K Y M C C A R I B B E A N C MPASS CALENDAR OF CARIBBEAN EVENTS 2019 16 – 23 St. Petersburg - Habana Regatta, Florida to Cuba. St. Petersburg Yacht Club 17 Chase/Match Race, Curaçao. CYA, [email protected] Pull out and pin up the paper version, 17 Public holiday in Montserrat (St. Patrick’s Day); St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Grenada or see the version with live links at www.caribbeancompass.com 17 – 18 Sam Pepin International Optimist Regatta, Puerto Rico. CNSJ, www.nauticodesanjuan.com Where yacht club initials are given, for contact information see 18 Public holiday in Aruba (Flag Day) CARIBBEAN YACHT & SAILING CLUBS at the end of this calendar. 20 FULL MOON & Vernal Equinox 21 Round St. John Race, USVI. STYC, www.styc.club JANUARY 21 Public holiday in Guyana and Suriname (Holi observed) 1 Public holiday or ‘recovery day’ in many places (New Year’s Day); Junkanoo parades in The Bahamas 21 – 24 St. Barths Bucket Regatta, St. Barths. www.BucketRegatta.com 1 Annual Festival Parade in Montserrat. www.facebook.com/MontserratAnnualFestival 22 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Emancipation Day) 1 SSCA Gam, TTSA headquarters, Chaguaramas, Trinidad. [email protected] 1 – 2 St. Kitts ‘Sugar Mas’. www.facebook.com/SKNCarnival WILFRED DEDERER 4 – 5 St. Croix ‘Crucian Carnival’. www.stcroixtourism.com/christmas_festival.htm 4 – 20 St. Barts Music Festival. www.stbartsmusicfestival.org/festival.html 6 Public holiday in some places (Three Kings Day/Epiphany) 10 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Majority Rule Day) 11 – 20 Barbados Film Festival. www.visitbarbados.org 12 World ARC 2019-20 departs Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 12 ‘2018’ Nanny Cay Round Tortola Race. RBVIYC, [email protected] 12 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 16 – 22 Barbados Sailing Week. BCC, www.barbadossailingweek.com 18 – 20 Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta, Cabarete, Dominican Republic. www.caribwind.com 19 Round the Island Race, Antigua. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 19 – 20 MLK Regatta, St. Thomas. STYC, www.styc.club 19 – 20 San Sebastian Vela Cup, Puerto Rico. CNSJ, www.nauticodesanjuan.com 21 Public holiday in Puerto Rico & USVI (Martin Luther King Day), in Barbados (Errol Barrow Day), & in the Dominican Republic (Our Lady of Altagracia) 21 FULL MOON 21 – 26 50th Spice Island Billfish Tournament, Grenada. www.sibt.gd/sibt.html 23 World ARC 2019-20 departs Santa Marta, Colombia. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 23 – 6 Feb Mustique Blues Festival. https://basilsbar.com 24 Barbados to Antigua Ocean Race. BCC, www.barbadossailingweek.com 25 Public holiday in Aruba (GF Croes Day) 22 – 24 St. Thomas International Regatta. STYC, www.styc.club 26 Public holiday in Dominican Republic (Duarte Day) 23 500th Anniversary of Havana Boat Parade & Regatta, Havana Cuba. CNIH, [email protected] 26 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 25 – 31 BVI Spring Regatta, Tortola. RBVIYC, [email protected] 27 Sail for the Roses, Curaçao. CYA 30 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 27 – 1 Feb Grenada Sailing Week. www.grenadasailingweek.com 30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Spiritual Baptist ‘Shouter’ Liberation Day) 27 – 2 Feb Martinique Cata Raid 27 – 2 Feb The Pineapple Cup, Jamaica. Montego Bay Yacht Club APRIL 28 Public holiday in Cayman Islands (National Heroes’ Day) & in Cuba (Birthday of José Martí) 6 – 7 St. Maarten Multiclass Regatta. SMYC, www.smyc.com 30 – 3 Feb Superyacht Challenge Antigua. www.superyachtchallengeantigua.com 13 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 30 – 3 Feb Bequia Music Fest. www.bequiamusicfestival.com 14 Dinghy Regatta, Barbados. BYC, www.barbadosyachtclub.com 14 – 20 Les Voiles de St. Barths. SBYC, www.stbarthyachtclub.com FEBRUARY 15 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Birthday of José de Diego) 2 Manhattan Yacht Club Trophy, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected] 17 – 23 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. www.antiguaclassics.com 2 World Wetlands Day. www.ramsar.org/activity/world-wetlands-day 18 – 22 Bequia Easter Regatta, BSC, www.bequiaregatta.com 2 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 19 FULL MOON & Public holiday in Venezuela (Declaration of Independence) 2 – 3 Grenada Sailing Festival Workboat Regatta. www.grenadasailingfestival.com 19 – 20 Curaçao Regatta. SVCR, [email protected] 2 – 3 Cruzan Open Regatta, St. Croix. STYC, www.stcroixyc.com/Cruzan-Open 19 – 22 Rupununi Rodeo, Leyhem, Guyana. www.visitrupununi.com 3 – 3 March (every Sunday) Dominican Republic Carnival. godominicanrepublic.com/about-dr/carnival 21 – 22 Virgin Gorda Easter Festival 7 Public holiday in Grenada (Independence Day) 22 International Earth Day 8 – 9 Carnaval de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. puntacanavillage.com/lifestyle/carnaval 25 – 28 The Tobago Jazz Experience. www.carnifest.com 8 –10 Caribbean Multihull Challenge, SMYC, www.smyc.com/caribbean-multihull-challenge 26 – 28 500th Anniversary of Havana Dinghy Regatta, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected] 8 –10 Round Martinique Regatta. YCM, www.theroundmartinique.com 26 – 28 Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival. www.carriacoumaroon.com 8 – 11 Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta, Antigua. JHYC, www.jhycantigua.com 26 – 28 West Indies Regatta, St. Barth. http://westindiesregatta.com 10 Sail Adventure Sunfish Championship, Curaçao. CSSA, [email protected] 27 Round Antigua Race. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 12 Round Redonda Race. JHYC, www.jhycantigua.com 28 Carnival in Jamaica. www.bacchanaljamaica.com 15 Antigua 360° Race. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 28 Public holiday in Barbados (National Heroes’ Day) 16 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 28 – 3 May Antigua Sailing Week, AYC, www.sailingweek.com 18 Start of RORC Caribbean 600 race, Antigua. http://caribbean600.rorc.org 28 – 3 May Conch Republic Cup Regatta, Florida to Cuba. Key West Yacht Club 18 Public holiday in Puerto Rico & USVI (Presidents’ Day) 30 Public holiday in Bonaire (Rincon Day) 19 FULL MOON 20 – 10 March Oyster World Rally arrives at Port Louis Marina, Grenada MAY 22 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Independence Day) 1 Public holiday in many places (Labour Day) 23 Ham radio license test, St. Croix. Reservation required: [email protected] 3 500th Anniversary of Havana Sailing Cruise, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected] 23 Governor’s Cup Race, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected] 3 – 5 Jazz ’n Creole Festival, Portsmouth, Dominica. http://dominicafestivals.com 23 Public holiday in Guyana (Mashramani) 3 – 5 Bahamas Carnival ‘Junkanoo’. bahamascarnival.com 23 – 3 Mar SSCA Dominica Gam, Portsmouth, Dominica. [email protected] 3 - 26 St. Barth Theatre Festival. www.festivaldetheatredesaintbarthelemy.com 24 Piet Dijk Race, Curaçao. WSV Jan Sofat, [email protected] 4 Lowell Wheatley Anegada Pursuit Race, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected] 25 Public holiday in Suriname (Liberation Day) 4 Start of ARC USA rally from Tortola to Virginia or Florida. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 27 Public holiday in Dominican Republic (Independence Day) 4 Start of ARC Europe rally from Tortola to Portugal via Bermuda, www.worldcruising.com 28 – 3 Mar St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, SMYC, [email protected] 4 Start of Salty Dawg Spring Rally to the US from Virgin Gorda, BVI. www.saltydawgsailing.org TBA Grenada Charter Yacht Show 4 – 5 Virgin Islands Carnival, St. Thomas. USVI. www.vicarnival.com 4 – 5 Cayman Islands Carnival, ‘Batabano’. www.caymancarnival.com MARCH 5 – 7 Point Fortin Borough Day, Point Fortin, Trinidad. 1 South Pacific Bon Voyage Party, Shelter Bay Marina, Panama. [email protected] 5 – 8 Cuba Rally, Key West to Havana. Florida Yachts Charters 1 – 5 Semaine Nautique Internationale de Schoelcher, Martinique. CNS, www.cnschoelcher.net/regates 5 – 12 St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stlucia.org/summerfestival 2 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 6 500th Anniversary of Havana Boat Parade, Havana, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected] 2 – 5 Carnivals in Aruba, Bonaire & in Barranquilla, Colombia 6 – 7 St. Maarten Carnival. www.facebook.com/sxmcarnival 3 – 6 Curaçao Youth Sailing Clinic. YSCO 7 Point Fortin Borough Day Regatta, Guapo Beach, Point Fortin, Trinidad 4 Carnival Sunfish Race, Curaçao. WSV Jan Sofat, [email protected] 8 Start of Antigua to Bermuda Race. https://antiguabermuda.com 4 Public holiday in BVI (HL Stoutt’s Birthday observed) 12 Atlantic Back Rally departs Guadeloupe for Azores. www.atlanticbackcruising.com 4 – 5 Carnivals in Carriacou, Curaçao, Dominica, St. Barth, Trinidad, & Ponce, Puerto Rico 12 UOC Race, Curaçao. CYA, [email protected] 4 – 6 Carnivals in Guadeloupe, Dominica & Martinique 16 – 20 Cayman Islands Carnival ‘CayMas’. www.caymas.ky 6 Public holiday in many places (Ash Wednesday) 17 – 19 BVI Dinghy Championships, Tortola. RBVIYC, [email protected] 8 International Women’s Day 17 – 27 Guyana Carnival. www.guyanacarnival592.com 8 – 10 St. Croix International Regatta. SCYC, www.stcroixyc.com 18 FULL MOON 8 – 10 Curaçao Youth Sailing Championships. YSCO, ysco.org 19 Rudy Dovale Sunfish Race, Curaçao. CSSA, [email protected] 10 Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction, Bequia, www.bequiasunshineschool.org 20 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (Discovery Day) 10 – 17 Yachtie Appreciation Week, Portsmouth, Dominica. [email protected], 27 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Memorial Day) [email protected] 30 Public holiday in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (Ascension Day) 11 Public holiday in some places (Commonwealth Day) & Belize (National Heroes’ Day) and in Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day) and Anguilla (Anguilla Day) 14 Public holiday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (National Heroes’ Day) 30 – 2 June Baai Hoppen, Curaçao. Leden CYA, [email protected] 15 – 21 World ARC arrival, Grenada. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 31 – 7 June Grenada Chocolate Festival. grenadachocolatefest.com 16 Foxy’s Music Fest, Jost Van Dyke, BVI. https://foxysbvi.com TBA Old Brigand Rum Regatta, Barbados.