Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - February 2020

Info & Updates
Missing or Overdue Boat?
Concerned about a missing boat? Want to help keep an eye out for one? Visit
http://boatwatch.org and the accompanying Facebook group called Boat Watch.
The website makes it easy for you, your family members or friends to file a report to
Boat Watch regarding a missing, overdue or stolen boat.
Since July of last year, the husband-and-wife team of Glenn and Eddie Tuttle have
owned and managed the International Boat Watch Network (IBWN), serving as a
conduit between the family and friends of overdue and missing cruisers and the
many governmental agencies responsible for Search and Rescue Operations
throughout the world. They will work directly with family members and friends of missing
cruisers to assist in their interaction with government officials if needed.
Eddie and Glenn Tuttle bring a wealth of experience and service to managing this
organization. Both are retired FBI Agents with a combined 49 years of service. Both
have lived aboard both sail and powerboats on a full-time basis for 30 years, and
are licensed Amateur Radio Operators: Glenn K9TUT and Eddie K9TOT.
Glenn is an active member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and a licensed
Telecommunications Operator both on HF and VHF for the Auxiliary. He is also an
active member of the Department of Homeland Security SHARES Program, which
would transmit critical messages to coordinate emergency operations if traditional
means of communicating via landlines and cell phones are damaged or destroyed.
In addition, he is a former Net Manager of the Waterway Radio & Cruising Club,
serving amateur radio operators on boats for over 50 years, and is current Net
Manager of the Seven Seas Cruising Association’s HF radio net, FCC call sign KPK.
KPK is on the air daily at 1215 hours UTC on frequency 8.104. The SSCA is in partnership
with the Caribbean Safety and Security Net, which reports on crimes against
yachts in the Caribbean.
Check Boatwatch.org for current watches,
unresolved cases, resolved cases,
resources, float plans, and interesting stories
of actual rescues, as well as tips on
being a well-prepared and educated
cruiser. If you have a rescue story or news
regarding safety at sea, Boat Watch
would be glad to post it on their website.
There is also an easy-to-use form for filing a
report of a missing or overdue vessel.
Visit http://boatwatch.org.
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Retired FBI Agent and liveaboard sailor Glenn Tuttle
at his shoreside Boat Watch station.
Robinson Wins Charter Lifetime Award
Bobbi Fawcett reports: A Lifetime
Achievement award is given annually at
the Antigua Charter Yacht Meeting by the
Charter Yacht Brokers Association to an
active outstanding supporter of the charter
yacht industry. This year’s recipient was
Captain Jan Robinson, who started out in
1979 operating 60-foot steel charter boat,
Vanity, with a 150-pound Newfoundland
dog aboard. Returning guests kept requesting
Jan’s recipes over the next decade.
Along with her own recipes, she collected,
collated and tested other charter
yacht chefs’ recipes to create the first of
a dozen cookbooks — Ship to Shore 1, …
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