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Trump’s Cuba Policies: The Upshot for U.S. Boaters
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
A Boat Delivery to Florida via Cuba
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
Five Days in Havana
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
Five Days in Havana Slide Show
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
American Hobie 16 Sailors Square Off Against Cuban Sailors in Havana Harbor
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