Now he can claim membership of another distinguished club: The Other TradeWinds — the ones that share our name but don’t have the good fortune to be the world’s most authoritative shipping publication.

Martins is the driving force behind the Canadian-Caribbean band the Tradewinds. They are approaching their 50th anniversary, having been created in 1966 by Martins, a self-described “country boy” from the village of Hague, Guyana.

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