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DECEMBER 2012 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 10
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The lunchtime menu board changes weekly and features local catch, salads and
hearty pies. Groups and parties should try their Pitchers & Platters that offer a Taste
of Tapas for sharing, washed down with jugs of killer cocktails like Rum Zinger and
Ginger Mojito. Weekly Wine Specials are sold by the glass, and buckets of Piton Beer
or Corona are priced to keep parties happy all day.
Sailors, tie up at the secure, well-lit dinghy dock at the rear of Tapas for easy
access from Rodney Bay Marina (close to JQ and Baywalk Shopping Malls). Open
for lunch from 11:00AM every day except Sunday.
For more information see ad in the Market Place section, pages 42 through 45.
Tradewind Begins Daily Flights Between St. Barths and Antigua
Tradewind Aviation’s non-stop service between St. Barths and Antigua commenced
on October 17th. The first to serve this route, Tradewind Aviation’s Premium
Scheduled Service is offered twice daily in a modern fleet of Cessna Grand
Caravans and Pilatus PC-12s operated by two pilots. Enjoy air-conditioning and
complimentary drinks, snacks, wine and beer onboard.
Flights are scheduled to provide a convenient link for passengers transferring on
daily airline flights to and from London on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic as well
as to destinations throughout the Caribbean and to the continental US.
Passengers may also travel with Tradewind between Antigua and San Juan or
St. Thomas with a stop in St. Barths.
VIP service from airline to Tradewind flight is complimentary. VIP service from
Tradewind to British Airways via the new FBO 2000 departure lounge is available
for purchase.
Booking is available at www.tradewindaviation.com and on the SABRE GDS under
IATA Code: TJ.
For more information contact David Zipkin at dzipkin@tradewindaviation.com.
IWW’s 2013 Catalog Now Available
Shopping for boat stuff? Visit any Island Water World shop and pick up your copy
of the 2013 catalog. It’s 424 pages in full color, loaded with great products — and
many new products!
For more information on Island Water World see ad on page 48.
La Amada Marina, Cancun Joins IGY Marinas
IGY Marinas announces the newest addition to its international network of marinas,
La Amada Marina in Cancun, Mexico. With 176 slips for yachts up to 180 feet, the
marina is part of the La Amada Residences and Marina in Playa Mujeres. With a
maximum depth of 12 feet, the La Amada Marina offers 24-hour surveillance, a boat
repair facility with a 100-ton travel lift, fuel, provisioning, and a ship’s agent.
For more information visit www.laamadamarina.com.
Divali Magazine on Indo-Trinidadian Writers
Indo-Caribbean Divali Publication announces the publication of its latest Divali souvenir
magazine. Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, was observed as a national holiday
in Trindad & Tobago on November 13th.
The theme of this year’s edition of the magazine is The Brilliance of Indo-Trinidadian
Literary Writers. From the 1930s, Seepersad Naipaul and his family began to establish
themselves as the first literary dynasty, not only among Indo-Trinidadians, but also
among writers throughout the English-speaking Caribbean. Seepersad was followed
by his son Vidia (VS), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, and has been
the only Trinidadian to claim this prize so far. The Naipauls have been followed by
writers such as Neil Bissoondath, Rabindranath Maharaj, Ron Ramdin, Raymond
Ramcharitar and Kevin Baldeosingh. Acclaimed women writers include Rajandaye
Ramkissoon-Chen, Madeleine Coopsammy, Lakshmi Persaud, Ramabai Espinet,
Shani Mootoo and Niala Maharaj.
The 80-page full-colour glossy magazine is edited by anthropologist Dr. Kumar
Mahabir, an assistant professor at the University of Trinidad & Tobago.
Hard copies of the magazine are available in Trinidad through mail service for
TT$40, which includes handling, registration and local postage. Electronic copies are
available at www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/3409286.
74 Yachts Showcased at BVI Charter Event
The final awards dinner for the 31st annual British Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Show
took place on November 9th on the beach at Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, new
host venue for the event. The Charter Yacht Show is organized annually by the
Charter Yacht Society of the BVI at the start of the charter season. This year close to
200 crewmembers from 74 luxury yachts offering sailing charters in the Caribbean
showcased their boats and services to more than 100 local and international charter
brokers and clearinghouses. More than 20 local businesses participated in the
Opening Night Marketplace. The show, which is the largest in the Virgin Islands,
kicked off on November 6th.
For the third year running, Sol awarded prizes for winners of the ‘Best Boat’ in four
different categories. Sol Best Monohull winner was Blue Passion with Greg and
Vanessa Langridge.
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