Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine April 2015
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CALENDAR<br />
APRIL <strong>2015</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 40<br />
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PICK UP!<br />
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APRIL<br />
2 – 6 Bequia Easter Regatta. www.begos.com/easterregatta<br />
3 – 5 BVI Spring Regatta. www.bvispringregatta.org<br />
3 Public holiday in many places (Good Friday)<br />
4 FULL MOON<br />
6 Public holiday in many places (Easter Monday)<br />
7 Goat Races, Buccoo, Tobago<br />
13 –18 Les Voiles de Saint-Barth. www.lesvoilesdesaintbarth.com<br />
13 –18 Oyster Regatta BVI. www.oysteryachts.com/events/<br />
13 – 19 Rincón International Film Festival, Puerto Rico. www.rinconfilm.com<br />
15 – 20 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. www.antiguaclassics.com<br />
18 - 26 Tobago Jazz Experience. www.tobagojazzexperience.com<br />
19 Massy Stores Dinghy Regatta, Barbados. www.barbadosyachtclub.com<br />
19 Public holiday in Venezuela<br />
(Signing of the Act of Venezuelan Independence)<br />
19 – 21 Marina ZarPar Regatta, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.<br />
http://marinazarpar.com<br />
22 International Earth Day<br />
24 Guadeloupe to Antigua Race. www.sailingweek.com<br />
24 - 26 Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival. www.carriacoumaroon.com<br />
25 <strong>Yachting</strong> World magazine Round Antigua Race. www.sailingweek.com<br />
25 – 30 St. Barth Film Festival. www.stbarthff.org<br />
26 – 1 May Antigua Sailing Week. www.sailingweek.com<br />
27 Public holiday in Curaçao (King’s Birthday)<br />
28 Public holiday in Barbados (National Heroes’ Day)<br />
28 – 29 Eastern <strong>Caribbean</strong> International <strong>Yachting</strong> Conference, St. Vincent.<br />
http://www.quaynote.com/ankiti/www/?code=EC15&f=home<br />
30 – 3 May West Indies Regatta, St. Barth. westindiesregatta.com<br />
30 – 10 May 24th St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stluciajazz.org<br />
MAY<br />
1 Public holiday in many places (Labor Day)<br />
1 – 3 Sail Aruba. www.sailaruba.com<br />
2 Dockyard Day, Antigua. www.sailingweek.com<br />
3 FULL MOON<br />
4 Public holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis (Labour Day)<br />
4 – 8 Triskell Round Guadeloupe & Dominica Race. http://triskellcup.com<br />
5 Public holiday in Guyana (Indian Arrival Day)<br />
8 Public holiday in St. Barts (Victory Day)<br />
8 – 10 Anguilla Regatta. www.anguillaregatta.com<br />
8 – 10 Booby Island Regatta, Nevis. www.boobyislandregatta.com<br />
8 – 17 Grenada Chocolate Festival. www.chocolate.truebluebay.com<br />
9 Start of ARC USA rally from Tortola, BVI to Virginia via Bermuda or<br />
to Florida via Old Bahama Channel. www.worldcruising.com<br />
9 Start of ARC Europe rally from Tortola, BVI to Portugal via Bermuda<br />
and Azores. www.worldcruising.com<br />
13 Combat de Coques Regatta, Ste. Anne, Martinique. CNM<br />
14 Public holiday in some places (Ascension Day)<br />
14 Martinique Yole Festival, Ste. Anne, Martinique. http://yoles-rondes.net<br />
16 Start of Salty Dawg Rally from Tortola to East Coast US.<br />
www.saltydawgrally.org<br />
16 – 17 BVI Dinghy Championships. RBVIYC<br />
18 Public holiday in Haiti (Flag Day) and the Cayman Islands (Discovery Day)<br />
22 – 25 Barbuda Caribana. www.antiguanice.com<br />
23 – 25 Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke.<br />
www.foxysbar.com/woodenboatregatta<br />
23 - 25 Transcanal Beach Cat Race, Martinique to St. Lucia.<br />
www.clubnautiquedumarin.com<br />
25 Public holiday in some places (Whit Monday)<br />
26 Public holiday in Guyana (Independence Day) and Belize<br />
(Sovereign’s Day celebrated)<br />
29 – 31 Puerto Rico Heineken Int’l Regatta. www.heinekenregattapr.com<br />
30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day), Anguilla<br />
(Anguilla Day), Haiti (Mothers’ Day),<br />
and many other places (Corpus Christi)<br />
TBA St. Barts Salsa Festival, St. Barts Theatre Festival<br />
ROSEAU AREA:<br />
Anchorage Hotel<br />
Dive Dominica<br />
Dominica Marine Center<br />
Drop Anchor Bar<br />
Evergreen Hotel<br />
Sea World Bar<br />
PORTSMOUTH AREA:<br />
Blue Bay Restaurant<br />
Dominica Marine Center<br />
Indian River Bar & Grill<br />
Purple Turtle Beach Club/Restaurant<br />
Wop Wop Bar<br />
All information was correct to the best of our knowledge<br />
at the time this issue of <strong>Compass</strong> went to press — but plans change,<br />
so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.<br />
If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our monthly calendar,<br />
please send the name and date(s) of the event and the name and contact<br />
information of the organizing body to<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com<br />
We are on-line:<br />
www.caribbeancompass.com
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