Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - October 2021
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OCTOBER <strong>2021</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 6<br />
SALLY ERDLE<br />
— Continued from previous page<br />
Should you need medical treatment, government hospitals and clinics with basic<br />
care are free to cruisers (you just buy the drugs), and there are world-class hospitals<br />
on island at excellent rates (DR is one of the top worldwide destinations for medical<br />
and dental tourism).<br />
The Dominican Republic<br />
is a big country with<br />
modern cities and<br />
hideaway anchorages.<br />
All in all, the DR is an easy and inexpensive place to transit, cruise or stay all year<br />
round with beautiful anchorages and marinas. All provisions are available<br />
island wide.<br />
For additional up-to-date information about this huge island and Covid restrictions<br />
per province join www.facebook.com/groups/502195700382567<br />
Those who do not do Facebook can contact me at deniswithane61@gmail.com. I<br />
am the joint port station host based in the DR for the Seven Seas Sailing Association<br />
and Ocean Cruising Club UK — the two largest sailing associations in the world.<br />
Puerto Rico: Carry Your Vaccination Card!<br />
All businesses are open, but remember to<br />
carry your vaccination card at all times<br />
everywhere since most places —<br />
restaurants, attractions, bars, concerts,<br />
etcetera — will require it to allow entry.<br />
For entry protocol and procedures see<br />
https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/info/<br />
travel-guidelines<br />
Carry your vaccination card<br />
in Puerto Rico.<br />
You may need it to enter<br />
bars and restaurants.<br />
BOAT OSCAR COMPANIONI<br />
Tojo loved carving, fishing and sailing.<br />
He found this knife blade on the beach,<br />
handle-less, rusting and jagged, and turned it<br />
into a beautiful gift with his signature leaf.<br />
Eight Bells<br />
JOSÉ LUÍS ROMÁN<br />
SAAVEDRA (TOJO)<br />
Luís was first mate on the<br />
28-foot gaff cutter Sauntress for<br />
15 years, with owner Martin<br />
O’Scannall. (See more on<br />
page 21 at<br />
www.caribbeancompass.com/<br />
online/february21compass_<br />
online.pdf)<br />
Martin reports: “The other gone.<br />
But forever in the mind.<br />
“Such a rare thing, a true free<br />
spirit. These were hands which<br />
caressed plants, sang to plants,<br />
communed with plants.<br />
Conjured with plants. Noticed<br />
plants. And this world talked<br />
back to him. By flowering. By<br />
green shoots. By burgeoning.<br />
Give Tojo a garden, a green<br />
patch, a window, or anything.<br />
And that mystical mind would<br />
weave a web of<br />
communication with nature.<br />
Yes I am a pear tree, but yes,<br />
Tojo, with your touch, your understanding, I am also an apple. His greatest delight<br />
that, the art of grafting. Put this same man, elf-like in a corner, with a scalpel, a<br />
piece of boxwood, and a magnifying glass and once again a conversation with<br />
nature, for the wood, under his magical touch, sprang to life. For self? Never. Most<br />
of waterside Carriacou will have and treasure examples of this fabulous other<br />
worldly, mystical art. What a loss? But remember. His signature.<br />
“A leaf.”<br />
Department of Corrections<br />
On page 33 of last<br />
month’s issue, in the tribute<br />
to Paul Johnson by John<br />
Everton, the caption for this<br />
photo should have read,<br />
“Paul with his son Merlin.”<br />
EVERTON
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