Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine January 2015

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We wanted this award to be a way to salute Erika’s amazing legacy to the island
and its people.”
In a close competition with over 80 votes cast, this year’s Erika Cannegieter-Smith
People’s Choice Award was won by Nathalie Beaurain, with a pair of photos featuring
flamboyant flowers. The honor was announced at the Exhibition’s award ceremony,
where prizes were also awarded to the winners of the overall and youth categories,
Alexandre Guerre and Luna Valenti.
INGA BEITZ
http://safetyandsecuritynet.com/news-and-archives; you can sign up there to
receive alerts by e-mail, too.
The flamboyant tree’s
flower gets a close-up in
Nathalie Beaurain’s
winning entry for the
People’s Choice Award
NATHALIE BEAURAIN
• Cruising artist and cartoonist Inga Beitz has a fresh new website,
www.ingabeitz.jimdo.com — check it out!
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Les Fruits de Mer (www.lesfruitsdemer.com) is a non-profit association based in St.
Martin whose core mission is to raise awareness about nature, culture, and sport. The
organization carries out this mission through publications, an education program,
and special public outreach events that entertain, inspire, and inform.
Be The Change Foundation, registered in May 2012, is a charity fundraising group
that assists St. Maarten non-profit organizations with raising the monies needed for a
particular cause while also promoting the mission and objectives of that NGO to
encourage volunteerism.
Cruisers’ Site-ings
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Department of Corrections
Mark Jensen writes: “I made an important mistake in my letter (Letter of the Month,
Caribbean Compass, December 2014). My article said that Steve Coetzer of Sea
Cure Marine charged his normal salvage rate to lift the French volunteer sea rescue
boat. But Steve definitely did it for free. It should have read:
“Steve Coetzer of Sea Cure Marine who lifted the French volunteer sea rescue
boat for free, saying, ‘They rescue for free, so it’s right for me to help them for free’.”
It’s quite important because he did a very nice thing, on the quiet:
he told no one. So it shows there are some nice people here when the chips
are down!
Welcome Aboard!
In this issue of Caribbean Compass we welcome new advertisers American Yacht
Harbor of St. Thomas, USVI, on page 7; Mercury Marine of the USA, on page 55; and
The BoatYard of Tonga, on page 36. Good to have you with us!
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