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Back on track
Deirdre Farrell submitted her story about going aground a year ago, and must be wondering why it has taken so long to publish. Quite simply, I have been so busy writing for various boating magazines and delivering boats that the Cuba Cruising website has been given short shrift. You may have read some of my work in Soundings, Yachting and PassegeMaker and others.
Now current events have drawn me back to Cuba. Without going into the politics, it appears more likely than ever that the U.S. will lift the restrictions on travel to the island nation.
Cuba Cruising is a grass roots journalistic endeavor designed to provide information about destinations in Cuba. With the help of correspondents, I plan to report on destinations in Cuba beyond the amenities of Marina Hemingway so thoroughly described in many boating magazines. We hope also to provide a forum to air the experiences of fellow adventurers in the land of “rum, rhumba and revolution.”
We will also post as many photographs as we can get our hands on. We will show what the entrances to Cuba’s harbors and pocket bays look like on approach, and we will photograph Cuba’s people and places. Ultimately we must accomplish two things: We need to show how to safely navigate Cuban waters and discuss why you might choose a particular Cuban destination in the first place. With 2,000 miles of coastline, 1,600 cays and dozens of bays and inlets, there is much to chose from.
Here’s hoping “the change” comes soon.
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