Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine January 2015
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HAPPY NEW YEAR <strong>2015</strong><br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore<br />
www.caribbeancompass.com<br />
Boat Restoration<br />
A Bonaire balandra ............... 11<br />
Dominica<br />
Picking up on the Nature Isle 21<br />
JANUARY <strong>2015</strong> • NUMBER 232<br />
HOLIAN<br />
NENCHEVA<br />
Here’s the Year!<br />
<strong>2015</strong> Events Calendar .......... 27<br />
Weather Check<br />
Selected On-Line Sources ..... 32<br />
Cruising Kids<br />
Keep them busy underway .... 40<br />
Info & Updates ...................... 4<br />
Business Briefs ....................... 8<br />
Regatta News........................ 12<br />
Cartoons ................................ 34<br />
Seawise ................................. 36<br />
Meridian Passage ................. 37<br />
Book Review ......................... 39<br />
Salty’s Beat ............................ 42<br />
Editor...........................................Sally Erdle<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre<br />
jsprat@vincysurf.com<br />
Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman<br />
tom@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Look Out For… ...................... 43<br />
The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky ............... 44<br />
Cooking with Cruisers .......... 46<br />
Readers’ Forum ..................... 47<br />
Calendar of Events ............... 49<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place ..... 50<br />
Classified Ads ....................... 54<br />
Advertisers’ Index ................. 54<br />
Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer<br />
wide@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Accounting............................Shellese Craigg<br />
shellese@caribbeancompass.com<br />
Cover Photo: Arriving in St. Lucia to take overall honors in Cruising Division, the 1936-vintage Peter von Seestermühe has sailed across the Atlantic with the ARC regularly<br />
since 1990. And ace yacht photographer Tim Wright has been at the ARC finish line to snap the action — day and night — for well over a decade<br />
SLAVINSKI<br />
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<strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ,<br />
Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines.<br />
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Panama to Barbuda, we’ve got the news and views that sailors<br />
can use. We’re the <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s monthly look at sea and shore.<br />
‘The <strong>Compass</strong> is my favourite and best source of<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong> boating information.’<br />
— Readers’ Survey respondent<br />
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