Bequia Easter Regatta 2008 - Caribbean Compass

Word Puzzle by Pauline Dolinski
© Caribbean Compass 2008
P R V S A I N T B R C O U N T
O V I N C E N T A A O C R O N
A B R I T I S H R M M O D E T
L O G I X A R U B E P O V U E
A N I C E T B R U R A I R E H
G A N S H A N I D I S K R A J
U E I M E B O S A C S L I P A
A B S T K I T T S A S T U B M
D B L O M A R T I N I Q U E A
A I A B U G I R V A N C P S I
L R N A Y O N H O J T S O O C
O A D G U N I X I O R C T S A
U C S O M A D I S W I R H H O
P U G R E N A D A A R O C I R
E I S L A N D O C O T R E U P
Word Puzzle solution on page 55
AMERICAN
ARUBA
BARBUDA
BRITISH
CAICOS
CARIBBEAN
COMPASS
CUBA
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
‘Nautical Alphabet: V1’
ACROSS
2) ___ Lactea: the Milky Way
3) Pressure control devices
7) Bright star in Lira
8) General name for any sort of ship
9) Wind indicator
12) To lower topsails in salute
13) Unsteady winds
15) Authenticate
19) Forefront
20) Rate of movement
23) Short for 19 Across
24) Estimation of worth
DOWN
“Boating interests
served in a
neighborly manner!”
Tito Figueroa
S/V Alleluia!
1) Compete
2) Pay out chain or line
4) Plural of 9 Across
5) Magnetic anomaly affecting compass
6) With wind, the opposite of backing
9) Esteems
10) Large tub
11) Colored signal flare
12) Device to control a gaff or boom
13) “V” in radio speak
14) Marine auctioneer: ____ master
16) 1894 America’s Cup contender
17) Empty spaces
18) Sea trips
19) Pertaining to the belly
20) Contrivance for working a bilge pump by
means of a barrel and crank
21) Worth
22) Blood vessel
23) David ____, author of true sea adventures
Crossword Solution on page 38
HAITI
ISLAND
JAMAICA
MARTIN
MARTINIQUE
NEVIS
PUERTO
RICO
SAINT
SEA
ST.CROIX
ST.JOHN
ST.KITTS
TOBAGO
TRINIDAD
TURKS
U.S.
VINCENT
VIRGIN ISLANDS
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