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Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - April 2021

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 />

APRIL <strong>2021</strong> • ISSUE 307<br />

A Look Back… at hurricane season 2020 …14<br />

Flores, Azores An Atlantic pit stop …16<br />

Vax for Cruisers? Where you may get jabbed …18<br />

EDWARD LE ROUVRE<br />

ON THE COVER:<br />

Sailing in St. Vincent & the Grenadines — one of the Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> countries<br />

where visiting cruisers can now be vaccinated against Covid-19.<br />

Photo by Hauke Dressler/www.robertharding.com. See story on page 18.<br />

Info & Updates....................... 5<br />

Business Briefs........................ 8<br />

Eco-News............................... 10<br />

Regatta News........................ 12<br />

Island Poets........................... 24<br />

Book Review.......................... 25<br />

The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky............... 26<br />

Meet Sea Life......................... 28<br />

DEPARTMENTS<br />

Our Island Birds..................... 29<br />

Look Out For.......................... 30<br />

Readers’ Forum..................... 32<br />

What’s on My Mind............... 33<br />

Calendar of Events............... 35<br />

<strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place..... 36<br />

Classified Ads........................ 38<br />

Advertisers Index.................. 38<br />

COMPASS COVERS THE CARIBBEAN!<br />

From Cuba to Trinidad, from Panama to Barbuda,<br />

we’ve got the news and views that sailors can use.<br />

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APRIL <strong>2021</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3<br />

Sartenejas Belize’s beautiful boats …19<br />

Loved and Lost The story of Aildee …24<br />

Bocas del Toro<br />

Cartagena<br />

Santa Marta<br />

‘Many thanks for the latest issue — it’s amazing how full<br />

each edition is!’<br />

— Caroline Kennedy<br />

UK<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 />

Publisher..................................Tom Hopman<br />

tom@caribbeancompass.com<br />

Editor.............................................Sally Erdle<br />

sally@caribbeancompass.com<br />

Assistant Editor........................Tad Richards<br />

CARIBBEAN COMPASS<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 />

Lotsa Cassava! Getting back to roots …31<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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the sole 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 />

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except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd.<br />

ISSN 1605 - 1998<br />

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