ANTIGUA CLASSIC YacHT REGATTA SHORT TERM WEATHER FOREcaSTING ALL AT SEA CARIBBEAN JUNE 2018 TH FREE ANNIVERS25 ARY ISSUE Inside: TRANSITIONING FROM CHARTER TO LIVE-A-BOARD DESTINATIONS: Unbelievable Bahamas ADVENTURE: Atlantic Rower Kiko Matthews EDITor’s lOG WHAT’S A LIttlE WEED BEtwEEN FRIENDS? his month we publish Part Two of our Regatta Pre- curse our idyllic lifestyle wears a leathery mantle and frankly, she view. This one takes us from June through December. stinks. Sargassum weed is back in the Caribbean (p42) and it is I remember the days when Caribbean regattas in the causing problems on some beaches. Sargassum is the bane of Tsummer months were quite rare but now there’s more sport fishermen who report that in some areas they find they of a demand for them. A shortage of editorial space dictates spend more time clearing hooks than actually fishing. Sargas- that we can only cover the larger regattas in our preview, but sum in the Caribbean is nothing new but it does seem to be plenty of smaller, local regattas take place all year round. These happening more often and if, as some say, it is due to climate small regattas play a vital role. They offer people a chance to change then I fear it may get worse as years go by. Removing sail without the pressures and costs associated with the larger weed from affected beaches is a costly business and what to regattas and this is where island yacht clubs, large and small, do with the stuff once it has been removed can be challenging come into their own. Caribbean yacht clubs are pretty much open to everyone. Membership is usually affordable and you Countries affected by sargassum landing don’t even have to sail. Many people become yacht club mem- bers in order to enjoy the many social activities on offer such as on their beaches are looking into ways liming at the bar or dining in the club restaurant, usually at dis- to utilize sargassum including its count prices. Others delight in organizing events like regattas in the knowledge they won’t pull a muscle while grinding a winch use in crop and livestock production … or get their backsides wet. Almost every Caribbean yacht club runs a youth sailing program and they do a wonderful job. Sail- for a small island. Like most things in the natural world, when it ing teaches youngsters so much; it shows them how to operate comes to sargassum there are some positives. Many creatures as part of a team, while allowing them to shine as individuals benefit from sargassum at sea, including juvenile sea turtles that when out on the water. Many Caribbean youngsters who were use it for protection from predators. Other species, such as bill- taught basic sailing and seamanship in Opti- fish, use the sargassum mats as sort of a mobile nursery, provid- mist dinghies have gone on to represent ing food and shelter for fish to grow. According to US National , their country in the Olympic Games. Parks Service, as many as 70 species live in the floating masses EVERY MONTH Others captain international race of weed offshore. Countries affected by sargassum landing on Gary records a boats and superyachts or have taken their beaches are looking into ways to utilize sargassum includ- podcast of his Column. Listen online from up a career in the marine industry. If ing its use in crop and livestock production but they still have a or download you are visiting the islands then make way to go. On my island, French St. Martin, only one beach has allatsea.net or a point of stopping at the local yacht been affected by sargassum. With thousands of beautiful Carib- http://garyebrown.net/ audiovideo.html club, you will be made welcome. bean beaches to choose from, I guarantee that if one beach has a sargassum problem the beach around the corner has not, Having lived for many years in the islands I have that’s where to sling your hammock. Cocktail, anyone? grown accustomed to hearing how lucky I am to live in para- dise, and how marvelous it must be to spend my days sailing See you on the water! or swinging in a hammock on a golden beach sipping um- brella drinks under the endless summer sun. Okay, I admit to doing some of that but like most fairytales, we have a couple of wicked witches hovering in the wings intent on spoiling the Gary E. Brown, fun. We all know about the big winds but the latest crone to Editor Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter www.facebook.com/ALLATSEACaribbean https://twitter.com/allatseacarib 6 ALLATSEA.NET JUNE 2018 Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/allatseacarib JUNE 2018 The Caribbean’s Waterfront Magazine AN dm eR i N o t d AN t R e B y Ro B S hoto 38 P DEPARTMENTS 28 RACING CIRCUIT 56 FEATURE BVI Spring Regatta: Regatta Preview – June to Editor’s Log 6 They Made it Happen! December: Race On! 12 WHERE IN THE WORLD? St. Thomas International Regatta: Time for Winners! 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