Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - November 2020
Welcome to Caribbean Compass, the most widely-read boating publication in the Caribbean! THE MOST NEWS YOU CAN USE - feature articles on cruising destinations, regattas, environment, events...
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KEN DYER<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore<br />
www.caribbeancompass.com<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2020</strong> • NUMBER 302<br />
Key Entry Protocols<br />
See Info & Updates......................4<br />
Business News<br />
It’s getting busy!.......................…8<br />
Regatta Scene<br />
Heading for the line...................10<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
Insurance?<br />
Coverage is available..........12 - 15<br />
RAY JASON<br />
Step (way!) Up<br />
to eyeball navigation....................6<br />
The Silvery Fishes<br />
Open-water camouflage.............22<br />
¡Gracias,<br />
Banditos!<br />
Cruising mishap turns happy....26<br />
Info & Updates....................... 4<br />
Business Briefs........................ 8<br />
Regatta News........................ 10<br />
Product Postings.................... 17<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky............... 18<br />
Book Review.......................... 20<br />
Our Island Birds..................... 21<br />
Publisher..................................Tom Hopman<br />
tom@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Editor...........................................Sally Erdle<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Assistant Editor........................Tad Richards<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
Meet Marine Life................... 22<br />
Look Out For.......................... 23<br />
Readers’ Forum..................... 24<br />
Calendar of Events............... 27<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place..... 28<br />
Classified Ads........................ 30<br />
Advertisers Index.................. 30<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd., The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies.<br />
Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410, compass@caribbeancompass.com, www.caribbeancompass.com<br />
Art, Design & Production.........Wilfred Dederer<br />
wide@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Editorial Assistant…….....Liesbet Collaert<br />
Advertising & Administration...Shellese Craigg<br />
shellese@caribbeancompass.com<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> welcomes submissions of articles, news items, photos and drawings.<br />
See Writers’ Guidelines at www.caribbeancompass.com. Send submissions to sally@caribbeancompass.com.<br />
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responsibility of the advertiser, writer or correspondent, and <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd. accepts<br />
no responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity.<br />
©<strong>2020</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication,<br />
except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd.<br />
ISSN 1605 - 1998<br />
On the cover: Many cruisers are currently concerned about yacht insurance in the <strong>Caribbean</strong>. David Lyman and Don Street survey the situation in articles starting on page 12.<br />
Photo by Wilfred Dederer<br />
<strong>Compass</strong> covers the <strong>Caribbean</strong>! From Cuba to Trinidad, from<br />
Panama to Barbuda, we’ve got the news and views that sailors<br />
can use. We’re the <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s monthly look at sea and shore.<br />
‘<strong>Compass</strong> is very professional, well<br />
balanced, and a highly useful source<br />
of a wide range of information.’<br />
— Readers’ Survey respondent<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2020</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3<br />
Cartagena<br />
Santa Marta<br />
Bocas del Toro
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