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Port of Entry Status Re-established for Prickly Bay, Grenada

Anita Sutton reports: Since November 3rd, a Medical Officer has been stationed at
Prickly Bay Marina Customs & Immigration Office, so yachts can once again clear in
to Grenada at Prickly Bay. Yachts can also still clear in to Grenada at Hillsborough in
Carriacou and at the Grenada Yacht Club in St. George’s.

The Marine & Yachting Association of Grenada would like to thank the Ministry of
Health and the Chief Medical Officer who worked with us to enable the clearance facil-
ities at Prickly Bay to be restored, while ensuring Swine Flu precautions remain in place.

Clarifying Clearance in Aruba

Sander Vellinga reports: Aruba’s yacht clearance procedure is somewhat different
from that in many other islands in the Caribbean. As in most countries, all vessels are
required to go to an official port of entry before going to another harbor or marina.
Although both Oranjestad harbor and Barcadera harbor are ports of entry, due to the
ISPS requirements the Aruba Ports Control will send yachts to Barcadera harbor. Here’s
where the difference comes in: at Barcadera, yachts are required go alongside the
dock to clear in. There, the vessel will be cleared both by Customs and by Immigration.

Specific harbor entry information for Barcadera harbor, as well as the Customs
and Immigration forms, can be found on the website of the Renaissance Marina
(see page 15): www.renaissancemarina.com/clearance-procedures. There are no
visa requirements for citizens of the USA, Canada or the EC. Other nationalities can
find requirements at http//.brochures.aruba.com/entryreq/2007 entryrequirements.
pdf. While itis not up and running yet, Aruba is in the process of implementing the
eSeacClear system in the near future.

Compass Contributor Wins SSCA Award

Congratulations to Caribbean Compass contributor Ellen Sanpere and her hus-
band Tony who recently won the Seven Seas Clean Wake Award. The award recog-
nizes voyaging cruisers who exemplify by their behavior one of the main principles of
the Seven Seas Cruising Association, “to leave a clean wake”. Award recipients are
those who show generosity and offer assistance to others, especially to people who
live in the countries they are visiting, and/or those who involve themselves in activi-
ties of significant benefit to mankind and the environment.

 

  

Ellen and Tony have rescued fisher-

men adrift in the Caribbean Sea, volun-
eered with medical missions in
Venezuela, and worked with a number
of active environmental groups in the
Caribbean region. Ellen is currently the
press contact for the charitable St. Croix
Hospice Regatta (see page 17). Tony is
a well-known skipper on the Caribbean
yacht racing circuit.
Other Compass contributors who
have been honored by the SSCA in the
past include Melodye and John Pompa,
who received the association’s 2002
Service Award for their efforts in alerting
he cruising community to safety mat-
ers in the Caribbean; Suzanne
Longacre, who with John Gideonse won
a 2002 Transocean Award; Pauline
Dolinski, who with her husband Voytek
won d 2002 Transocean Award; Bruce
Van Sant, who won a 2003
Camaraderie Award for his many years
of guidance and advice to cruisers
hrough his books; Devi Sharp, who with
her husband, Hunter, won a 2006 Clean Wake Award; and Marcie Connelly-Lynn,
who won a Recognition Award in 2007 for her efforts as the SSCA’s first volunteer
Cruising Station Coordinator. In 2002, Compass advertiser Don Stollmeyer (Power
Boats) won a Service Award for his efforts on behalf of the visiting Trinidad sailing
community, and in 2007 Caribbean Compass’s Trinidad agent, Jack Dausend, won
the Cruising Station of the Year Award for his tireless efforts welcoming cruisers to
Trinidad, and helping to organize multiple cruiser events such as the annual SSCA
New Year’s Day Gam.

Congratulations to you all. We're proud to have you aboard!

For more information visit www.ssca.org.

 

Ellen Sanpere, who with her husband.
Tony won the SSCA's 2009
Clean Wake Award.

 

Eight Bells

CARRICOU WEBMASTER, JOHN INGRAM

John H. Ingram, 58, of Carriacou died on October 14th after falling downstairs and
suffering a head injury. He was flown to the general hospital in Grenada where he
passed away. A native of West Virginia, John spent 19 years in Carriacou. His popu-
lar website, www.grenadines.net, was “The Carriacou Caribbean Connection: Your
Information Gateway to The Grenadine Islands”. He was also proprietor of The
Caribbean Computer Company Internet Café and Back Porch Bar in Hillsborough,
where many cruisers and charter crew checked e-mail, got laptops repaired and
had websites built. John also booked yacht charters and acted as an agent for holi-
day home rentals on the island. He will be missed.

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