All At Sea September 2009 Editorial
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Caribbean News September 2009
Caribbean News from around the Region for September 2009
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Yacht Club News September 2009
Yacht Club News from around the Caribbean from September 2009
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On Sailing and Slinging Ink
Freedom is my lifelong drug-of-choice. That's why I'm a sailor, and that's why I'm a writer. I want to be the freest man in the world.
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Caribbean Kids Sail in ISAF World Championship
The world’s top young sailing talent gathered in Buzios, Brazil July 9 to 18 for racing at the International Sailing Federation’s 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Rios and Sifre Take 1st at Pensacola
The Snipe Class International Racing Association-USA recently held its 2009 National Championship at Pensacola Yacht Club. In the Junior Championships, Puerto Rican sailors Raul Rios and crew, Antonio Sifre, both 15, consistently dominated
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Hove To - To Be a Sailor One Must Prepare for the Sea
We have hove to under main and mizzen alone, but the common method is to back a stay sail. We chose this method off the Georgia Coast one evening as an awesome storm cloud charged towards us like a stampede of wild horses
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The Importance of Celestial Navigation
Just as Stephen Hawking unlocked the mysteries of the heavens in his “The Universe in a Nutshell,” so does Schlereth in “Celestial in a Nutshell.” Schlereth lifts the fog of celestial, de-mystifying the art in surprisingly
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Spots or Fingerprints on the Shell of the Flamingo Tongue
Flamingo Tongues, Cyphoma gibbosum, are marine mollusks of the family ovulidae, marine snails closely related to cowries. They are gastropods; previously called uni-valves
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The World of David Wegman
Last winter around a table, for what Oprah would call a “legend’s lunch,” sat a collection of the Caribbean’s most notorious old salts.
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Annabel van Westerop - A Rising Star in Kitesurfing
Two rising stars cannot be neglected. 14-year old Christiaan Zweers and 15-years old Annabel van Westerop not only stole the show but also ended up with remarkable results
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Caribbean Cooking: The Last Blast of Summer
The best way to get through these busy days is to avoid fatigue, which means eating small meals and snacks every three to four hours.
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What Else do Charter Crew do on Vacation
One of the most important aids to the sailor other than the equipment on his boat is a lighthouse. Partly because lighthouses help keep us safe, we grow fond of them
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Sea Salt - Anguillas Belto Carty
Anguilla
I found him in his sign-less Delicate Bar, shelling pigeon peas with his daughter, Mariette. The door opens to the pond and through it a cast of characters flow in and out along with the breeze that sweeps the pond
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Antiguan Children Learn to Sail with Jolly Harbours Free Lessons
Antigua
JHYC’s Youth Sailing Program is now well underway at North Beach, Jolly Harbour. The club’s goal is to provide a structured course covering all aspects of dinghy sailing
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From Zero to 72 - Turtugarubas Successful Sea Turtle Project
Aruba
In the sea turtle breeding season of 2000, there were zero nests on Aruba’s extensive sandy beaches. By July 2009, the count had increased to 72 nests
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Ups and Downs at Aruba Hi Winds
Aruba
All 90 participating windsurfers and 28 kitesurfers found the best wind they could ever imagine on the spot
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Slalom Worlds Held in Bonaire
Bonaire
Bonaire was proud to host the premier IFCA Bonaire Slalom World Windsurfing Event July 12-18 in Sorobon. Well known as the windsurf Mecca in the Caribbean
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D-Trip Wins 5th Budget Marine Race
Curacao
On June 14, the Budget Marine race took place in Curacao for the fifth time. Started by Bas Reintjens and continued by Roeland van Beinen and his Budmar Team
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Optimist Sailors Taste International Competition
Dominican Republic
Drawn from five different continents, 198 young sailors drawn from 23 Nations competed at the 2009 IODA OPTINAM (North American Optimist Championship) at Boca Chica, DR
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Guadeloupe Announces Start of Caribbean Regatta Season
Guadeloupe
The Yacht Club of the Marina Bas-du-Fort kicks off another exciting sailing season with the famous and popular TRISKELL CUP on October 30th. Three race days with 80+ boats.
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Double Dog Wins 2009 Bahamas Billfish Championship
Harbour Island, Bahamas
Fourth time proved a charm for team Double Dog at the 2009 Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC), a quintet of tournaments that has taken place since 1973 in the Bahamas
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Errol Flynn Marina September 2009 Newsletter
Jamaica
September updates from the Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio Jamaica. Dale Westin gives us the low down on what's happening.
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DA Sea Wins 14th Caicos Classic Release Tournament
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
A slow start made for an exciting finish at the 14th Annual Caicos Classic Release Tournament held June 8 to 13 out of Turtle Cove Marina
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Good Times Rule at 10th Viking Yacht Rendezvous
Puerto Rico
The Yacht Club Palmas Del Mar hosted the10th Annual Viking Yachts Caribbean Rendezvous on the weekend of June 4 – 6th. The three-day event, organized by CFR Yacht Sales and the Viking Yacht Company, attracted 35 Viking Yachts
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International Billfish Tournament Set for September
St. Lucia
The St. Lucia Game Fishing Association (SLGFA) has teamed up with IGY Rodney Bay Marina to host the 19th annual International Billfish Tournament, set for September 28 to October 2, 2009
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Match Racing In Caribbean at Budget Marine Cup Dates Set
St. Maarten / St. Martin
Think you are an amazing sailor? Well? Prove it! Come challenge the Caribbean's best at the Budget Marine Match Racing Cup held two days prior to the Heineken Regatta
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Granders Abound during St Thomas July Open
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
The 46th annual July Open Billfish Tournament (JOBT) July 3 to 6 out of St. Thomas proved that the grand – or better yet “grander” – fish stories of old can come true anew
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Coast Guard Auxiliary Members Repurpose Cruise Ship Castoffs
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
There are dangers inherent in commercial fishing. Now consider that the average commercial fishing boat in the U.S. Virgin Islands is only 17 feet and operated by one or two fishermen
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Slayton Wins Bastille Day Kingfish Tourney
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
The anglers and crowds that came to watch enjoyed big fish and lots of them at the St. Thomas Northside Fishing Club’s 21st Annual Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament
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Sailing with Charlie - The Boat Knife
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
These days every sailor worth his salt carries a boat knife: a multi-purpose tool with many attachments. Most useful of the attachments are the knife, the pliers/wire cutters combo, various sizes of screwdrivers, file, tin opener, and cut-anythin
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Optinam Report from Team BVI
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
The BVI qualified for five spaces. Mollee Donovan and Jason Putley (who are team BVI veterans after competing in OPTINAM ’08 in Curacao)
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Jr Sailor Profile - Mollee Donovan from the BVI
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Kids sailing Optimist dinghies captivated three-year-old Mollee Donovan as she and her family traveled by ferry between the British Virgin Islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda.
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Highland Springs HIHO Celebrates 25 Years
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Junior World Champion Sebastian Kornum of Denmark and Antiguan Eli Fuller won their respective divisions in this years Highland Spring HIHO 2009 event June 28 to July 5
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TT Female Dinghy Skipper of the Year Wins Big at Scotiabank
Trinidad
Only hours after 10-year-old Abigail Affoo received the trophy for best female dinghy skipper at the Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association’s yearly prize giving on Saturday, June 13, she and her father Joseph Affoo were on their way to S
