Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - March 2020

— Continued from previous page
The first issue of Caribbean Compass — all 16 pages of it, in glorious black and
white — was published in March of 1995, with the design and technical help of a
young cruising couple, Mandy Pirimona and Graham O’Neill, who continued on their
voyage from England to New Zealand the following year. Tom and I were pretty average
sailors for the time — having cruised, raced a bit, worked in what’s now known
Compass has supported all forms of
sailing in the Caribbean since 1995.
as “the yachting industry” and been customers of the usual types of marine businesses
— and we figured there would be others who would like to read the same kind
of things we did. We roped in friends to write and report, and just as friends became
contributors, over the years many contributors have become friends.
Thanks to demand from both advertisers and readers, our original Windward
Island coverage rapidly expanded to cover the Southern Caribbean, and then the
entire Wider Caribbean Region. Since 2007, Caribbean Compass has been free online
for the whole world to read.
An Even Keel
Since Compass’s launching, it’s been a remarkably stable craft. Our Bequia office
is in the same building where we started, at the peerless address of “Brick House,
Back Street, Bequia.” Except for two issues, Caribbean Compass has always been
printed by Guardian Media Ltd. of Trinidad & Tobago, and from Trinidad hard copies
are still sent — thanks first to Leonard Doolgar and now his son Alexis — by ship,
island schooner and plane to key distribution points around the Caribbean.
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chris doyle
Our Hearts Are in the Islands
As the net managers of Seven Seas Cruising
Association’s High Frequency Radio Service KPK, and
the owners/managers of Boatwatch.org, we would
like to take this opportunity to recognize the invaluable
service to the cruising community that
Caribbean Compass magazine has made during its
25-year history. The magazine is recognized as the
one-stop place to learn about coming events, as
well as informative and entertaining content pertaining
to cruising throughout the Caribbean. During our
ten years in the Caribbean we always looked forward
to the next edition.
The on-line Caribbean Compass reaches throughout
the world to readers who may have left the
Caribbean, but whose heart is still in the islands, and
also to those who have yet to visit. Now we are back
in the States and running the SSCA HF Radio Service
Net, and Boatwatch.org, it continues to be our
source of current events in the Caribbean.
So, hearty congratulations to the entire Compass
Crew for producing such a credible, unbiased, and
informative magazine. You are an inspiration in fair
news reporting and publishing a quality magazine.
Here’s to another 25 years!
Glenn and Eddie Tuttle
KPK Radio net managers
Owners/managers of Boatwatch.org
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