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May 2009 - Caribbean Compass

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Info<br />

& Updates<br />

Venezuela Navigation Notes<br />

Melodye Pompa of the <strong>Caribbean</strong> Safety and<br />

Security Net reports: The channel markers at<br />

Chichiriviche, Venezuela, are missing, and, with the closing<br />

of the cement plant there, the marks are no longer<br />

deemed important and are unlikely to be replaced. The<br />

entrance requires care and<br />

very good light, as there are<br />

hard reef structures just below<br />

the surface.<br />

The power cables at the<br />

channel to the Golfo de<br />

Cuare, mentioned in the Doyle<br />

guide, have been removed.<br />

In Morrocoy National Park,<br />

all the markers have disappeared,<br />

making navigation<br />

difficult, but that entrance is a<br />

bit more straightforward, and<br />

like Chichi, once inside it’s<br />

mostly (soft) mud banks, but<br />

considerably more shoal than<br />

the Doyle guide indicates.<br />

Boaters for Books Delivers!<br />

Boaters for Books is a volunteer<br />

project which began<br />

years ago when two cruisers<br />

gave a few storybooks to<br />

some children they met while<br />

sailing the <strong>Caribbean</strong>. The<br />

concept blossomed, more<br />

boaters donated and delivered<br />

more books, and now<br />

The Marina at<br />

Marigot Bay<br />

St. Lucia<br />

Boaters for Books, Inc. is an active non-profit organization<br />

based in Florida.<br />

This year Boaters for Books shipped 115 cartons of<br />

reading and library books to schools in Carriacou,<br />

Dominica, Grenada, Nevis, and Union Island. Their<br />

efforts are supported by Tropical Shipping, which<br />

The Dominica Lions Club president, right, presents books donated by Boaters<br />

for Books to Phillipa Daniel, librarian, Portsmouth Seventh Day Adventist<br />

Secondary School<br />

brings the books from Florida free of charge, and Ann<br />

Street Mini Storage, which provides space to receive,<br />

sort and pack the books prior to shipping.<br />

In Grenada, arrangements were managed by Anita<br />

Sutton of Island Dreams yacht services, assisting Lillian<br />

Sylvester, Director of Libraries, Grenada Library<br />

Services. Cartons arrived in Carriacou from Grenada<br />

on the Amelia A ferry and were distributed by<br />

Natasha Lawrence, assisted by Sherwin Noel and<br />

Kennet Alexis. The Dominica Lions Club managed the<br />

distribution in Dominica, with Louisiana Dubique in<br />

charge. The Union Island books arrived from St.<br />

Vincent under the care of Heather Grant, Erika’s<br />

Marine Services.<br />

This is the ninth year Boaters for Books has collected<br />

and transported gently-used and new children’s<br />

books to a growing number of English-speaking<br />

Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> islands, including Anguilla, Bequia,<br />

Montserrat, St. Vincent, and Trinidad & Tobago, in<br />

addition to those receiving this year’s shipment. To<br />

date, nearly 150,000 books have been distributed.<br />

While the main focus has always been primary<br />

schools, in recent years, several secondary schools,<br />

public libraries, and a community college have<br />

received volumes to add to their collections.<br />

Donors in the United States come from all walks of<br />

life, but all believe in encouraging children to read.<br />

This year’s major donors include James Thomas and<br />

the Ames Free Library in Massachusetts, Harriet and<br />

Tom Linskey, Hands Across the Sea, Inc., Teri Bayus of<br />

Pismo Beach, California, the Visually Impaired Club of<br />

Oswego County (New York), Mary and Ernie Hamer of<br />

Fulton, New York, Edie Smith of Sarasota, Florida, and<br />

Jenny Setzer and the children of the Congregational<br />

United Church of Punta Gorda, Florida. In addition,<br />

there are many individuals and service groups who<br />

collect and send books each year, helping Boaters for<br />

Books to maintain a steady supply.<br />

Boaters for Books welcomes all donations. Instructions<br />

on where to send books, as well as the types of books<br />

needed, can be found at www.boatersforbooks.org.<br />

Those who would like to become personally involved in<br />

collecting and/or packing books can contact Kathy<br />

Oberle, Director, at Kathy1@boatersforbooks.org.<br />

Those interested in helping to identify schools in the<br />

Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> with library needs can reach<br />

Melodye Pompa at boatmillie@aol.com.<br />

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