All At Sea March 2010 Editorial
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Caribbean News March 2010
Caribbean News from around the region for March 2010
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Yacht Club News March 2010
Yacht Club News from around the Caribbean March 2010
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The Lighter Side of AIS
The biggest advance in marine electronics in recent history is the Automatic Identification System - commonly referred to as AIS.
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Caribbean Kids Excel at Orange Bowl 2009
The waters of Biscayne Bay were awash in boats and marine life during the 40th annual Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, hosted out of Miami, Florida's Coral Reef Yacht Club December 26 to 30.
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April to June Spring Regatta Preview 2010
Regatta season in the Caribbean continues to be 'hot'; as winter gives way to spring in April, May and June. There are events in the north and south, for hard-core racers and cruising racers, as well as accompanying parties in every port.
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Investment and Maintenance of Onboard Watermakers Part 3
We examine the initial investment, installation and long-term maintenance involved in a typical sea-going desalinization unit.
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What is in Your Sail Repair Toolkit
Article on sail repair materials and tools to have on board your vessel.
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Showdown for the Bluefin and Endangered Species Status 2010
Status of the endangered species, the Bluefin Tuna.
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What Should you Take on a Charter Vacation
To learn about that perfect balance between packing too little and too much, we went in search of the experts who were anchored in the BVI.
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The Dish with March Madness 2010
March Madness Food to make
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Island Global Yachting Unveils UPDATED Megayacht Loyalty Program
After enrolling nearly 200 megayacht captains in its inaugural year, Island Global Yachting (IGY), has announced updates to its loyalty program for 2010.
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Marine Travelift names Erich Pfeifer VP of Business Development and Marketing
Pfeifer will be responsible for all industrial and government sales, as well as marine sales in the Americas. He will also oversee all Marketing efforts and activities for the Company.
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Buying a Used Boat Then Avoid the Paperwork Pitfalls
Finding a Boat is Easy - It's harder, however, to walk away from a boat that pulls at your heart strings -- but may have skeletons hiding in the closet such as a cloudy title or other issues.
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Battle of the Big Boats at 43rd Antigua Sailing Week
Antigua
With the likes of Niklas Zennstrom's 72-footer Ran, Tom Hill's custom Reichel Pugh 75 Titan 15, Austin Fragomen's JV TP52 Interlodge, and Mike Slade's 100ft super maxi ICAP Leopard all toning up for 43rd edition of Antigua Sailing Week, competition i
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Antigua End of the Year Tradition Nelsons Pursuit Race 2009
Antigua
Yet again the annual Nelson's Pursuit Race hosted by the Antigua Yacht Club was a great success. Held each year on 31st December, the race start and finish is off English Harbour, the entrance to Nelson's Dockyard.
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Region Guadeloupe Takes Line Honors at the 2010 RORC Caribbean 600
Antigua
John Burnie, skipper of Region Guadeloupe spoke dockside in Falmouth Harbour. “This year’s race was more difficult in many respects, especially tactically
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Aruba Customs has Started eSeaClear for Visiting Yachts
Aruba
As of March 2010, Aruba Customs has started to implement eSeaClear to aid visiting yachts clearing customs.
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Destination Bequia 2010
Bequia
Nine miles south of St. Vincent in the Grenadines, Bequia, an island of just under 5,000 people, friendly and forthcoming, is steeped in seafaring traditions - fishing, whaling and boat-building - that endure to this day.
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Bequia Easter Regatta Expects 50 or More Yachts
Bequia
Over last 29 years, the Bequia Easter Regatta has grown into one of the region's most popular and well-attended regattas, with visitors and competitors coming from all over the world to be in Bequia for the four days of racing action over the long Ea
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Colorful Sailing in Anna Bay at 26th End of Year Race in Curacao
Curacao
Curacao's End of the Year's Race, traditionally held on the last Sunday of the year, was organized for the 26th time by race director Ivo van Dooren and the Sea Scouts of the Mgr. Verriet Group. Weather conditions were variable this year.
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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2010 in Casa de Campo Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
With the participation of the best athletes in the sport of sailing, the 2010 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship comes to Caribbean waters for the first time, from April 21 to 24, based at the Casa de Campo Marina in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
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Paolo Rinaldi Wins Commodores Cup 2009
Dominican Republic
On Wednesday, December 30, the Dominican Republic's Casa de Campo Yacht Club celebrated its Commodores Cup Challenge.
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Farr 40 Fleet Heads to Caribbean for 2010 Rolex Farr 40 Worlds
Dominican Republic
When the Farr 40s arrive in the Dominican Republic later next month, April 21-24, all eyes will be on the defending World Champion, Jim Richardson's Barking Mad (USA)
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Carriacou Sailing Series Results A Small Race with Big Fun
Grenada
Boats trickled into Tyrell Bay for the Carriacou Sailing Series; three on a ship; two under tow; eight under sail.
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South Grenada Regatta 2010 Hits Record Numbers
Grenada
A truly international field of 21 boats registered for the 2 days of racing for the South Grenada Regatta hosted by Le Phare Bleu Marina
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Boaters in Caribbean Help Haiti after January 2010 Earthquake
Haiti
When the earth stopped shaking on Tuesday afternoon, January 12, 2010, the critical needs of the Haitian people resonated throughout the Caribbean's nautical community, where many have lived through aftereffects of far less deadly natural disasters.
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Cruising Rally Association Honors Davis Murray
Hampton, VA
Twenty-four sailors who have completed over 10,000 miles in Cruising Rally Association offshore rallies were recognized as "Ocean Masters" in a recent ceremony in Hampton VA. The most senior of the honored veterans was St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Bob Fisher the Godfather of Yacht Racing in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Anyone who has raced sailboats out of Puerto Rico's east coast in the last 40 years is sure to know Bob Fisher. This Indiana native, who settled on the island in 1951, has long been a driving force on the sailboat racing scene and has helped to put P
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Busy Season for Palmas Del Mar Yacht Club at Start of 2010
Puerto Rico
Barely into the second year of operation, Palmas Del Mar Yacht Club will host some of the Caribbean's new and high profile International sailing and fishing events for 2010.
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Success at Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta and Puerto Rico International Dinghy Regatta
Puerto Rico
Sailors from throughout the northern Caribbean converged at the new 162-slip full-service Palmas del Mar Yacht Club & Marina for the Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta
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Taking Our Charterers to Saba A Unique Island in Dutch Antilles
Saba
Whadda you do with your charter guests who are on their fourth charter and want a unique island to explore? If you are in the Dutch Antilles, take them to Saba.
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Hanuman Wins 15th Annual New Year Eve Regatta 2009
St. Barthelemy (St. Barth)
In spite of steady squalls, high seas, and winds gusting at 30 knots, the 15th annual New Year's Eve Regatta took place on December 31, 2009 on St. Barth.
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Voiles de Saint Barth Makes Debut April 6 to 11 2010
St. Barthelemy (St. Barth)
The local council in Saint Barthelemy, the tourist board and the Saint Barth Yacht Club are establishing a new sailing event from Tuesday to Sunday, April 6 to 11, open to classic and modern yachts, superyachts, racing-cruisers, as well as racing mul
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Circumnavigators Given Farewell at World ARC Flotilla
St. Lucia
It started with a chance conversation on C dock in Rodney Bay Marina, St Lucia. I'd recently arrived with the ARC and was chatting to the crew of one of the boats going on to the World ARC.
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IGYs Adam Foster General Manager at Rodney Bay
St. Lucia
I sat down with Adam Foster at Bosun's Restaurant in Rodney Bay Marina, Saint Lucia, in mid-December and we talked about his job as General Manager at Rodney Bay Marina.
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Robbie Ferron A Dynamic Driving Force for Thirty Years
St. Maarten / St. Martin
The self-effacing organizer, Robbie Ferron, of this month's 30th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta from the very beginning doesn't like to be put in the limelight, but rather chooses to work - and work hard - behind the scenes, just because he likes what
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Upcoming Budget Marine Match Racing 2010
St. Maarten / St. Martin
With all eight entries now confirmed, this year's Budget Marine Match Racing Cup at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is set to establish itself firmly on the ladder as one of key match racing events in the Caribbean.
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Team Sunsail Sea Rescue St Maarten 2 Takes Win
St. Maarten / St. Martin
The first annual Rescuers Regatta, organized in December by the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta office, was deemed a complete success.
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Beneteau First 40.7 Wins Gill Commodores Cup
St. Maarten / St. Martin
Reed and team at this opening event of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, managed to hold off not only similar designs such as a J/120 and a couple of A40s, but also five other First 40.7s
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Bumper Finale in St Maarten at 30th St.Maarten Heineken Regatta
St. Maarten / St. Martin
There can be few events in the world that match St. Maarten Heineken Regatta’s unique cocktail of fun and serious racing.
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Little Toot in St. Thomas is Restored
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Baby boomers may well remember their parents or grandparents reading them the tale of Little Toot. Bound in cardboard and colorfully illustrated, this 1939-published children's story tells about a little tugboat that grew up to save the day.
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VIGFA and VIHTA Donate 50000 Dollars to St Thomas Boys and Girls Club in 2009
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Christmas came early to the Boys & Girls Club of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas location when members of the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club (VIGFC) and the U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association (VIHTA) presented a check totaling $50,0
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Kevin Lussier Appointed NEW GM at Yacht Haven Grande Marina STT
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Kevin Lussier, CMM, has been appointed general manager for Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas, as announced by Island Global Yachting (IGY)
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Starting to Heat Up for St Thomas International Rolex Regatta
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Energy is starting to rise for the St Thomas International Rolex Regatta happening at the end of March. The boats are starting to arrive and warm-up races are happening.
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New Owner New Classes New Services at The Captain School St Thomas
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Native Virgin Islander, Capt. John Holmberg, bought The Captain School from Capt. Patrick Casey. Casey, who opened the school in the 1990s still serves as a visiting instructor.
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Transatlantic Victory for Geoff Holt
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Geoff Holt is used to challenges - the bigger the better - and as a sailor, he has a logbook of amazing accomplishments. Most have come from overcoming an accident that confined him to a wheelchair but did not prevent him from sailing.
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Lunch and Lessons at the Lounge with Jeremy Wright of Trellis Bay
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
The word on the tarmac is that Tortola's Trellis Bay Kitchen is the unofficial but best departure lounge in the Caribbean.
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Music Models and Mount Gay at BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Fest
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
The BVI will be party central with the festivities kicking off an Nanny Cay Resort and Marina, moving to Bitter End and then returning to the Regatta Village at Nanny Cay
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New Courses at 2010 BVI Spring Regatta Give Big Boys Chance to Strut Their Stuff
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Two new courses for the likes of Tom Hill’s new Titan XV, Bill Alcotts’Andrew’s 68’, Equation and Caribbean based Salsi’s Bella Pita
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Pre Register and Win FREE DRINKS at BVI Spring Regatta
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Not many people would turn down a chance to win up to $350 in FREE drink tickets. Pre-register your boat for BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival and you might just win.
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Ten Sailors Qualify as Instructors in Trinidad and Tobago December 2009
Trinidad
The day before Christmas Eve saw ten young sailors reach the end of a five day course qualifying them as Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association Level 2 Dinghy Instructors.
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2nd St Patricks Day GO GREEN Event at Bitter End Yacht Club a SUCCESS
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
St. Patrick’s Day Beach clean-up at the Bitter End Yacht Club was a success as participants helped bring in the items that wash up on the beaches and get lodged into the mangroves of the BVI.
