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26 27 A ustralian-born movie star Errol Flynn was mostly known for his romantic and swashbuckling roles in such screen gems as The Adventures of Rob- in Hood and Captain Blood. In his off-screen life, he was an avid sailor and yachtsman, who once owned Navy Island, a 64-acre plot off Jamaica’s northeast coast, due north of Port Antonio, where he used to moor what he called his “dream ship”- the fabled Zaca, an 118 foot, two-mast- ed schooner with a 23-foot beam that had already sailed around the world before Flynn bought her in 1945 and steered her down Jamaica way. “Errol Flynn has a long history with Port Antonio,” says Chris- tine Downer, Marina Manager of the Errol Flynn Marina & Boat Yard, named after the Hollywood icon who once described the lush and verdant area of Portland Parish as more “beautiful than any woman” he had ever seen. “Across the harbor is Navy Island, and up to three or four years ago, his third wife, Patrice Wymore THE ERROL FLYNN MARINA & BOAT YARD FLYNN MARINA & BOAT YARD ERROL THE THE OTHER SIDE OF JAMAICA AT A GLANCE THE ERROL FLYNN MARINA & BOAT YARD WHAT: A mega-yacht facility for transient vessels WHERE: Port Antonio, Jamaica WEBSITE: www.errolflynnmarina.com