Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine February 2016

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Later, Yankee continued to carry passengers in the Caribbean under the command
of Captain Walter Boudreau and his Windjammer cruises. His son, captain
Robert Louis Boudreau, wrote a book entitled The Man Who Loved Schooners,
chronicling their adventures under sail.
Now the Schooner Yankee Project (a not-for-profit US foundation registered in
Maine) will turn back the pages of time, allowing people to sail on a reproduction of
this famous vessel. We will emphasize “real sailing” in our advertising and prospectus
and the Yankee will operate as a true wind ship. Her design and rig will reflect this
philosophy. Her powerful diesel will only be used to maintain schedules in windless or
adverse conditions and to enter and leave port.
The Schooner Yankee Foundation is committed to recapturing this wonderful era
and we look forward to your kind support.
Visit www.schooneryankee.com for more information.
Promoting Barbados through Sailing
Tony Lawson, owner of the racing trimaran Ms. Barbados, reports: We are promoting
Barbados tourism in partnership with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) but more
specifically we are promoting yachting in the island. With the Government’s investment
in new port clearance facilities and visitor docks in the Shallow Water Harbour,
we want yachtsmen to take another look at Barbados and what it has to offer.
Although the island doesn’t have the natural harbours of places like Grenada, St.
Lucia and Antigua, it can offer many more varied activities for visiting yachtsmen.
Uniquely in the world, within a distance of just a few miles, you have deep-sea fishing,
sailing and all other types of water activities, first-class polo, horse racing, a
great choice of golf courses including the new Apes Hill, tennis, and motorcar racing
at Bushy Park.
You have some of
the best hotels, the
highest quality rental
homes and biggest
selection of restaurants
in the
West Indies.
Ms. Barbados has
already carried the
BTMI logo from one
side of the Atlantic to
the other, spreading
the word among
some of the world’s
best yachts. We will
continue to do this
through the winter
season, racing in Antigua, St. Barts and wherever you have an assembly of large private
yachts and race boats.
I can’t stress enough just how proactive the Government and BTMI have been.
Minister Richard Sealy is fully on board and BTMI’s CEO, Billy Griffiths, has been really
hands-on with this initiative. Senator Peter Gilkes has been there, liaising between
the various bodies and ensuring we got a good reception when we arrived here in
Barbados to race in the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series.
Meanwhile, visitors and locals alike got to see Ms. Barbados sailing on an almost
daily basis as she practiced along the coastline — a constant reminder that
Barbados is back in the yachting business at the highest level.
We would like to thank our partners, the Government of Barbados, BTMI, Mount
Gay, Blues Sky, Beach Club and all the others who have worked with us to make this
yachting promotion effort in Barbados a success.
International Nautical Congress of Colombia Set for April
As reported in International Boat Industry News (ibinews.com), the first International
Nautical Congress of Colombia will be held in Cartagena de Indias this year to promote
the country’s growing recreational boating industry.
The event, scheduled to run from April 27th through 29th, is being produced by the
International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA), together with its
member associations the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) in the
US and the newly formed Asociación Náutica de Colombia (ANC).
Attendees will participate in two days of networking and education to learn about
opportunities in Colombia. The Congress will also feature keynote speakers and
breakout sessions as well as a marina tour to give attendees a glimpse of some of
the existing boating infrastructure and facilities.
Topics to be covered include ‘Why Colombia? Why Now?’, ‘A Drone’s View of
Marina Development in Colombia’, and ‘Understanding the Needs of the
Colombian Marine Market.’
Thom Dammrich, ICOMIA and NMMA president, told IBI News, “Colombia’s recreational
boating industry
has tremendous
growth potential and
is an emerging boating
market for the
global marine industry.
By attending the
Congress, participating
marine businesses
can learn more about
opportunities for recreational
boating and
the necessary steps to
take to get involved.”
ANC joined ICOMIA
as its 35th full member
in May 2015. The aim
of the organization is
to enable growth and
A participant in the new
Islands Odyssey rally
entering the recently
refurbished historic
Carenage in the heart
of Barbados’s capital,
Bridgetown
The Nautical Congress will be held at Cartagena’s
Convention Center, upper left
competitiveness in the Colombian marine industry, as well as to create and develop
business opportunities, and contribute to the strengthening of the nautical culture
within the country.
“For the national government of Colombia, growing a recreational boating industry
is a priority,” says Antonella Farah, executive director of ANC. “The vice president
of the Republic of Colombia, German Vargas Lleras, has placed a high sense of
commitment to recreational boating by, for the first time in 17 years, reducing
bureaucratic hurdles for marina development and evaluating marine regulations.”
ANC was established in February 2015 and is the first trade association to represent,
promote and defend the interests of nautical tourism and the recreational boating
industry of Colombia. It currently has 40 members.
Visit www.colombianautica.com for more information.
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