A sailboat race from Key West to Cuba (& back) is planned for November of next year.
Small & fast catamarans (18-24 feet) will begin racing at the White Street Pier, covering 95 miles to Marina Hemingway, Cuba. Racers will spend a couple days in Cuba on a mission of cultural exchange focused on sailing. The return trip to Key West is another 95 mile race.
Race organizers have set up a Google groups site at: http://groups.google.com/group/the-cuba-run . You can read more about it there.
I swear, if you listen hard enough, you can hear the Cuban travel embargo leaning over, creaking past the tipping point, ready to fall at any momemt. A political Leaning Tower of Piza if you will. (Yes, I'm aware the Piza Tower has been stabilized).
One has to wonder if the travel ban has in effect been left to expire.
If nothing else, the government no longer wants to defend it.
Take a look at this story about Mytchell Mora - an American who traveled illegally to Cuba and announced that fact upon his return at U.S. Customs. He's hoping to challenge the travel ban in court. Instead, Customs sent him home - without punishment, and with his Cuban souveneirs.
Meanwhile, OFAC, the branch of government in charge of enforcement of Cuba travel rules, is losing funding in a move to quietly deflate the policy.
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Dang! Sounds like major fun; about time!
We're leaving on August 25th for an "illegal" trip to Cuba. We plan on spending my birthday there and might even get married!
Why? Because we are citizens of the world and we don't think any government should dictate where we can travel. We'll form our own opinion of Cuba and Cubans.
We'll write a review of our trip as we progress and more when we return. Les
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