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The Sol Best Multihull under 55 feet was Gypsy Princess with Achilleas Tsiamis and
Cleo Verheylewegen. Winner of the Sol Best Multihull over 55 feet was Tiger Lily with
Harvey Jenkinson and Tracy Ford. Winner of the overall Sol Best in Show title was
Nutmeg with Leopald and Ginette Richard. The winners in each category received
two round-trip tickets from Beef Island, Tortola to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and handcrafted
recycled glass boats from Green VI Glass Studio. A panel of incognito judges
toured all the participating yachts and met the crew to determine the best crew/
yacht combination in each category.
The crewed yacht industry in the BVI generates more than US$35 million of business
annually from high net-worth sailing charter guests who cruise the islands and enjoy
the hospitality and natural beauty of the territory.
The Charter Yacht Society (CYS) is a non-profit organization that was founded in
1982 by independent owners of crewed yachts in the BVI.
See Syndicate Falls, Dominica
Mark Denebeim reports: Activities on the
island of Dominica are often separated into
two distinct regions: north and south. In the
south, visitors usually begin in Roseau and
visit Trafalgar Falls, the Emerald Pool, and
perhaps Middleham or Titou Gorge Falls. In
the north, starting a tour from Melville Hall
Airport or the seaport of Portsmouth usually
takes you to Red Rock in Calibishie, Toucari
Bay and the Indian River Tour. The least visited
natural attraction has been the 80-foot
Syndicate Falls — until now.
Thanks to the promotional efforts of nearby
landowners, Syndicate Falls is now an official
tourist site with a rest room and refreshments
available on site. There is a small access fee.
Located just six miles, or about 25 minutes,
from Portsmouth, the drive is up breathtaking
Morne Diablotins, at 4,747 feet the second-tallest
peak in the Lesser Antilles, where
a National Park full of hiking trails awaits.
To obtain the necessary guide for an unforgettable tour of Syndicate Falls and the
Dublanc River, call Russell at (767) 245-0959 or 617-7879, or ask one of the PAYS/
Indian River Guides.
There are also home lots available for purchase adjacent to the Dublanc River,
which is the launching point for the easy ten-minute river walk to the Falls.
For more information on Syndicate Falls Eco Estates, see www.SyndicateFalls.com.
New Inspiration at the Drop Anchor in Roseau
This season, Drop Anchor at Roseau, Dominica has a new addition to the property
with Westport Tavern taking over the food and beverage management and yacht
services of the property. The Holiday Season is sure to be filled with festive parties
and excitement. On New Year’s Eve, Drop Anchor will be ringing in the New Year
with great holiday flair — special menu, cocktails and live music to dance into 2013,
Tavern style! All yachts are welcome to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Drop Anchor.
Look for the blue lights over the water!
More Yachts Transported to the Caribbean
Dockwise Yacht Transport’s semi-submersible ships are among the most extraordinary
in the world. This year, two Dockwise ships, the 686-foot (209-meter) Yacht
Express and the smaller 555.93-foot (169.49-meter) Super Servant 4, sailed to South
Florida, having loaded in Genoa, Italy, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, respectively.
The cargo they carried — over 3,708.34 linear feet of luxury yachts — are worth a
combined US$358,475,000 and either disembarked at Ft. Lauderdale or carried on
with DYT to other drop-off points in the US and the Caribbean.
According to Graeme Lord from Fairport Yacht Support in Ft. Lauderdale, shipping
his client’s prized possession, the 136-foot (41.45 meter) M/Y Lagniappe, safely
across the Atlantic takes lots of expertise. Lord has come to depend on DYT’s dedicated
service to yacht transport in arranging bookings of anywhere from five to
eight yachts a year for the last 15 years. That’s 50 to 100 yachts, he says, that he has
either been involved with as a crew member or, more recently, as a “bookings and
negotiations” coordinator for his own yacht support business.
The 686-foot Yacht Express in Martinique
While the Yacht Express and Super Servant 4 are DYT’s own ships that have regular
routes and utilize the float-on/float-off process that is unique to its fleet, the company
can also oversee lift-on/lift-off services for yachts on other cargo ships if the need
for meeting a schedule or delivering to a remote destination so demands it. Lord,
who explained that M/Y Lagniappe is privately owned but charters in the
Mediterranean, the US and the Caribbean, said that in all cases, it simply makes
sense to use a company that specializes only in the transport of yachts.
DYT’s global yacht transport routes for its semi-submersibles include the US East
Coast, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean (St. Thomas and Martinique), the Pacific
West Coast and the South Pacific.
For more information on DYT, visit www.yacht-transport.com.
ONNE VAN DER WAL
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