Annual Angostura Tobago
Sail Week, Set forMay 11-16

Now in its 26th year, Tobago Sail Week has earned a reputation as one of the most competitive–and friendliest–regattas in the southern Caribbean. “One thing Tobago Sail Week always has is breeze,” says event manager Betty Davidson. ...

Island Global Yachting to Operate
New Turks and Caicos Yacht Club
Island Global Yachting (IGY) has expanded its Caribbean-based empire by being named operator of the new Turks and Caicos Yacht Club, based at the Nikki Beach Resort and Spa in the Turks and Caicos. Opening this spring, the 110-slip megayacht marina will accommodate vessels up to 200 feet on 15-foot wide concrete floating docks. ...

New Bridge Fees in Effect
in St. Maarten’s Simpson Bay
St. Maarten’s Island Council implemented new bridge fees that went into effect January 1. The hike in fees is intended to provide Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority Corporation (SBLAC) with increased revenue to make necessary investments in the Simpson Bay Bridge and other projects. ...

The Future of Yacht Tourism,
the Caribbean and Cuba after Castro
The February announcement that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro will resign as president and commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces after 49 years in power got the Caribbean thinking about the future of Cuba as a possible boating destination. ...