10 interesting facts from Tropical St. Barths lifestyle and destination magazine issue

1.) Sailor Philippe Poupon and Actress Geraldin Danon, sailed the artic to the antlantic with their young family, exploring the most untouched by human being human places on earth.

2.) Filante, a 60ft sailing catamaran is available all year round ang can accommodate up to 18 people. It can also be enjoyed for a full day for 80euros per person, complete with a special picnic and a refreshing set of drinks from the onboard bar, at your disposal throughout the whole day.

3.) The insect bees have a famous “waggle dance” they perform in order to inform other bees of the direction, distance, quantity, and quality of the source of nectar and pollen that it has discovered.

4.) Yacht insiders guide or yachtinsidersguide.com is the most complete, user-friendly and trusted print and online yachting directory.

5.) The biodiversity of St. Barths and the surrounding islands have: 183 different species of fish, 54 varieties of coral, 60 types of sea sponges.

6.)The Blue Cat is the best diving center on the island that has a complete set of features perfect for that diving experience.

7.) Christopher Columbus’ purpose for voyage and sailing the world was not for tourism but to seek wealth for the crown of Spain in the form of mineral or agricultural resources. But because of these limited resources of the island, the Spaniards abandoned the island. Since then many different boats have landed and sailed away from the island.

8.) St. Barths Family Magazine is quite new, only started in 2005. It is bilingual and the main purpose of the magazine is to share common interests and concerns with the many people on this island who feel involved in it’s daily life.

9.) Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the inventor of marine preservation, Jacques Cousteau, is the founder of Plant A Fish, a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration of our home planet’s oceans. It’s current focus is on sea turtles, with 6 of the 7 species of turtles that swim the world’s oceans threatened or endangered largely at the hand of the humans. They face danger traveling the seas like accidental capture and entanglement of fishing gear, otherwise known as by-catch, loss of nesting and feeding sites to coastal development, intentional hunting (poaching), and pollution.

10.) Villa Camaruche, featured by the prestigious St. Barth Properties, offers a unique setting for a vacation meeting the highest expectations. For pictures see the magazine.

Source taken from: http://issuu.com/joufdesign/docs/tropical-saint-barth-mag-2014_issue