Catching Up On Developments
Cropping Up Across Costa Rica
From the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific coast, marina development in Costa Rica is booming. Tucked below the hurricane belt, Costa Rica is a safe haven for Southern cruisers, and with miles of desolate beaches, bountiful fishing grounds, lush rainforests, and plenty to do onshore, appeasing your insurance agent during storm season is just one reason to visit the “rich coast.” ...

Spicy Fun for
Grenada Sailing Festival
The name is different, thanks to the new title sponsor, but the spicy competition and camaraderie sailors have come to expect are the same for this year’s Port Louis Grenada Sailing Festival and Digicel WorkBoat Regatta. “It’s the most passionate and unique sailing event in the southern Caribbean,” says Jimmy Bristol, chairman of the Grenada Sailing Festival board. ...

Spice Island Billfish Tournament
Grenada is home to some great billfishing, and there’s no better place to catch the action than at the 39th Annual Spice Island Billfish Tournament, January 16-19, 2008, from the Grenada Yacht Club Marina in the St. George’s lagoon. 
Last year, a whopping 167 anglers aboard 37 boats–hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Martinique, and the U.S.–collectively caught 23 blue marlin, 32 sailfish, 11 mahi-mahi, five white marlin, four wahoo, and five yellowfin tuna–including a record-breaking 173-pound tuna. ...