Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine January 2017

CARIBBEAN CRUISERS’ TIP OF THE MONTH
Easy Onboard
Storage Solutions
This month’s tip is from Ken and Lynn on Silverheels III.
Smallish boat, with limited storage? Large throw-pillow cases with zippers are a
very convenient place to store linens, towels, and even all that un-needed winter
clothing, without taking up valuable locker space.
Sunglasses and other small but necessary things can be stored in some form of
shower caddy attached to an out-of-the-way place on a bulkhead. Shock cord helps to
hold them in place. It keeps them accessible, out of harm’s way, and harder to lose!
Cruisers’ Tip of the Month is YOUR column! Send us your top tips — a little about
yourself and your boat — to share. Send your tips to sally@caribbeancompass.com.
THE SORE SAILOR
When the night is long and the stars tell you
there are still more nautical miles to cover
and you question what your eyes are seeing —
you sail on, Sailor.
Pulling the sheets
with the rawness of nature in your hands,
it leaves its mark —
you hold tight, Sailor.
When the dinghy used to be a good buddy,
now your worst nightmare —
we let it out and swear, Sailor.
That one engine, that one impeller, or that pump,
or even dare I say wood maintenance,
the list that never ends —
we repair, Sore Sailor.
A drink in your hand
and the feeling of much needed rest soon to come
you are in safe harbor —
sundowner time, Sore Sailor.
When every bone in your body aches,
the bruises that are imminent on the pain…
it was all worth it.
You think to yourself, I would do it all over again.
This is a sore sailor, a true sailor.
Sail on.
— Olivia Frank
Island
Poets
MERIDIAN PASSAGE
OF THE MOON
JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2017
Crossing the channels between Caribbean islands with a favorable tide will
make your passage faster and more comfortable. The table below, courtesy Don
Street, author of Street’s Guides and compiler of Imray-Iolaire charts, which
shows the time of the meridian passage (or zenith) of the moon for this AND next
month, will help you calculate the tides.
Water, Don explains, generally tries to run toward the moon. The tide starts
running to the east soon after moonrise, continues to run east until about an
hour after the moon reaches its zenith (see TIME below) and then runs westward.
From just after the moon’s setting to just after its nadir, the tide runs eastward;
and from just after its nadir to soon after its rising, the tide runs westward; i.e.
the tide floods from west to east. Times given are local.
Note: the maximum tide is 3 or 4 days after the new and full moons.
For more information, see “Tides and Currents” on the back of all Imray Iolaire
charts. Fair tides!
January 2017
DATE TIME
1 1441
2 1530
3 1616
4 1703
5 1752
6 1848
7 1942
8 2038
9 2137
10 2733
11 2338
12 0000 (full moon)
13 0037
14 0133
15 0226
16 0315
17 0402
18 0447
19 0531
20 0614
21 0658
22 0742
23 0828
24 0918
25 1005
26 1055
27 1145
28 1236
29 1326
30 1416
31 1505
February 2017
1 1505
2 1555
3 1645
4 1737
5 1831
6 1937
7 2025
8 2123
9 2222
10 2318
11 0000 (full moon)
12 0012
13 0103
14 0152
15 0238
16 0333
17 0452
18 0536
19 0621
20 0708
21 0756
22 0845
23 0935
24 1026
25 1117
26 1208
27 1258
28 1349
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