MAY

1    May Day/Labour Day. Public holiday in many places
1    Ascension Day. Public holiday in some French and Dutch islands
1    West Marine Atlantic Cup sets sail from Tortola, BVI to Bermuda. www.carib1500.com
1 – 3    Le Combat de Coques Regatta, Martinique. Club Nautique du Marin (Martinique). tel (596) 74 92 48, fax (596) 74 62 02, 
  club-nautique-du-marin@wanadoo.fr
1 - 4    Big Drum Festival, Union Island, St. Vincent Grenadines
2    Arrival of Ioumoulico Carib Canoe Project at Scott’s Head, Dominica
2 - 11    St. Lucia Jazz Festival. www.stluciajazz.org
3    Poker Run round-the-island powerboat rally, Guadeloupe. (590 690) 35 56 48
5    World Environment Day
5    Arrival Day. Public holiday in Guyana
8    Armistice Day. Public holiday in French West Indies
8    ARC Europe sets sail from Jolly Harbour, Antigua, to Portugal. www.worldcruising.com
8 - 12    Canouan Regatta. Canouan Sailing Club (784) 458-8197
9 - 11    Anguilla Sailing Festival. www.anguillaregatta.com
9 - 12    42nd Antigua & Barbuda Sports Fishing Tournament. www.antiguanice.com/fish
10 - 11    BVI Dinghy Championships, Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club (RBVIYC), tel (284) 494-3286,
  rbviyc@rbviyc.com, www.rbviyc.net
11    Dutch Antilles Windsurf Challenge, Bonaire
11    Mothers’ Day, Public holiday in Puerto Rico
11 - 16    Angostura Tobago Sail Week. www.sailweek.com
12    Whit Monday. Public holiday in many places
12 – 20    Gastronomic Week, Sainte-Marie, Martinique. (596 596) 69 13 83
17 – 18    Captain Oliver’s Regatta, Sint Maarten. www.coyc-sxm.com
19    Clipper Round the World Race stopover at Port Antonio, Jamaica. www.clipperroundtheworld.com
20    FULL MOON
20    Independence Day. Public holiday in Cuba
21 - 24    4th Annual Bonaire Jazz Festival. www.bonairenet.com
22    Corpus Christi. Public holiday in many places
22    Emancipation Day. Public holiday in Martinique
23 - 25    34th Annual Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke, West End Yacht Club (WEYC), Tortola, BVI, tel (284) 495-1002,
  fax (284) 495-4184, mvh@surfbvi.com, www.weyc.net
23 - 25    BVI Music Festival, Tortola. www.bvimusicfest.net
23 - 27    Around Guadeloupe Race. www.triskellcup.com
24 – 30    Les Jeux des Iles (Island Games), Guadeloupe.
24 - 31    Curaçao Dive Festival. www.curacaodive.com
26    Memorial Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI
26    Independence Day. Public holiday in Guyana
29 - June 1    Mount Gay Boatyard Regatta, Barbados. www.thetecheng.com/mountgay
30    Indian Arrival Day. Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago
30    Anguilla Day. Public holiday in Anguilla
30 - June 1    4th Mini Zoo Regatta, Gosier, Guadeloupe. www.zoo-regatta.com
TBA     Heineken Jazz Fest, Puerto Rico. (787) 724-9200

JUNE

9    Queen’s Birthday (UK). Public holiday in Anguilla
14 – 15    Harris Paints Regatta, Barbados. www.barbadosyachtclub.com
15    Fathers’ Day. Public holiday in Puerto Rico
18    FULL MOON
19 - Labour Day. Public holiday in Trinidad
20 – 24    La ExpoNáutica Anzoátegui (boat show), Lecherías, Venezuela. www.enoriente.com/expomorro
21    Summer Solstice
21    Financial Services Challenge Race, BVI. RBVIYC
21    International Music Day: Music and Mariners Festival. Marina Bas-du-Fort, Guadeloupe. (590 690) 72 88 09
21 - 22    Caribbean One Design Keelboat Championships, St. Maarten. www.tropicalsailloft.com
24    Battle of Carabobo Day. Public holiday in Venezuela
26 - 28    12th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival. www.stkittsmusicfestival.net
27 - 29    Fishermen’s Festival, Charlotteville, Tobago
27 - July 8     St. Vincent Carnival. www.carnivalsvg.com
28 - Jul 6    North American Optimist Championships (OPTINAM), Curaçao. www.optinam2008.org
29    Fisherman’s Birthday (St. Peter’s Day). Boat and dinghy races in many fishing communities
29 - July 6    HIHO Windsurfing Week, BVI. www.go-hiho.com
TBA    Green Island Weekend, Antigua. Antigua Yacht Club (AYC), tel/fax (268) 460-1799, yachtclub@candw.ag,
  www.antiguayachtclub.com
TBA    Morgan’s Run 2008, rally from Cartagena, Colombia to Old Providence and San Andres.
  www.DestinationCartagena.com/morgans_run.html

All information was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time this issue of Compass went to press -
but plans change, so please contact event organizers directly for confirmation.

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