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SHARP The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore www.caribbeancompass.com DECEMBER 2012 • NUMBER 207 Antigua’s Tops! Harbor-to-hilltop hike ........... 19 Time Off A St. Kitts sabbatical ............ 22 ’Tis the Season Island holiday events ............ 24 More on Moorings Trying to get to the bottom ... 26 Sailors’ Profiles What’s their (other) passion? .. 28 Info & Updates ...................... 4 Business Briefs ....................... 8 Regatta News........................ 12 Meridian Passage ................. 15 Sailor’s Horoscope ................ 30 Island Poets ........................... 30 Cruising Kids’ Corner ............ 31 Book Review ......................... 32 <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd., P.O. Box 175 BQ, Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410 compass@vincysurf.com www.caribbeancompass.com Editor...........................................Sally Erdle sally@caribbeancompass.com Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre jsprat@vincysurf.com Advertising & Distribution........Tom Hopman tom@caribbeancompass.com Art, Design & Production......Wilfred Dederer wide@caribbeancompass.com Accounting............................Shellese Craigg shellese@caribbeancompass.com <strong>Compass</strong> Agents by Island: Antigua: Ad Sales & Distribution - Lucy Tulloch Tel (268) 720-6868 lucy@thelucy.com Barbados: Distribution - Doyle Sails Tel/Fax: (246) 423-4600 Colombia: Distribution - Marina Santa Marta www.igy-marinasantamarta.com/en Curaçao: Distribution - Budget Marine Curaçao curacao@budgetmarine.com Tel: (5999) 462 77 33 Dominica: Ad Sales & Distribution - Hubert J. Winston Dominica Marine Center, Tel: (767) 448-2705, info@dominicamarinecenter.com Grenada/Carriacou/Petite Martinique: Ad Sales & Distribution - Karen Maaroufi Cell: (473) 457-2151 Office: (473) 444-3222 compassgrenada@gmail.com Cover photo: Carriacou’s Windward anchorage, seen through the lens of photographer Jason Pickering (www.jasonpickering.com) DEPARTMENTS Cooking with Cruisers .......... 33 The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky ............... 34 Readers’ Forum ..................... 35 What’s On My Mind .............. 40 Calendar of Events ............... 41 <strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place ..... 42 Classified Ads ....................... 46 Advertisers’ Index ................. 46 <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> welcomes submissions of articles, news items, photos and drawings. See Writers’ Guidelines at www.caribbeancompass.com. Send submissions to sally@caribbeancompass.com. We support free speech! 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