Carriacou Regatta Festival 2007 - Caribbean Compass

SEPTEMBER 2007 CARIBBEAN COMPASS PAGE 30
SEPTEMBER 2007
� ARIES (21 Mar - 20 Apr)
Your sense of humor will help you afloat in dealings with
argumentative crew or cruising pals. Don’t get your sails
aback at how silly it all is.
� TAURUS (21 Apr - 21 May)
A female crewmember or buddy-boater will be emotionally
high maintenance and demanding of attention in the
second half of the month.
� GEMINI (22 May - 21 Jun)
This will be a good time to patch the sails in any misunderstandings
with crew. You may be in for a pleasant
surprise after the 5th.
� CANCER (22 Jun - 23 Jul)
Misunderstandings may cause choppy conditions most
of the month, but in the last week, insight into the problem
will be like oil on the waters.
� LEO (24 Jul - 23 Aug)
Your love life will seem to be in irons until the 9th, when
good times and romance sail your way.
� VIRGO (24 Aug - 23 Sep)
Your renowned attention to detail in business will be the
right sail to hoist on the 3rd. With creativity in your sign
now, you should be able to use this aspect to chart any
course you want.
� LIBRA (24 Sep - 23 Oct)
This will be a good time to review and clear up any
imbalances that have remained from the past few months,
and get everything back on an even keel.
� SCORPIO (24 Oct - 22 Nov)
You may find contrary currents in love this month,
especially after the 9th. Try to maintain your sense of
humor and not be too picky with your mate.
� SAGITTARIUS (23 Nov - 21 Dec)
While male crew or cruising companions will seem to
resist everything you ask, the females will be helpful and
stimulating, especially after the 9th.
� CAPRICORN (22 Dec - 20 Jan)
You’ll be feeling a rising tide of creativity, so take the
opportunity to develop new ways to deal with difficult
problems left unsolved until now.
� AQUARIUS (21 Jan - 19 Feb)
This will be a month of verbal opposition and garbled
communications. The last half of the month will be the
most trying. Unplug the radio and get out the signal flags.
� PISCES (20 Feb - 20 Mar)
You will have romantic rough seas and could end up
on the rocks. But remember that every ending brings a
new beginning.
Crossword Solution
ACROSS
1) BOAT
3) TAIL
6) LOOSE
8) OF
11) CATTING
14) CLAWS
15) SO
16) WIND
18) LEE
19) HOOKS
22) EVEN
23) ABEAM
25) CAT THE
26) GUT
29) IDLE
33) AT
34) PURCHASE
35) RATS
37) TOM
38) HOLES
40) PILOT
41) ROPE
43) O’ NINE TAILS
45) SAND
46) ROW
47) ODE
DOWN
1) BLOCKS
2) SEA
3) TACKLES
4) LOT
5) RIG
6) LASH
7) OLD WIFE
9) FISH
10) HARPINGS
12) THE ANCHOR
13) NOOK
17) NORM
20) KNEE
21) CATHEAD
24) AND
27) SET
28) LAP
30) LARBOARD
31) FALL
32) STOPPER
36) SHIP’S
38) HEAD
39) SKIN
42) PAW
44) TO
Island Poets
Irie Member
Ghosting along,
outward bound
from the Bocas,
slipping by
iridescent
Grenadine shores,
with a cargo of
Angostura bitters,
casked rums,
cayenne and cocoa beans.
Ocean currents
leave feathery,
foaming traces
among inshore reefs,
home to the
violet-black Negrita.
Far out at sea,
in the
Islas de Barlovento,
summer squalls
loose
sparkling showers
from slanting,
slate-coloured
virga.
DINGHIES TODAY
Whizzing through the anchorage,
Why do you drive so fast?
Have you a pressing engagement?
What’s the difference between this life and your last?
If you drive more slowly,
You have time to stop and say hello,
To watch the turtles bobbing up,
See the myriad shades of blue below!
To look at all the different boats,
And ponder whence they came,
To see their national flags and wonder
The derivation of their names.
So why not drive more slowly,
Chat and wave to cruisers new.
Or better still lift your engine
And row — it’s good for you!
— Susie Stanhope
A passing pirogue
Named Dignité,
crimson
like a Caco bird,
fishes peacefully,
gently rocking,
dipping to the swell.
“Wha’ hoppenin’ dere, mon?”
the owner shouts.
While farther out,
the weekly
Geest-boat arrives
with the dawn,
seeking green gold.
Sliding past
a sea-graped shore
where,
under leaning,
wind-swept palms,
amongst
tangled mangroves
standing proud
on a jungled shore,
a boat’s a-building —
a new generation,
to replace these
tired old timbers
of aged Acajou.
— Nicholas Lee