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WORLD CRUISING CLUB The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore www.caribbeancompass.com DECEMBER 2011 • NUMBER 195 ARC 2011 A good year for cats ............. 15 Dear Santa… What cruisers <strong>want</strong> this year .. 16 MCMILLEN-JACKSON Island Feast A taste of Trinidad ................ 24 Back in the Day In Marigot Bay ...................... 26 Bad Fish! Lionfish found in Grenadines .. 36 Info & Updates ...................... 4 Business Briefs ....................... 8 Meridian Passage ................. 11 Regatta News........................ 12 Product Postings .................. 29 Book Review ......................... 31 Sailor’s Horoscope ................ 32 Island Poets ........................... 32 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............ 33 <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410 compass@vincysurf.com www.caribbeancompass.com Editor...........................................Sally Erdle sally@caribbeancompass.com Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre jsprat@vincysurf.com Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman tom@caribbeancompass.com Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer wide@caribbeancompass.com Accounting............................Shellese Craigg shellese@caribbeancompass.com <strong>Compass</strong> Agents by Island: Antigua: Ad Sales & Distribution - Lucy Tulloch Tel (268) 720-6868 lucy@thelucy.com Barba<strong>do</strong>s: Distribution - Doyle Sails Tel/Fax: (246) 423-4600 Curaçao: Distribution - Budget Marine Curaçao curacao@budgetmarine.com Tel: (5999) 462 77 33 Dominica: Distribution - Hubert J. 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Photo by Kay Wilson of Indigo Dive LUMBADIVE DEPARTMENTS Dolly’s Deep Secrets ............ 33 The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky ............... 34 Eco-News .............................. 35 Cooking with Cruisers .......... 37 Readers’ Forum ..................... 38 Calendar of Events ............... 41 <strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place ..... 42 Classified Ads ....................... 46 Advertisers’ Index ................. 46 Martinique: Ad Sales & Distribution - Isabelle Pra<strong>do</strong> Tel: (0596) 596 68 69 71, Mob: + 596 696 74 77 01 isabelle.pra<strong>do</strong>@wana<strong>do</strong>o.fr Puerto Rico: Ad Sales - Ellen Birrell 787-504-5163, ellenbirrell@gmail.com Distribution - Sunbay Marina, Fajar<strong>do</strong> Olga Diaz de Peréz Tel: (787) 863 0313 Fax: (787) 863 5282 sunbaymarina@aol.com St. Lucia: Ad Sales & Distribution - Maurice Moffat Tel: (758) 452 0147 Cell: (758) 720 8432. mauricemoffat@hotmail.com St. Maarten/St. Barths/Guadeloupe: Ad Sales & Distribution Stéphane Legendre Mob: + 590 690 760 100 steflegendre@wana<strong>do</strong>o.fr St. Thomas/USVI: Ad Sales - Ellen Birrell 787-504-5163, ellenbirrell@gmail.com Distribution - Bryan Lezama Tel: (340) 774 7931, blezama1@earthlink.net St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Ad Sales - Shellese Craigg shellese@caribbeancompass.com Tel: (784) 457 3409 Distribution - Doc Leslie Tel: (784) 529-0970 Tortola/BVI: Ad Sales - Ellen Birrell 787-504-5163, ellenbirrell@gmail.com Distribution - Gladys Jones Tel: (284) 494-2830, Fax: (284) 494-1584 Trinidad: Ad Sales & Distribution - Chris Bissondath, Tel: (868) 222-1011, Cell: (868) 347-4890, chrisbiss@yahoo.com Venezuela: Ad Sales & Distribution - Patty Tomasik Tel: (58-281) 265-3844 Tel/Fax: (58-281) 265-2448 xanadumarine@hotmail.com <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> welcomes submissions of short articles, news items, photos and drawings. 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