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INGA BEITZ ’ The <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s Monthly Look at Sea & Shore www.caribbeancompass.com Appreciation! Dominica’s Yacht Week ........... 8 Cuba, at Last Getting there ........................ 20 Exumas Time Breezing through the chain .. 26 APRIL <strong>2017</strong> • NUMBER 259 OFFSHORE PASSAGE OPPORTUNITIES SUZANNE WENTLEY Coral Group Bay Better in Barbuda ................. 30 Dream Boats The pride of Carriacou .......... 31 Info & Updates ...................... 4 Business Briefs ....................... 10 Regatta News........................ 12 Y2A ......................................... 18 Look Out For… ...................... 33 The <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sky ............... 34 Cooking with Cruisers .......... 36 Publisher..................................Tom Hopman tom@caribbeancompass.com Editor...........................................Sally Erdle sally@caribbeancompass.com Assistant Editor...................Elaine Ollivierre jsprat@vincysurf.com Readers’ Forum ..................... 38 Meridian Passage ................. 40 What’s On My Mind .............. 40 <strong>Caribbean</strong> Market Place ..... 41 Calendar of Events ............... 44 Classified Ads ....................... 45 Advertisers Index .................. 46 Art, Design & Production.........Wilfred Dederer wide@caribbeancompass.com Administration.........................Shellese Craigg shellese@caribbeancompass.com Advertising compass@caribbeancompass.com On the cover: Foredeck action on Lionel Pean’s French Volvo 70, SFS, which placed second in IRC Canting Keel class in the ninth edition of the RORC <strong>Caribbean</strong> 600 race. See Regatta News on page 12 ANNA LANDRY DEPARTMENTS <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> is published monthly by <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd., The Valley, P.O. Box 727, Anguilla, British West Indies. Tel: (784) 457-3409, Fax: (784) 457-3410, compass@caribbeancompass.com, www.caribbeancompass.com <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! But the content of advertisements, columns, articles and letters to the editor are the sole responsibility of the advertiser, writer or correspondent, and <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd. accepts no responsibility for any statements made therein. Letters and submissions may be edited for length and clarity. ©<strong>2017</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication, except short excerpts for review purposes, may be made without written permission of <strong>Compass</strong> Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1605 - 1998 <strong>Compass</strong> covers the <strong>Caribbean</strong>! From Cuba to Trinidad, from Panama to Barbuda, we’ve got the news and views that sailors can use. We’re the <strong>Caribbean</strong>’s monthly look at sea and shore. <strong>Compass</strong> gives us a connection to learn of coming events, cool places to travel, handy ways of solving problems, and to the people who share our wacky and wonderful lifestyle. Through people, their stories, advice and technical information, the <strong>Compass</strong> brings all of us closer, though we flit about across the entire <strong>Caribbean</strong> Sea. Mary Heckrotte S/V Camryka APRIL <strong>2017</strong> CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 3 Cartagena Santa Marta Click Google Map link below to find the <strong>Caribbean</strong> <strong>Compass</strong> near you! http://bit.ly/1fMC2Oy