Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - April 2020

CALENDAR
PLEASE NOTE: All information was correct to the best of our knowledge
at the time this issue of Compass went to press — but many events are
being postponed or canceled to reduce the risk of corona virus, so
please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.
APRIL
3 Girl Pat Race (Trinidad to Grenada). www.ttsailing.org
7 FULL MOON
9 – 11 Colombia Náutica boat show, Cartagena, Colombia.
10 Good Friday. Public holiday in many places.
13 Easter Monday. Public holiday in many places.
15 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Birthday of José de Diego).
16 - 19 Carnival in Jamaica.
18 Safety & Security seminar, Island Water World, Cole Bay, St. Maarten.
24 – 26 Carriacou Maroon and Stringband Music Festival.
24 – 31 St. Barth Theatre Festival. www.festivaldetheatredesaintbarthelemy.com
25 Lowell Wheatley Anegada Pursuit Race, BVI.
25 Round Antigua Race. www.antiguayachtclub.com
25 – 2 May Conch Republic Cup Regatta, Florida to Cuba.
www.keywestyachtclub.com
26 – 28 West Indies Regatta, St. Barth. http://westindiesregatta.com
28 Public holiday in Barbados (National Heroes’ Day).
28 – 3 May St. Barth Film Festival.
30 Public holiday in Bonaire (Rincon Day).
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MAY
1 Public holiday in many places (Labour Day).
1 – 3 Jazz ’n Creole Festival, Portsmouth, Dominica.
http://dominicafestivals.com
1 – 4 Bahamas Carnival ‘Junkanoo’. bahamascarnival.com
1 – 6 Grenada Chocolate Festival. www.puregrenada.com
5 Start of Atlantic Back Rally, Guadeloupe to Azores.
www.atlanticbackcruising.com
5 Point Fortin Borough Day, Point Fortin, Trinidad.
7 FULL MOON
9 Cayman Islands Carnival, ‘Batabano’. www.caymancarnival.com
9 Start of ARC USA rally from Tortola to Virginia or Florida.
www.worldcruising.com
9 Start of ARC Europe rally from Tortola to Portugal via Bermuda,
www.worldcruising.com
12 Start of Salty Dawg Spring Rally to the US from BVI.
www.saltydawgsailing.org
14 – 17 Martinique Boat Show, Fort-de-France. en.martinique-boat-show.fr
15 – 17 Anguilla Regatta. anguilla-regatta.com
15 – 17 BVI Dinghy Championships, Tortola. admin@royalbviyc.org
17 Budget Marine Challenge, Curaçao.
20 – 27 Guyana Carnival. www.guyanacarnival592.com
20 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (Discovery Day).
21 Public holiday in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (Ascension Day).
21 - 23 Combat de Coques regatta, Martinique.
www.clubnautiquedumarin.com
21 – 24 Flavours of Grenada Festival. www.puregrenada.com
23 – 24 Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke, BVI.
westendyachtclubbvi.com
25 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Memorial Day).
28 – 1 June Barbuda Carnival ‘Caribana.’
29 – 1 June Petite Martinique Whitsuntide Regatta. www.puregrenada.com
29 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Eid ul-Fitr, end of Ramadan).
30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day)
and Anguilla (Anguilla Day).
TBA Old Brigand Rum Regatta, Barbados.
TBA Rudy Dovale Sunfish Race, Curaçao. CSSA, tiki-mas@hotmail.com
TBA Baai Hoppen, Curaçao. Leden CYA, info2cya@gmail.com
All information was correct to the best of our knowledge
at the time this issue of Compass went to press — but plans change,
so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.
If you would like a nautical or tourism event listed FREE in our monthly calendar,
please send the name and date(s) of the event and the name
and contact information of the organizing body to
sally@caribbeancompass.com
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Meridian Passage
of the Moon
Crossing the channels between Caribbean islands with a favorable tide will
make your passage faster and more comfortable. The table below, courtesy Don
Street, author of Street’s Guides and compiler of Imray-Iolaire charts, which
shows the time of the meridian passage (or zenith) of the moon for this AND next
month, will help you calculate the tides.
Water, Don explains, generally tries to run toward the moon. The tide starts
running to the east soon after moonrise, continues to run east until about an
hour after the moon reaches its zenith (see TIME below) and then runs westward.
From just after the moon’s setting to just after its nadir, the tide runs eastward;
and from just after its nadir to soon after its rising, the tide runs westward; i.e.
the tide floods from west to east. Times given are local.
Note: the maximum tide is 3 or 4 days after the new and full moons.
For more information, see “Tides and Currents” on the back of all Imray Iolaire
charts. Fair tides!
April
DATE TIME
1 1830
2 1927
3 2024
4 2120
5 2215
6 2310
7 0000 FULL MOON
8 0004
9 0058
10 0153
11 0250
12 0347
13 0444
14 0540
15 0633
16 0723
17 0810
18 0855
19 0937
20 1018
april - may 2020
21 1059
22 1139
23 1221
24 1305
25 1351
26 1440
27 1531
28 1625
29 1720
30 1815
May
1 1910
2 2003
3 2006
4 2149
5 2241
6 2336
7 0000 FULL MOON
8 0032
9 0120
10 0229
11 0327
12 0423
13 0516
14 0606
15 0652
16 0735
17 0817
18 0857
19 0938
20 1019
21 1102
22 1148
23 1236
24 1327
25 1421
26 1516
27 1611
28 1706
29 1758
30 1850
31 1940
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