Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - December 2018

— Continued from previous page
The team of five swimmers, Deaxo Croes, Gwendolin (Wendy) Kock, Romar
Arendsz, Davy Bisslik and Stephan Thijsen, followed in the footsteps of the founder
and coach of Aruba Dolphins Swimming organization, Roly Bisslik, who was the first
person to swim from Venezuela to Aruba, exactly 30 years before.
The swimmers left Venezuela at high speed but as they approached Aruba the
strong current slowed their pace. The first to complete the crossing, Davy Bisslik,
arrived at Santo Largo but decided to swim to Zeerovers, arriving after swimming
36.06 kilometres (more than 22 miles) in just over eight hours.
The event was very successful in its aim, raising over 40,000 Aruban florins (approximately
US$22,350) for the cancer foundation, with funds still coming in at press time.
Crossing for Hope thanks all the voluntary teams accompanying the swimmers to
bring them back safely to Aruba. A big thank you also goes to Crossing for Hope
Platinum Sponsors: Budget Marine, Elite Entertainment Group, Aruba Aloe, Digicel
and InGenuity Creative Marketing; the Gold Sponsors: New India Assurance, CMB,
Otis, Setar, Emco and Ministry of Tourism, Health & Sports; and the Bronze Sponsors:
ASTEC, Century Group and Andmar Manpower Services; as well as all other sponsors
that contributed to the event.
SUSAN YAMONACO
Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction, Bequia
The Bequia Sunshine School is a non-profit organization for children with special
needs. The annual Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction has become a significant source
of income for the school and a huge source of fun for all who attend. The 2019
auction will be held at The Fig Tree restaurant on the Admiralty Bay waterfront at the
end of the Belmont Walkway, on Sunday, February 10th.
Viewing starts at 12:00 noon and the auction at 1:00PM sharp. Donated food and
drink will be on sale, with all proceeds going directly to the school.
Lend your support by donating items for the auction such as boat gear, art and
handicrafts, unwanted gifts, household goods, jewellery and other new or gently
used items. Donations can be dropped off at the school during regular school hours,
or at Dockside Marine next to the Porthole Restaurant in Port Elizabeth.
For more information visit www.bequiasunshineschool.org.
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Don’t Pack a Pest
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Inspection Service, the
OECS Commission, and a number of Caribbean countries are working together to
implement the “Don’t Pack a Pest Outreach Programme”. The programme aims to
increase the traveling public’s awareness of the risks associated with carrying fresh
food and agricultural items throughout the region and is an essential component of
safeguarding agriculture and natural resources.
It is suggested that 98 percent of the entry of pests results from passenger traffic,
which has been on an upward trend over the years, given the growth of the tourism
industry and an increase in regional travel. With increased activities in the trade and
tourism sector in the region, the risk of introducing potential invasive species also
remains a major concern.
If traveling through the islands by boat, despite our instinct not to throw anything at
all into the sea, we can help reduce the spread of agricultural pests by throwing
fruit and vegetable scraps overboard when as far downwind and downcurrent from
land as possible, preferably in the channels between islands, rather than bringing
them ashore where any plant diseases might be dispersed.
MARINE GENERATORS, AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION
Don’t ‘pack a pest’! Help avoid inter-island transmission of agricultural diseases
by not bringing fruit and vegetable scraps ashore
Department of Corrections
It came to our attention that there was a broken link in the url in our ad for The
Nature Conservancy, which appeared on page 12 of last month’s Compass. The link
nature.org/DefendParadise has now been corrected, and should take you to
The Nature Conservancy’s current Caribbean donation form.
For information about The Nature Conservancy’s work in the Caribbean
visit www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/caribbean
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