On Friday, President Donald Trump turned back the clock on the Obama Administration’s policy of engagement with Cuba, making it more difficult for ordinary American citizens to visit. This article is designed to clarify how these changes affect boaters, to the degree possible ...read more
The proposal struck a chord: Jock, an old sailing buddy, had his Pacific Seacraft 37, Annie, in Puerto Rico and welcomed hands to bring her back to Florida for sale. And since Cuba was opening up, Havana would be the intermediate destination. Jock was a colleague from Foreign ...read more
Cuba is huge—it spans more than 600 miles from east to west. We saw abundant signs of civilization as we sailed along the coast and closed in on Havana after a six-and-a-half day passage from Fajardo, Puerto Rico. We dodged fish pots, usually laid out in strings of eight to 10; ...read more
Cruisers fulfill a long-held ambition to sail to Cuba “It doesn’t take much imagination to see the place as it was in the ‘30s and ‘40s,as all of the décor and architecture remains original and highly authentic.” Five Days in Havana ">Read Andy's story Five days in Havana here ...read more
ICW, by Tom HaleCaribbean, by Andy Schell & Mia Karlsson $175 per couple $95 per person If using Firefox, please use the link at the bottom of the page. Thank you! Traveling along the ICW is a great way to explore the Atlantic coastline as you move your boat south to warmer ...read more
As relations with Cuba continue to improve, sailboat races are returning to the long-forbidden island nation. The first of these, the Havana Challenge, took place from May 15 to May 21 when a group of American Hobie 16 sailors from Key West, Florida, raced to Marina Hemingway ...read more
It would be easy to say that President Obama’s move to normalize relations with Cuba is what brought us there in our Island Packet 38. Truth is, six months before our visit we began planning our tour of the western Caribbean. The original route was Key West to Isla Mujeres, off ...read more