Caribbean Compass Yachting Magazine - November 2021

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NOVEMBER 2021 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 34McINTYRE BROS. LTD.True Blue, St George’s GrenadaCall 1 (473) 444 3944 macford@spiceisle.comWe service what we sell!2 & 4-Stroke Engines Genuine Parts & ServiceYamaha Certified TechniciansDuty free deliveries & reliable service for YachtsHonda, Mazda and Ford DealershipVehicle Sales & ServiceBook your Car rentals & Island Tours with usDiscover Grenada withCaribbean Horizons Tours & Servicesinfo@caribbeanhorizons.comwww.caribbeanhorizons.comGRENADANeed Crew? Want to Crew?SailOPO.comExperienced Crew Availablefor short deliveries orlong offshore passages.Crew requests are free.For 25 Years,US Leading Crew Network.Offshore Passage OpportunitiesSKN MARINE SURVEYING& CONSULTANCYGRENADA (SAMS, MECAL and ABYC)PATRICK O'LOUGHLINMaster Mariner, MSc1-473-422-2052CINDY MODESTEBSc, Naval Piloting1-473-422-5050SHELVIN THOMASBSc. Nautical Science/Maritime Operations 1-473-407-0300CLARKES COURT BAYWoodlandsSt. George’ssknmarinesurveying@gmail.comwww.sknmarinesurveying.comREADERS'FORUMST. GEORGE’S ANCHORAGEDear Compass,The problem with Jock Tulloch’s argument inAugust’s Readers’ Forum (that allowing cruisers toanchor in St. George’s, Grenada, is good for theenvironment) is that it is spurious — if anchoring inSt. George’s does not damage the marine area thenneither do mooring buoys. The result is the same as aboat moored in the bay.More moorings in the bay will eventually mean thesame amount of usage as before plus employment forsome locals. The difference is we are going to have topay for it.There are concerns regarding lack of insurance coverfrom the providers, maintenance, and the legality ofusage of an established anchorage for purposes ofprivate enterprise. We are all only too familiar with themultitude of illegal moorings throughout the islands(money for very old rope).The two principal yachting interests in St. George’sare Grenada Yacht Club (of which I am a member) andPort Louis Marina, neither of which has stated anyreal concerns about this developing situation. If therehas been any agreement between these parties andgovernment as to the future development of this areait’s time they said so.I have noted Compass’s request for clarificationregarding the changes being made to St. George’sanchorage. So far it’s been a bit of a salsa: backwards,— Continued from page 14…2021 Rallies to the CaribbeanWorld Cruising Club’s attention to detail and training hasensured years of successful passages for thousands ofsailors. After a series of professional preparation events,safety inspections and seminars, boats depart LasPalmas, Gran Canaria, during the last week of November.The ARC rally makes landfall at Rodney Bay Marina, St.Lucia, a passage of approximately 2,700 miles.Whether a rally ends in Tortola, St. Maarten, Antigua,St. Lucia or Grenada, it’s all good!This year the response has been exceptional, with somany wanting to join that a new event, ARC January,was created for the overflow. World Cruising Club alsoorganizes the ARC+ rally from the Canary Islands toGrenada, with a stop in the Cape Verde Islands. (Forinformation on ARC January and ARC+, see thismonth’s Regatta News.)World Cruising Club is now taking reservations forthe 2022 ARC Europe, is a west-to-east return rally,Caribbean to Europe, leaving the islands in June 2022.Visit www.worldcruising.com for information on allWorld Cruising Club rallies.Viking ExplorersThe Viking Explorers rally from the Canary Islandsto the Caribbean was created by rally organizer, OliverSolanas Heinrichs, as a smaller, exclusive rally with aWORLD CRUISING CLUBforwards, round and about. I arrived here mid-Julyand did 14 days quarantine aboard. Rumours werealready abundant regarding restrictions on use of theanchorage after quarantine time and the intention ofthe Port Authority to buoy the area.After clearing in I made enquiries at Grenada YachtClub and was informed that the decision to changethe nature of the anchorage was at ministerial level,buoying, management and control having been givento a private company via the Port Authority, withsome 20 buoys being placed through the anchorageas a first placement. I suspect the scheme is selffinancing,as further buoys are arriving. At oddintervals enforcement of the ban on anchoring isenforced by the Coast Guard patrols using emergencyrules to do so. I understand that the target isdeployment of 80 buoys through the area, thusreplacing the existing anchorage.I wonder about the history of St. George’s as ananchorage.Bob TaylorS/V JollybobPrickly Bay, GrenadaDear Bob,In the “old days” yachts visiting or based in St.George’s nearly always anchored inside the lagoon. Afew would go alongside or stern-to at the Carenage,mostly while provisioning at Food Fair. To the best ofmy recollection it was very rare to see a yacht anchoredoff Pandy Beach until the lagoon was cleared out to alarge degree in 2007, to make way for dredging for theredevelopment of Grenada Yacht Services into PortLouis Marina.SallyMORE MANGOS!Dear Compass,Thanks for Mary Heckrotte’s recipes in the Octoberissue. I have a wonderful old mango tree and amalways looking for recipes. Can’t wait to try themarinated mango slices! Something different.Maryann MatterKey West, FloridaWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!Dear Compass Readers,We want to hear from YOU!Be sure to include your name, and your boat name orshoreside location.We do not publish individual consumer complaints.We do not publish anonymous letters, but your namemay be withheld from print if you wish.Letters may be edited for length, clarity and fair play.Send your letters to sally@caribbeancompass.commaximum of 25 boats. The Viking Explorers rally isin its fifth year and is supported by the GrenadaTourism Authority and Camper & Nicholsons PortLouis Marina as main sponsors.Boats will depart in January 2022 from the CanaryIslands bound for Grenada. A stop at Mindelo, CapeVerdes, is optional. Oliver says, “Boats congregatestarting from December 12th at Gran Canaria. TheSkippers Briefing is on January 4th at the Royal YachtClub of Gran Canaria. Departure is scheduled forJanuary 6th, however, there is no official start — eachboat’s departure is dependent on the captains’ decisionto leave, weather permitting.” Prior to departure, thereare safety presentations and vessel checks.Tracking is provided by PredictWind (www.precictwind.com). Since the start of this rally in 2018,PredictWind has supported it with a tracking FleetMap, shared with a team monitoring the progress ofthe fleet across the Atlantic and with family andfriends. Using a combination of satellitecommunications devices, all the fleet is tightlyconnected with the Viking Explorers onshore trackingteam. Through this interface they use the features andweather models offered by PredictWind.This rally collaborates with www.boatwatch.org aspart of their safety net.Visit www.vikingexplorers.com for more information.Even as part of a rally fleet, realistically, onceoffshore you are in your own world of water and sky.Captains should make their own decision on date ofdeparture based on the readiness of their boat andcrew and the best information they can obtain. Noboats should ever leave, rally schedule or not, to meeta deadline, attend an event, or to catch an airlinereservation home from a foreign port. To follow thefleet’s progress and identify issues, each rally has atracking system, found on their websites once therally starts.Currently, Covid19 is still an issue in the Caribbean;each island nation has its own entry requirements andimpacted services. It’s island country by islandcountry. Cruisers are advised to keep checking www.noonsite.com for the situation, and, if you are in arally, engage with your rally management, who shouldhave on-the-ground contacts in all areas. Be awarethat impacts to entry rules and the availability ofyachting services vary; alternative landfalls should bepart of any contingency plan when passagemaking.
NOVEMBERCALENDAR1 Public holiday in Antigua (Independence Day)and in some other places (All Saints’ Day)1 Start of Salty Dawg Fall Rally from Virginia, USA, to Abacos or Antigua.www.saltydawgsailing.org2 Start of Caribbean 1500 Rally from US to BVI. www.worldcruising.com3 Public holiday in Dominica (Independence Day)3 - 6 BVI Charter Yacht Show, Tortola. www.crewedyachtsbvi.com4 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Divali)7 Start of ARC+Cape Verdes from Canary Islands to Grenada.www.worldcruising.com7 – 10 USVI Charter Show, St. Thomas.https://vipca.org/usvi-charter-yacht-show10 – 14 St. Barth Gourmet Festival. http://saintbarthgourmetfestival.com/en/us13 Round Tortola Race, BVI. www.royalbviyc.org17 – 21 St. Barth Cata Cup. https://stbarthcatacup.com/gbr19 FULL MOON19 Jolly Harbour Yacht Club Annual Regatta, Antigua.www.jhycantigua.com21 Start of ARC from Canary Islands to St. Lucia. www.worldcruising.com26 - 28 Mango Bowl Regatta, St. Lucia. www.facebook.com/MangoBowl30 Public holiday in Barbados (Independence Day)TBA Barbados National Dinghy Championships.www.barbadosyachtclub.comDECEMBER4 - 9 Antigua Charter Yacht Show. www.antiguacharteryachtmeeting.com10 – 12 Caribbean Foiling Championships,13 Public holiday in St. Lucia (National Day)16 - 24 Nine Mornings Festival, St. Vincent. http://discoversvg.com18 FULL MOON18 O’Neal & Mundy Commodore’s Race, BVI. www.royalbviyc.org21 Winter Solstice25 Public holiday in many places (Christmas Day)26 Public holiday in many places (Boxing Day)30 (TBC) Fireworks in Fort-de-France, Martinique, www.tourismefdf.com31 (TBC) Nelson’s Pursuit Race, Antigua. www.antiguayachtclub.com.(TBC) New Year’s Eve Round St. Barts Race,www.saintbarth-tourisme.com31 New Year’s Eve/Old Year’s Night: Fireworks in many places.Public holiday in Cuba (Year End Celebration).TBA Course de L’Alliance, St. Maarten, St. Barts & Anguilla.www.smyc.com/coursedelallianceTBA Carriacou Parang Festival. www.puregrenada.comTBA Carlos Aguilar Match Race, St. Thomas, USVITBA Commodore’s Challenge, St. Thomas, USVI. stthomasyachtclub.orgAll information was correct to the best of our knowledgeat the time this issue of Compass went to press.But plans change rapidly these days, so contact event organizersdirectly for confirmation. If you would like a nauticalor tourism event listed FREEin our monthly calendar,please send the name and date(s) of the event and the nameand contact information of the organizing body tosally@caribbeancompass.comPICK UP!Ahoy, Compass Readers! When in Martinique, pick up your free monthlycopy of the Caribbean Compass at any of these locations (advertisers in thisissue appear in bold):FORT DE FRANCESea ServicesPOINTE DES GRIVESPort de PlaisanceCommunautairede l’Etang z’AbricotsRIVIÈRE SALÉEW.I.N.D.LE MARINAC Yacht BrokersCapitainerieCaraïbe MarineDiginavDouglas Yacht ServicesKokoarumLe ShipMaxi MarineMécanique PlaisanceMYSArtimer Area:Carenantilles CareneshopClippers ShipTROIS-ILETSMarina Pointe du BoutANSE D’ARLETCyberbaseSAINT-PIERREl’Alsace a KayLe Tamayawww.caribbeancompass.comFREE on-line version!MERIDIAN PASSAGEOF THE MOONNOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2021NOVEMBER 2021 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 35ATTENTION2022 CARIBBEANEVENT ORGANIZERS!The coming Caribbean sailing season is shaping up surprisingly well,with lots of events and activities for cruisers, racers and everyone elsewho likes to be on, in or around the water.Continuing the popular tradition we began more than 20 years ago,Caribbean Compass will be publishing a comprehensive Annual Calendarof Caribbean Events in our January 2022 issue. The Annual Calendar ofCaribbean Events 2022 will be in pullout, wall poster form in the printedition, and will also be downloadable at www.caribbeancompass.com.And we want your event to be included!Calendar listings are absolutely free, as a service to the entire Caribbeanmarine community. As long as it’s of interest to sailors and any otherswho love the sea, no event is too big or too small to be included.Together, let’s make 2022 a very special year! Send your information— including the name of the event, dates, location and contact information— by Monday, November 22nd to sally@caribbeancompass.comCrossing the channels between Eastern Caribbean islands, an ebb tide carriesyou off to leeward and a strong flood tide creates lumpy seas, so crossing with afavorable tide is faster and more comfortable. The table below, courtesy DonStreet (www.street-iolaire.com), showing the local time of the meridian passage(or zenith) of the moon for this and next month, will help you calculate the tides.Water generally tries to run toward the moon. The flood tide starts runningeastward soon after moonrise, continues to run east until about an hour after themoon reaches its zenith (see TIME below) and then ebbs westward. From justafter the moon’s setting to just after its nadir, the tide runs eastward; and fromjust after its nadir to soon after its rising, the tide runs westward.The first hour after moonrise, the westerly current is barely negated. Thesecond hour the flood tide is stronger, the third and fourth hour it’s strongest,then it eases off in the fifth and sixth hours. The maximum tide is three or fourdays after the new and full moons.NovemberDATE TIME1 08542 09523 10324 11245 12206 13207 14138 15279 163010 172811 182212 191113 195714 204015 212216 220317 224518 232919 0014 FULL MOON20 001421 010222 015123 024224 033225 042226 051127 055828 064529 073130 0818December1 09082 10013 10584 12015 13066 14127 15158 16149 170610 175411 183612 192113 200214 204415 212716 221117 225818 234719 0038 FULL MOON20 012421 021922 030823 035524 044725 052626 061327 065728 074629 084730 093831 1038
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