Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine September 2017

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The boat was named for the Spanish toast, “Amor, salud y tiempo para disfrutarlos”
— “Love, health and the time to enjoy them”. In 2000, Dave died of natural causes
aboard Tiempo while at anchor in Martinique.
Dave’s work as a young man had involved traveling in Europe and Latin America.
After the birth of their first two children, Dave and Pat moved to Venezuela, where a
third was born. While living there, they discovered, with the help of their friend
Jeanne Fisher, the island of Grenada. During their time in Venezuela the whole family
often came to Grenada for vacation, with Pat and the kids staying for months in
rented homes. There they developed their love for the island and its people and
their way of life. And this love formed itself into the plan of moving there, one day,
to start a new life with an emphasis on sailing.
Family and friends were the focus of Pat’s life. Her childhood was spent in
Montreal, but her home was Grenada. The tapestry of her days was a collection of
music, prodigious reading and precious moments sitting in the cockpit of Tiempo in
conversation with friends. She sailed and traveled widely throughout her life and
shared these experiences like a master storyteller.
Pat is survived by and will be sadly missed by her brother, her four children, her
grandchildren, and her great-granddaughter, and all her friends in Grenada and
throughout the islands.
There will be a memorial service in Grenada at a future point in time. Donations
may be made to The Rotary Club of Grenada.
• PETER DEETH
The Antigua Yacht Club reports: It is with great sadness that we announce the
death of our Admiral of 30-plus years, Peter Deeth, who died on August 9th. Peter
was the founding member, commodore several times, and avid supporter of the
English Harbour Yacht Club, later
renamed the Antigua Yacht Club.
He was predeceased, in January,
by his wife of 62 years, Ann. Peter
and Ann led a very full and interesting
life, which he documented in an
autobiography, ’Tis all a Chequer-
Board, published in 2005.
Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex in 1924,
Peter briefly attended Oxford
University before being sent to
Canada to train as a pilot for the
Royal Air Force in 1942. He flew for
the RAF until 1947, ending up as a
captain in command of a B24
bomber in the Far East. Peter then moved to India to join his father’s import-export
business where he met Ann and bought his first boat, Kelpie, which they raced successfully
together. They married in 1954 and moved to Trinidad in 1957, with daughter
Alison, after Peter retrained as a commercial airline pilot and was hired by British
West Indies Airlines. A detached retina forced an early retirement from flying and
brought Peter, Ann and daughters, Alison and Astrid, to Antigua in 1960 where Peter
and Ann added a son, Paul, and built and opened The Inn at English Harbour. They
operated The Inn for 30 years, helping to bring tourism and employment to English
The future is clean
Harbour, which, at the time, was a very impoverished, undeveloped and little-visited
area. Their positive impact on the community was significant and Peter is affectionately
known as “Papa” in English Harbour village. Peter’s dream was to run a small
hotel where he could teach guests to fly and sail. The flying was not to be, but Peter
always owned yachts and took delight in taking guests out for sails first on Spanish
Main and then Petrana and finally, while Petrana was off in far-flung corners of the
world, Blue Peter.
Given his passion for sailing, Peter, along with Desmond Nicholson and Howard
Hulford, decided to start a friendly racing event to mark the end of the tourist season
for hotels and charter yachts. This event, which Peter co-founded and chaired
multiple times, became Antigua Sailing Week, which recently celebrated its 50th
anniversary. Peter and Ann raced Petrana, their “swift Bulldozer 50”, in the early
years of Race Week, dueling intensely against Don Street on Iolaire, before sailing
her around the world during summers off from the hotel. Petrana, herself nearly 50
years old, is now raced in
Classic Week by son Paul. Peter
and Ann were active Life
Members of the AYC and
ended their sailing days in the
Caribbean on Katina only three
years ago at the ripe old ages
of 89 and 82 respectively.
• JOHN “BOB MARLEY” MASON
Laurie Corbett reports: Rasta
John Mason, better known as
Jahman or by his trading name,
Bob Marley, died on August
13th, apparently of drowning.
He was a daily visitor to almost
every sailor who anchored in
Rodney Bay, St. Lucia and to
most who made use of the marina before the major upgrade — for at least the past
20 years. The interior of his boat was decorated with Bob Marley posters and memorabilia.
When his health was better, he was a constant partier at the Gros Islet Friday
Night Jump Up. Many of us bought from him, socialized with him, and enjoyed his
company over the years. During his time as a service provider to yachties and tourists,
he made many long-term friends (and girlfriends).
After the major changes at the marina, he no longer had the use of a container
on previously unused property and was told by officials that his larger boat was not
properly fitted out for a water taxi. As he was attempting to manage the deficiencies,
his engine began failing, and his boat repairs began to mount. These difficulties,
along with the tempering of constructive efforts usually attributed to the
Rastafarian culture and increasing difficulty with his bad leg and general health
decline, had significant impact on his later life. Still, he would be out in the smaller
boat, going from yacht to yacht (especially the late-arriving French ones) until dusk,
then slowly, laboriously, paddling all the way back to the marina and the bus system,
regardless of the weather or the quality of the paddle. His positive attitude, willingness
to socialize, and his belief in a benevolent deity, never wavered.
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