Pull out and pin up the paper version, or see the version with live links at www.caribbeancompass.com Where yacht club initials are given, for contact information see CARIBBEAN YACHT & SAILING CLUBS at the end of this calendar. JANUARY 1 Public holiday or ‘recovery day’ in many places (New Year’s Day); Junkanoo parades in The Bahamas 1 Annual Festival Parade in Montserrat. www.facebook.com/MontserratAnnualFestival 1 SSCA Gam, TTSA headquarters, Chaguaramas, Trinidad. [email protected]1 – 2 St. Kitts ‘Sugar Mas’. www.facebook.com/SKNCarnival 4 – 5 St. Croix ‘Crucian Carnival’. www.stcroixtourism.com/christmas_festival.htm 4 – 20 St. Barts Music Festival. www.stbartsmusicfestival.org/festival.html 6 Public holiday in some places (Three Kings Day/Epiphany) 10 Public holiday in the Bahamas (Majority Rule Day) 11 – 20 Barbados Film Festival. www.visitbarbados.org 12 World ARC 2019-20 departs Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 12 ‘2018’ Nanny Cay Round Tortola Race. RBVIYC, [email protected]12 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 16 – 22 Barbados Sailing Week. BCC, www.barbadossailingweek.com 18 – 20 Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta, Cabarete, Dominican Republic. www.caribwind.com 19 Round the Island Race, Antigua. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 19 – 20 MLK Regatta, St. Thomas. STYC, www.styc.club 19 – 20 San Sebastian Vela Cup, Puerto Rico. CNSJ, www.nauticodesanjuan.com 21 Public holiday in Puerto Rico & USVI (Martin Luther King Day), in Barbados (Errol Barrow Day), & in the Dominican Republic (Our Lady of Altagracia) 21 FULL MOON 21 – 26 50th Spice Island Billfish Tournament, Grenada. www.sibt.gd/sibt.html 23 World ARC 2019-20 departs Santa Marta, Colombia. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 23 – 6 Feb Mustique Blues Festival. https://basilsbar.com 24 Barbados to Antigua Ocean Race. BCC, www.barbadossailingweek.com 25 Public holiday in Aruba (GF Croes Day) 26 Public holiday in Dominican Republic (Duarte Day) 26 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 27 Sail for the Roses, Curaçao. CYA 27 – 1 Feb Grenada Sailing Week. www.grenadasailingweek.com 27 – 2 Feb Martinique Cata Raid 27 – 2 Feb The Pineapple Cup, Jamaica. Montego Bay Yacht Club 28 Public holiday in Cayman Islands (National Heroes’ Day) & in Cuba (Birthday of José Martí) 30 – 3 Feb Superyacht Challenge Antigua. www.superyachtchallengeantigua.com 30 – 3 Feb Bequia Music Fest. www.bequiamusicfestival.com FEBRUARY 2 Manhattan Yacht Club Trophy, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected]2 World Wetlands Day. www.ramsar.org/activity/world-wetlands-day 2 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 2 – 3 Grenada Sailing Festival Workboat Regatta. www.grenadasailingfestival.com 2 – 3 Cruzan Open Regatta, St. Croix. STYC, www.stcroixyc.com/Cruzan-Open 3 – 3 March (every Sunday) Dominican Republic Carnival. godominicanrepublic.com/about-dr/carnival 7 Public holiday in Grenada (Independence Day) 8 – 9 Carnaval de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. puntacanavillage.com/lifestyle/carnaval 8 –10 Caribbean Multihull Challenge, SMYC, www.smyc.com/caribbean-multihull-challenge 8 –10 Round Martinique Regatta. YCM, www.theroundmartinique.com 8 – 11 Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta, Antigua. JHYC, www.jhycantigua.com 10 Sail Adventure Sunfish Championship, Curaçao. CSSA, [email protected]12 Round Redonda Race. JHYC, www.jhycantigua.com 15 Antigua 360° Race. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 16 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 18 Start of RORC Caribbean 600 race, Antigua. http://caribbean600.rorc.org 18 Public holiday in Puerto Rico & USVI (Presidents’ Day) 19 FULL MOON 20 – 10 March Oyster World Rally arrives at Port Louis Marina, Grenada 22 Public holiday in St. Lucia (Independence Day) 23 Ham radio license test, St. Croix. Reservation required: [email protected]23 Governor’s Cup Race, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected]23 Public holiday in Guyana (Mashramani) 23 – 3 Mar SSCA Dominica Gam, Portsmouth, Dominica. [email protected]24 Piet Dijk Race, Curaçao. WSV Jan Sofat, [email protected]25 Public holiday in Suriname (Liberation Day) 27 Public holiday in Dominican Republic (Independence Day) 28 – 3 Mar St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, SMYC, [email protected]TBA Grenada Charter Yacht Show MARCH 1 South Pacific Bon Voyage Party, Shelter Bay Marina, Panama. [email protected]1 – 5 Semaine Nautique Internationale de Schoelcher, Martinique. CNS, www.cnschoelcher.net/regates 2 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 2 – 5 Carnivals in Aruba, Bonaire & in Barranquilla, Colombia 3 – 6 Curaçao Youth Sailing Clinic. YSCO 4 Carnival Sunfish Race, Curaçao. WSV Jan Sofat, [email protected]4 Public holiday in BVI (HL Stoutt’s Birthday observed) 4 – 5 Carnivals in Carriacou, Curaçao, Dominica, St. Barth, Trinidad, & Ponce, Puerto Rico 4 – 6 Carnivals in Guadeloupe, Dominica & Martinique 6 Public holiday in many places (Ash Wednesday) 8 International Women’s Day 8 – 10 St. Croix International Regatta. SCYC, www.stcroixyc.com 8 – 10 Curaçao Youth Sailing Championships. YSCO, ysco.org 10 Sailors’ & Landlubbers’ Auction, Bequia, www.bequiasunshineschool.org 10 – 17 Yachtie Appreciation Week, Portsmouth, Dominica. [email protected], [email protected]11 Public holiday in some places (Commonwealth Day) & Belize (National Heroes’ Day) 14 Public holiday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (National Heroes’ Day) 15 – 21 World ARC arrival, Grenada. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 16 Foxy’s Music Fest, Jost Van Dyke, BVI. https://foxysbvi.com 16 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 16 – 17 Antigua Optimist Open & Antigua Laser Open. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 16 – 23 St. Petersburg - Habana Regatta, Florida to Cuba. St. Petersburg Yacht Club 17 Chase/Match Race, Curaçao. CYA, [email protected]17 Public holiday in Montserrat (St. Patrick’s Day); St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Grenada 17 – 18 Sam Pepin International Optimist Regatta, Puerto Rico. CNSJ, www.nauticodesanjuan.com 18 Public holiday in Aruba (Flag Day) 20 FULL MOON & Vernal Equinox 21 Round St. John Race, USVI. STYC, www.styc.club 21 Public holiday in Guyana and Suriname (Holi observed) 21 – 24 St. Barths Bucket Regatta, St. Barths. www.BucketRegatta.com 22 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Emancipation Day) 22 – 24 St. Thomas International Regatta. STYC, www.styc.club 23 500th Anniversary of Havana Boat Parade & Regatta, Havana Cuba. CNIH, [email protected]25 – 31 BVI Spring Regatta, Tortola. RBVIYC, [email protected]30 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 30 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Spiritual Baptist ‘Shouter’ Liberation Day) APRIL 6 – 7 St. Maarten Multiclass Regatta. SMYC, www.smyc.com 13 Island Water World Cruiser Seminar, Cole Bay, St. Maarten. www.facebook.com/Islandwaterworld 14 Dinghy Regatta, Barbados. BYC, www.barbadosyachtclub.com 14 – 20 Les Voiles de St. Barths. SBYC, www.stbarthyachtclub.com 15 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Birthday of José de Diego) 17 – 23 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. www.antiguaclassics.com 18 – 22 Bequia Easter Regatta, BSC, www.bequiaregatta.com 19 FULL MOON & Public holiday in Venezuela (Declaration of Independence) 19 – 20 Curaçao Regatta. SVCR, [email protected]19 – 22 Rupununi Rodeo, Leyhem, Guyana. www.visitrupununi.com 21 – 22 Virgin Gorda Easter Festival 22 International Earth Day 25 – 28 The Tobago Jazz Experience. www.carnifest.com 26 – 28 500th Anniversary of Havana Dinghy Regatta, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected]26 – 28 Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival. www.carriacoumaroon.com 26 – 28 West Indies Regatta, St. Barth. http://westindiesregatta.com 27 Round Antigua Race. AYC, www.antiguayachtclub.com 28 Carnival in Jamaica. www.bacchanaljamaica.com 28 Public holiday in Barbados (National Heroes’ Day) 28 – 3 May Antigua Sailing Week, AYC, www.sailingweek.com 28 – 3 May Conch Republic Cup Regatta, Florida to Cuba. Key West Yacht Club 30 Public holiday in Bonaire (Rincon Day) MAY 1 Public holiday in many places (Labour Day) 3 500th Anniversary of Havana Sailing Cruise, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected]3 – 5 Jazz ’n Creole Festival, Portsmouth, Dominica. http://dominicafestivals.com 3 – 5 Bahamas Carnival ‘Junkanoo’. bahamascarnival.com 3 - 26 St. Barth Theatre Festival. www.festivaldetheatredesaintbarthelemy.com 4 Lowell Wheatley Anegada Pursuit Race, BVI. RBVIYC, [email protected]4 Start of ARC USA rally from Tortola to Virginia or Florida. WCC, www.worldcruising.com 4 Start of ARC Europe rally from Tortola to Portugal via Bermuda, www.worldcruising.com 4 Start of Salty Dawg Spring Rally to the US from Virgin Gorda, BVI. www.saltydawgsailing.org 4 – 5 Virgin Islands Carnival, St. Thomas. USVI. www.vicarnival.com 4 – 5 Cayman Islands Carnival, ‘Batabano’. www.caymancarnival.com 5 – 7 Point Fortin Borough Day, Point Fortin, Trinidad. 5 – 8 Cuba Rally, Key West to Havana. Florida Yachts Charters 5 – 12 St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stlucia.org/summerfestival 6 500th Anniversary of Havana Boat Parade, Havana, Cuba. CNIH, [email protected]6 – 7 St. Maarten Carnival. www.facebook.com/sxmcarnival 7 Point Fortin Borough Day Regatta, Guapo Beach, Point Fortin, Trinidad 8 Start of Antigua to Bermuda Race. https://antiguabermuda.com 12 Atlantic Back Rally departs Guadeloupe for Azores. www.atlanticbackcruising.com 12 UOC Race, Curaçao. CYA, [email protected]16 – 20 Cayman Islands Carnival ‘CayMas’. www.caymas.ky 17 – 19 BVI Dinghy Championships, Tortola. RBVIYC, [email protected]17 – 27 Guyana Carnival. www.guyanacarnival592.com 18 FULL MOON 19 Rudy Dovale Sunfish Race, Curaçao. CSSA, [email protected]20 Public holiday in the Cayman Islands (Discovery Day) 27 Public holiday in Puerto Rico (Memorial Day) 30 Public holiday in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (Ascension Day) and in Trinidad & Tobago (Indian Arrival Day) and Anguilla (Anguilla Day) 30 – 2 June Baai Hoppen, Curaçao. Leden CYA, [email protected]31 – 7 June Grenada Chocolate Festival. grenadachocolatefest.com TBA Old Brigand Rum Regatta, Barbados. TBA Combat de Coques regatta, Martinique. CNM, www.clubnautiquedumarin.com TBA Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke, BVI. www.foxysbar.com CALENDAR OF CARIBBEAN EVENTS 2019 C A R I B B E A N C MPASS WILFRED DEDERER
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Pull out and pin up the paper version,or see the version with live links at www.caribbeancompass.com
Where yacht club initials are given, for contact information seeCARIBBEAN YACHT & SAILING CLUBS at the end of this calendar.
JANUARY 1 Public holiday or ‘recovery day’ in many places (New Year’s Day); Junkanoo parades in The Bahamas
1 Annual Festival Parade in Montserrat. www.facebook.com/MontserratAnnualFestival
