyle Festival, St. Thomas. www.usvimf.com Tel: (0596) 596 68 69 71, Mob: + 596 (0) 696 93 26 38 25 Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre [email protected] Constitution Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico [email protected] 25 - 27 St. Lucia: Distribution - Wayne Barthelmy Rebellion Days. Public holiday in Cuba Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman Tel: (758) 584-1292, 26 José Celso Barbosa’s Birthday. Public holiday in Puerto Rico [email protected] [email protected] 26 - Aug 5 Antigua Carnival. www.antiguacarnival.com Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer St. Maarten/St. Barths/Guadeloupe: [email protected] Distribution - Eric Bendahan (599) 553 3850 27 - Aug 3 Pro Kids Windsurf Event, Bonaire Accounting.................................Debra Davis Ad Sales - Stéphane Legendre 27 - Aug 4 Tel/Fax: + 590 (0) 5 90 84 53 10 Mob: + 590 (0) 6 90 49 45 90 43nd Carriacou Regatta Festival. www.carriacouregatta.com [email protected] [email protected] 30 Carriacou Children’s Education Fund Potluck Barbecue, Compass Agents by Island: St. Thomas/USVI: Distribution - Bryan Lezama Carriacou Yacht Club. [email protected] Antigua: Ad Sales & Distribution - Lucy Tulloch Tel: (340) 774 7931, [email protected] Tel (268) 720-6868 30 – Aug 3 Saba Carnival. www.sabatourism.com [email protected] St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Ad Sales - Debra Davis, Tel: (784) 457-3527, [email protected] TBA Nevis Culturama (Carnival) Barbados: Distribution - Norman Faria Tel/Fax: (246) 426-0861 Tortola/BVI: Distribution - Gladys Jones [email protected] Tel: (284) 494-2830, Fax: (284) 494-1584 Curaçao: Distribution - Cees de Jong Trinidad: Ad Sales & Distribution - Jack Dausend Tel: (5999) 767-9042, Fax: (5999) 767-9003, Tel: 868) 634-2622 Mob: (868) 620-0978 All information was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time this issue of [email protected] [email protected] Compass went to press — but plans change, so please contact event organizers Dominica: Distribution - Hubert J. Winston Venezuela: Ad Sales & Distribution - Patty Tomasik directly for confirmation. Dominica Marine Center, 24 Victoria Street, Roseau, Tel: (58-281) 265-3844 Tel/Fax: (58-281) 265-2448, Tel: (767) 448-2705, [email protected] [email protected] If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our calendar, please send the name and date(s) of the event and the name and contact information Caribbean Compass welcomes submissions of short articles, news items, photos and drawings. of the organizing body to See Writers’ Guidelines at www.caribbeancompass.com. Send submissions to [email protected]. We support free speech! But the content of advertisements, columns, articles and letters to the editor are the [email protected] sole responsibility of the advertiser, writer or correspondent, and Compass Publishing Ltd. accepts no responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. Compass Publishing Ltd. accepts no liability for delayed distribution or printing quality as these services are supplied by other companies. ©2008 Compass Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of Compass Publishing Ltd. Cover Photo: Tim Wright / www.photoaction.com ISSN 1605 - 1998 Adela at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta (each nine to 12 feet long) comprising each FAD are connected by 35 metres of polypropylene rope. The FADS are located in an area roughly between 11°18’N, 60°34’W and 11°23’N, 60°58’W. They are apparently unlit. For more information phone (868) 471-4696. In the same general area, oil-drilling operations are underway. If you see the anchored drilling rig, you are Info advised to give it a wide berth, maintaining a dis- tance of at least 500 metres. In addition to the rig, anchors in sets of eight have been pre-laid in other & Updates well exploration
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