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MAY <strong>2009</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 4<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore<br />
JEREMY SMITH DEAN BARNES<br />
Spring Thing<br />
BVI Spring Regatta ............... 15<br />
Round Grenada,<br />
Fast!<br />
Record demolished ............... 16<br />
Cruise Puerto Rico<br />
¿Y porque no? ...................... 20<br />
Business Briefs ....................... 8<br />
Meridian Passage ................. 8<br />
Eco-News .............................. 10<br />
Regatta News........................ 18<br />
Doyle’s Deck View ............... 22<br />
Different Boats ....................... 29<br />
Cruising Crossword ............... 32<br />
Word Search Puzzle .............. 32<br />
Island Poets ........................... 33<br />
Sailors’ Horoscope ................ 33<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by<br />
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MAY <strong>2009</strong> • NUMBER 164<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
Curaçao to<br />
Panama<br />
Delivery style ........................ 24<br />
Peninsula of Peril<br />
Another attack off Paria ........ 26<br />
Castoff to Showoff<br />
Refitting a derelict boat ......... 30<br />
Cartoons ................................ 33<br />
Cruising Kids’ Corner ............ 34<br />
Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............ 34<br />
Book Review ......................... 35<br />
Cooking with Cruisers .......... 36<br />
Readers’ Forum ..................... 38<br />
What’s on My Mind ............... 42<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Marketplace...... 44<br />
Classified Ads ....................... 47<br />
Advertisers’ Index ................. 47<br />
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ISSN 1605 - 1998<br />
ALEX NEBE<br />
MAY<br />
CALENDAR<br />
1 <strong>May</strong> Day/Labour Day. Public holiday in many places<br />
1 - 2 Sweet Cry Antigua Festival cancelled<br />
1 – 3 Ethnik Festival, Marie-Galante (concerts, films, free camping).<br />
latitude21prod@yahoo.fr<br />
1 – 4 West Indies Regatta, St. Barts. www.WestIndiesRegatta.com<br />
2 - 10 St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stluciajazz.org<br />
3 West Marine Atlantic Cup sets sail from Tortola, BVI to Bermuda.<br />
www.carib1500.com<br />
4 Bank holiday (Labour Day celebrated). Public holiday in many places<br />
5 World Environment Day<br />
5 Youman Nabi. Public holiday in Guyana<br />
7 ARC Europe sets sail from Nanny Cay, BVI, to Portugal.<br />
www.worldcruising.com/arceurope<br />
8 Armistice Day. Public holiday in French West Indies<br />
9 FULL MOON<br />
9 Anguilla Sailing Festival. www.anguillaregatta.com<br />
10 – 15 Mount Gay Boatyard Regatta, Barbados. info@sailbarbados.com<br />
16 – 17 Capt. Oliver’s Regatta, St. Maarten. www.coyc-sxm.com<br />
18 Public holiday in Cayman Islands (Discovery Day) and Haiti (Flag Day)<br />
20 Independence Day. Public holiday in Cuba<br />
20 - 24 Round Guadeloupe Race. www.triskellcup.com<br />
21 Ascension Day. Public holiday in Haiti and Dutch and French islands<br />
21 - 23 Combat de Coques Regatta, Martinique. Club Nautique du Marin,<br />
tel (596) 74 92 48, fax (596) 74 62 02, club-nautique-du-marin@wanadoo.fr<br />
22 Emancipation Day. Public holiday in Martinique<br />
22 - 23 35th Annual Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke.<br />
www.weyc.net<br />
22 – 24 Vela Cup Race, Puerto Rico. www.puertoricovelacup.com<br />
22 – 24 St. Lucia to Martinique Race (to be confirmed).<br />
www.stluciayachtclub.com<br />
23 Labour Day. Public holiday in Jamaica<br />
23 - 30 Curaçao Dive Festival. www.curacaodive.com<br />
23 - 25 BVI Music Festival. www.bvimusicfest.net<br />
24 Public holiday in Haiti (Mother’s Day) and Bermuda (Bermuda Day)<br />
25 Memorial Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI<br />
26 Public holiday in Turks & Caicos (National Heroes Day)<br />
27 Abolition Day. Public holiday in Guadeloupe<br />
28 – 1 June Canouan Regatta. Canouan Sailing Club (784) 458-8197<br />
30 Public holiday in Anguilla (Anguilla Day)<br />
and Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day)<br />
30 – 31 Yole (sailing canoe) Races, Martinique. www.yoles-rondes.org<br />
30 – 31 Martinique to St. Lucia Race. Yacht Club de la Martinique (YCM),<br />
tel (596) 63 26 76, fax (596) 63 94 48, ycmq@wanadoo.fr<br />
30 – 1 June 5th Zoo Regatta, Gosier, Guadeloupe. www.zoo-regatta.com<br />
31 Pentecost. Public holiday in Bonaire<br />
JUNE<br />
1 Whit Monday. Public holiday in many places<br />
5 Labour Day. Public holiday in The Bahamas<br />
6 St. Maarten Laser Regatta. www.smyc.com<br />
6 – 7 The Saintes Regatta. csbf.guadeloupe@wanadoo.fr<br />
7 FULL MOON<br />
8 Queen’s Birthday (UK). Public holiday in Anguilla<br />
Corpus Christi. Public holiday in many places<br />
13 Public holiday in Cayman Islands and Montserrat<br />
(Queen’s Birthday UK celebrated) and BVI (Territory Day)<br />
Labour Day. Public holiday in Trinidad<br />
14 – 21 19th Annual Jamaica Ocho Rios Intl. Jazz Festival.<br />
www.jamaicaculture.org/jazz<br />
20 St. Jean Pursuit Race, Martinique<br />
20 - 21 <strong>Caribbean</strong> One-Design Keelboat Championships, St. Maarten.<br />
www.tropicalsailloft.com<br />
21 Summer Solstice<br />
24 Battle of Carabobo Day. Public holiday in Venezuela<br />
25 - 27 13th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival. www.stkittsmusicfestival.net<br />
26 – 29 Charlotteville Fisherman Festival, Tobago<br />
28 - July 5 HIHO Windsurfing Week, BVI. www.go-hiho.com<br />
29 Fisherman’s Birthday (St. Peter’s Day). Boat and dinghy races<br />
in many fishing communities<br />
All information was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time<br />
this issue of <strong>Compass</strong> went to press — but plans change,<br />
so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.<br />
If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our monthly calendar,<br />
please send the name and date(s) of the event and the name<br />
and contact information of the organizing body to<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com.<br />
Cover photos by Chris Doyle, of Nevis (inset) and Barbuda
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