Welcome to the October 2024 edition of Caribbean Compass-
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Your Route to Closing the Great Caribbean Circle
Island Spotlight: Trinidad and Tobago
Cruising Boat of the Month – October 2024
Blue Bonds Symbolize Belize’s Commitment to Ocean Conservation
Reef Restoration Workshop on Bonaire
Climate Health Pact Signed between OECS Commission and Direct Relief
Beryl Comes to Bequia – Part 2 – A personal post-hurricane Beryl account from Mount Pleasant on Bequia. By Peter Roren
Cruising Boat of the Month – October 2024
Antigua Groups Laud Whaling Moratorium Victory
Antigua Groups Laud Whaling Moratorium Victory – Caribbean Compass
Registration is Now Open for the 52nd BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival – Caribbean Compass
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NEWS ROUND-UP
Introducing the Budget Marine Windies Multihull Trophy
A Brand-New Series Championship for Offshore Multihull Racing in the Caribbean – Caribbean Sailing Association
Sint Maarten – Notices served to owners of 24 abandoned, unmanned vessels – The Daily Herald
Riders on the Storm – Experts say we’re in the middle of an active hurricane season. Those of us who lived through Hugo know the hell this forecast portends.– Cruising World
Antigua Sailing Week announces Notice of Race for 2025 – Sailing Week
Wind-Powered Cargo Ship Completes First Atlantic Crossing – Cruising Compass
Annapolis Sailboat Show Preview of 10 Brand New Boats – Cruising Compass
LIAT 2020 to launch flights to 11 new regional destinations – Loop News
Oceanic life found to be thriving thanks to Saharan dust blown from thousands of kilometers away – Cosmos Magazine
Volunteers from near and far have converged on Carriacou – United Nations UNifeed
The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) helps Grenada students affected by Hurricane Beryl – Newsday Trinidad
What Can Spicemas 2024 Tell Us About the Future of Musical & Cultural Globalization? – Billboard
OCTOBER EVENTS
3 FULL MOON (Super Hunter’s Moon)
12 Dia de las Culturas, Limon, Costa Rica.
14 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Thanksgiving Day); in Puerto Rico and USVI (Indigenous Peoples’ Day); in the Bahamas (National Heroes’ Day)
17 La Marguerite Flower Festival, St. Lucia
17-20 Barbados Food and Rum Festival, Bridgetown.
20 Tobago Blue Food Festival.
21 Willy T Virgin’s Cup Race, BVI.
24 Grenada Film Festival.
25 Public holiday in Grenada (Thanksgiving Day)
25 Creole Day (Jounen Kwéyòl), culmination of Creole Heritage Month, Dominica
25–27 World Creole Music Festival, Dominica, including fringe events.
27 Public holiday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (Independence Day)
27 Creole Day (Jounen Kwéyòl), culmination of Creole Heritage Month, St. Lucia
28 Foxy’s Cat Fight, Jost Van Dyke, BVI.
31 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Divali)
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POPULAR LAST MONTH
Featured: Cruisers’ Expectations: Sailing to the “Don’t Go” Spots. By Ed Lowrie
Island Spotlight: St. Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts and Nevis are two distinct islands under a single country. By Lexi Fisher & Chris Doyle
Caribbean Ocean Currents – A confluence of several currents from the Atlantic, flows in a general east-southeast to west-northwest. By Amanda Delaney
