Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine October 2016
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Permanent Antifouling<br />
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1 Pink Sunset Sail, St. Maarten. www.simpsonbayresort.com/aquamania<br />
1 – Nov 19 Art Exhibition & Fundraiser, Barbados Yacht Club.<br />
Barbados Sailing Assn. www.sailbarbados.com<br />
3 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Thanksgiving Day)<br />
7 – 9 <strong>Caribbean</strong> Dinghy Championships, St. Maarten. St. Maarten Yacht Club<br />
(SMYC). http://caribbean-sailing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/<br />
CDC-NOR-<strong>2016</strong>-Final-1.pdf<br />
10 Public holiday in Curaçao (Curaçao Day), the Bahamas (National<br />
Heroes’ Day), Suriname (Maroon Day) and Cuba (Independence Day)<br />
12 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Columbus Day), Belize<br />
(PanAmerican Day), and Venezuela (Indigenous Resistance Day)<br />
13 - 15 Bonaire International Sailing Regatta, www.bonaireregatta.org<br />
14 – 16 Palmar de Ocoa Tuna Tournament, DR. wtevents01@gmail.com<br />
15 Virgin’s Cup Regatta, BVI, Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club<br />
(RBVIYC), www.royalbviyc.org<br />
16 FULL MOON<br />
16 Blue Food Festival, Tobago. www.visittobago.gov.tt<br />
17 Public holiday in Haiti (Anniversary of the Death of Dessalines)<br />
19 Public holiday in Jamaica (National Heroes’ Day)<br />
21 - 23 CSA Annual Conference, Antigua. www.csaconference.org<br />
22 Public holiday in BVI (St. Ursula’s Day)<br />
22 – 23 Quantum/Red Stripe IC24 Regatta, BVI, RBVIYC<br />
25 Public holiday in Grenada (Thanksgiving Day)<br />
27 Public holiday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (Independence Day)<br />
28 - 30 World Creole Music Festival, Dominica, www.wcmfdominica.com<br />
29 Foxy’s Halloween Catfight (catamaran regatta), Jost Van Dyke,<br />
West End Yacht Club (WEYC)<br />
30 Public holiday in Guyana (Festival of Lights)<br />
30 Start of NARC Rally from Rhode Island, USA to St. Maarten.<br />
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NOVEMBER<br />
1 Public holiday in Antigua (Independence Day) and some other places<br />
(All Saints’ Day)<br />
2 Public holiday in Haiti (All Souls’ Day).<br />
2 Start of Salty Dawg Rally from Virginia, USA to Virgin Gorda,<br />
saltydawgrally.org<br />
3 Divali (Hindu Festival of Lights), Trinidad<br />
3 - 4 Public holidays in Dominica (Independence Day and Community Day)<br />
5 Best In The West fishing tournament, Antigua<br />
5 – 6 SMILE boat show (Salon des Métiers, de l’Industrie, des Loisirs nautiques<br />
et de l’Environnement), Marin, Martinique. marin@accueil-martinique.fr<br />
5 – 6 St. Lucia Hobie Cat Challenge. St. Lucia Yacht Club (SLYC),<br />
http://stluciayachtclub.com<br />
6 Public holiday in Dominican Republic (Constitution Day).<br />
6 Start of <strong>Caribbean</strong> 1500 and ARC Bahamas rallies from Virginia, USA,<br />
to Tortola and Abacos, www.worldcruising.com/carib1500<br />
6 Start of ARC+ rally, Gran Canaria to St. Lucia via Cape Verdes,<br />
www.worldcruising.com/arc<br />
9 Start of Barbados 50 Rally from Cape Verdes to Barbados,<br />
http://cornellsailing.com/sail-the-odyssey/barbados-50<br />
11 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Veterans’ Day)<br />
11 – 13 St. Croix International Regatta, St. Croix Yacht Club (SCYC),<br />
www.stcroixyc.com<br />
12 – 13 Sol St. Maarten Optimist Championship. St. Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC),<br />
www.smyc.com<br />
14 FULL MOON. Public holiday in Cayman Islands (Remembrance Day)<br />
18 Public holiday in Haiti (Battle of Vertieres Day)<br />
19 Public holiday in Belize (Garifuna Settlement Day)<br />
19 Budget Marine Round Tortola Race, BVI, RBVIYC<br />
19 – 20 Jolly Harbour Yacht Club Annual Regatta. Jolly Harbour Yacht Club<br />
(JHYC), www.jhycantigua.com<br />
20 Start of ARC rally, Gran Canaria to St. Lucia, www.worldcruising.com/arc<br />
24 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Thanksgiving)<br />
25 Public holiday in Suriname (Republic Day)<br />
25 - 27 Mango Bowl Regatta, St. Lucia. SLYC<br />
30 Public holiday in Barbados (Independence Day)<br />
TBA Course de L’Alliance, St. Maarten, St. Barts, Anguilla. SMYC,<br />
www.smyc.com<br />
All information was correct to the best of our knowledge<br />
at the time this issue of <strong>Compass</strong> went to press — but plans change,<br />
so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.<br />
If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our monthly<br />
calendar, please send the name and date(s) of the event and the<br />
name and contact information of the organizing body to<br />
sally@caribbeancompass.com<br />
We are on-line:<br />
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