Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - December 2019

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Pat and her husband, Michael, crossed “the pond” in 1983 in their 26-foot
Illingworth and Primrose JOG sloop, Chablis. Dismasted some 300 miles east of
Barbados, they limped into Prickly Bay, Grenada, just as the US forces were leaving
after the intervention.
A chance encounter with “a man with a green beer bottle in his hand” resulted in
Don Street advising and
helping in the repair of the
mast, turning Chablis into a
cutter rig. Trial sails to and
back from Venezuela
proved the rig’s strength.
Moving north to St.
Vincent, a year was spent
happily running the bar
and restaurant at the
Wallilabou Bay Batik enterprise,
with steel bands
twice a week and lots of
great times.
On to St. Lucia, working
with Ted Bull and Narendra
Sethia at Tradewinds
Charters, then located at
the bottom of the lagoon
in Rodney Bay, crewing on
their bigger charter yachts
to and from Martinique
or beyond.
Wanderlust then took
Chablis far north up to the
Carolinas; she was sold in
Charleston. Pat and Mike
found a new project when
they acquired Hedoness, a
50-foot Young Sun cutter.
They returned to St. Lucia,
and again with Tradewinds
embarked on term charters.
Within a couple of years,
Hedoness was invited to
join the Antigua-based
Nicholson Yacht Charter
fleet. Then followed some
12 years of Windward
Island chartering, based in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and, latterly, Bequia until 2004.
Pat leaves many friends in many countries and islands, having sailed extensively
over 27 years in the Med, North and South Americas and the Caribbean Basin.
RIP, Pat Lindsay.
Don Street Wins Spirit of Classic Dragon Class Trophy
At the 90th Anniversary Regatta for Dragon class sailboats held recently in Italy,
Caribbean cruising guide author and chartmaker Don Street won the Spirit of
Classic Dragons trophy. It is awarded by a vote of all the skippers of Classic Dragons
to the skipper they feel best exemplifies seamanship, sportsmanship and the spirit
of the Classic Dragons that raced in the regatta.
At age 89, Don was the oldest skipper in the event, and his Dragon, Gypsy, at age
86, is the oldest Dragon in the world that regularly races, One of Gypsy’s regular
crew, age 16, was the youngest sailor in the regatta. Don says, “From the time I purchased
Gypsy 34 years ago, she has always raced with junior crews.”
At the prizegiving, Don received the trophy given in the 75th Dragon Anniversary
Regatta, in St Tropez.
Don tells Compass, “I intend to sail Gypsy in the 100th Dragon Anniversary Regatta.
At my age you must have a goal to keep going!”
Frigate Rock Assailants Convicted
Shock waves reverberated through the Caribbean yachting community several
years ago when cruisers Christina Curtin and Mark Beiser were attacked by a
machete-wielding assailant aboard their yacht, Rainbow, anchored off Frigate
Rock, Union Island, on October 3rd, 2013.
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