Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - October 2021

OCTOBER 2021 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 6
SALLY ERDLE
— Continued from previous page
Should you need medical treatment, government hospitals and clinics with basic
care are free to cruisers (you just buy the drugs), and there are world-class hospitals
on island at excellent rates (DR is one of the top worldwide destinations for medical
and dental tourism).
The Dominican Republic
is a big country with
modern cities and
hideaway anchorages.
All in all, the DR is an easy and inexpensive place to transit, cruise or stay all year
round with beautiful anchorages and marinas. All provisions are available
island wide.
For additional up-to-date information about this huge island and Covid restrictions
per province join www.facebook.com/groups/502195700382567
Those who do not do Facebook can contact me at deniswithane61@gmail.com. I
am the joint port station host based in the DR for the Seven Seas Sailing Association
and Ocean Cruising Club UK — the two largest sailing associations in the world.
Puerto Rico: Carry Your Vaccination Card!
All businesses are open, but remember to
carry your vaccination card at all times
everywhere since most places —
restaurants, attractions, bars, concerts,
etcetera — will require it to allow entry.
For entry protocol and procedures see
https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/info/
travel-guidelines
Carry your vaccination card
in Puerto Rico.
You may need it to enter
bars and restaurants.
BOAT OSCAR COMPANIONI
Tojo loved carving, fishing and sailing.
He found this knife blade on the beach,
handle-less, rusting and jagged, and turned it
into a beautiful gift with his signature leaf.
Eight Bells
JOSÉ LUÍS ROMÁN
SAAVEDRA (TOJO)
Luís was first mate on the
28-foot gaff cutter Sauntress for
15 years, with owner Martin
O’Scannall. (See more on
page 21 at
www.caribbeancompass.com/
online/february21compass_
online.pdf)
Martin reports: “The other gone.
But forever in the mind.
“Such a rare thing, a true free
spirit. These were hands which
caressed plants, sang to plants,
communed with plants.
Conjured with plants. Noticed
plants. And this world talked
back to him. By flowering. By
green shoots. By burgeoning.
Give Tojo a garden, a green
patch, a window, or anything.
And that mystical mind would
weave a web of
communication with nature.
Yes I am a pear tree, but yes,
Tojo, with your touch, your understanding, I am also an apple. His greatest delight
that, the art of grafting. Put this same man, elf-like in a corner, with a scalpel, a
piece of boxwood, and a magnifying glass and once again a conversation with
nature, for the wood, under his magical touch, sprang to life. For self? Never. Most
of waterside Carriacou will have and treasure examples of this fabulous other
worldly, mystical art. What a loss? But remember. His signature.
“A leaf.”
Department of Corrections
On page 33 of last
month’s issue, in the tribute
to Paul Johnson by John
Everton, the caption for this
photo should have read,
“Paul with his son Merlin.”
EVERTON