Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - December 2020
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KEN DYER<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2020</strong> • ISSUE 303<br />
Yachts Enter Here Navigating the Covid Sea 8<br />
Hi, <strong>Caribbean</strong> First-Timers! Top tips from old salts 16<br />
SCOTT WILKS<br />
On the cover:<br />
A new <strong>Caribbean</strong> season is here, and our cover photo of Young Island Cut,<br />
St. Vincent, by Megan Dyson of Essential Detail says it all: turquoise water,<br />
blue sky, tropical flora — and a sailboat that could have you aboard. Welcome!<br />
Freediving Wish you were a fish? 8<br />
Windwards Guide at 40 Doyle’s decades in print 20<br />
JOHN DILLON<br />
Info & Updates....................... 5<br />
Business Briefs........................ 9<br />
Eco-News............................... 11<br />
Regatta News........................ 13<br />
Island Poets........................... 26<br />
Look Out For.......................... 27<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky............... 28<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
Our Island Birds..................... 30<br />
Meet Marine Life................... 31<br />
Readers’ Forum..................... 32<br />
Calendar of Events............... 35<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place..... 36<br />
Classified Ads........................ 38<br />
Advertisers Index.................. 38<br />
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DECEMBER <strong>2020</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3<br />
Santa Marta<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Christmas Celebrating island style 23 - 27<br />
A Paddle Ashore Why anchor this far out? 34<br />
As Mass Tourism Stalls Yachts are the way forward 33<br />
LORRAINE SEATLE<br />
Bocas del Toro<br />
Cartagena<br />
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Editor.............................................Sally Erdle<br />
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