Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - February 2021

FEBRUARY 2021 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 6
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This latest group of trainees have learnt to sail at the Academy and by putting them
through our instructor training we are preparing them for their yachting careers.”
The students involved are Jody Thomas, Lily Barkoye, Ta Janica Thomas, Alliana
Spencer, Craig Greenaway, Kayon Guiste, Tssadiq Tappin, Hassani Joseph, Justin
Meyer and Jahmarly Edwards.
The NSA is an inclusive sailing school that delivers sailing lessons to youths and
adults of all abilities. For youths the lessons are free as part of the National
Curriculum and are funded through private donations.
The school is located on Dockyard Drive, English Harbour. Contributions from all of
the English Harbour tenants, private donations, private sailing lessons, and kayak,
SUP and boat rentals, all contribute to the funding of the school.
Visit www.nationalsailingacademy.org for more information.
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• LINDA KNOWLES
Linda Marie Knowles, one of the founders of the Salty
Dawg Rally, died unexpectedly of a heart attack in
her home in Vero Beach, Florida on November 14th,
2020. She was 71 years old.
Born in Buffalo, New York, she was a devoted wife
of 36 years to her husband William (Bill) P. Knowles.
They spent the last 15 years living on their sailboat
Sapphire, cruising from the northeast US to the
Caribbean each year. During this time, they
founded the Salty Dawg Rally in 2011. The
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organization has grown to become the Salty Dawg Sailing Association, with over
800 members and hosting many events each year. Linda served as Vice President
from 2013 until her death.
A Celebration of Life was held virtually on December 5th, with family and friends.
The family has requested in memory of Linda Marie Knowles and her passion for helping
sailors and the communities they visit, that donations be made to the Salty Dawg Sailing
Association, a 501(c)(3) organization, at www.saltydawgsailing.org/donations.
• VERNON WATSON
Vernon N. Watson, OBE and former leader of the Barbados Landship Association,
died on January 9th at
his home in St. Michael,
Barbados. He was 89
years old.
The Landship is a
uniquely Barbadian
indigenous cultural and
social organization,
acting as both a grassroots
credit union and a
performance troupe.
Unfortunately, it is now
mostly a thing of the
past. Oral history refers
to 1863 as the year
when forming ships on
land began. Individual
groups are called ships,
and have had names
such as Queen Mary
and Iron Duke. The
headquarters of a ship is
called the dock, and
titles such as captain
and admiral are used
among the members. In
1931, a central authority,
the Barbados Landship
Association, was formed to oversee the administration of the various groups.
Traditional Landship performances combined elements of naval lore with African-
Caribbean performance tradition. When on parade, some Landships created the
image of a ship through the use of ropes: the crew on the outside of the formation
held the ropes while the Sailing Master marched on ahead. A tuk band, known as the
“engine,” delivered the musical wind force for the ships to set sail. A uniformed group
of men, women, boys and girls marched out in straight-line formation, and then
performed “manoeuvres.” When the Sailing Master called out “rough seas,” they
danced around the parade space, creating the image of sails tossed in the wind. At
“man overboard,” a member of the crew dramatically fell to the ground and a nurse
revived him with “quinine” — actually white rum. [See Marcia Burrows’s article in
Caribbean Beat magazine at www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-123/landship-ahoy]
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