CUBA: LAND OF RUM, RHUMBA AND...
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CUBA: LAND OF RUM, RHUMBAAND REVOLUTION
• How to go legally with or without a boatHow to go legally with or without a boat
With Nigel Calder & Peter Swanson
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Cuba by the numbersLandmass: 44,000 square miles
Climate: Tropical in the trade-wind belt, modified by frontal systems from U.S. and by hurricanes
Shoreline: 3,000 nautical miles
Circumnavigation: 1,650 nautical miles
Islands and keys: 4,195
Percentage of coastal shelf navigable by boats over 25 feet: 70 percent
Quality of Cuban marine cartography: Good
Marinas: 15 with 2,000 slips (but there's a catch)
Planned marinas: 23 additional with more than 5,000 slips
Major colonial port cities: 6 (Havana, Matanzas, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, Santiago and Baracoa)
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Distances to Florida: 90 miles Mexico: 110 miles
Cayman Islands: 170 miles Jamaica: 80 miles
Hispaniola: 45 miles The Bahamas: 45 miles
Turks & Caicos: 110 miles
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The legalities:
• Still technically illegal to go except for 12 classes of allowed travel…
• Must fill out USCG paperwork • Leave from and return to USA • Maximum of two weeks • Severely limited legal cruising options… • There are charter fleets on the south coast
(Cienfuegos; Cayo Largo), and at Marina Gaviota
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12 General Licenses (according to OFAC)
“Family visits; official business of the U.S. government, foreign governments, and certain intergovernmental organizations; journalistic activity; professional research and professional meetings; educational activities; religious activities; public performances, clinics, workshops, athletic and other competitions, and exhibitions; support for the Cuban people; humanitarian projects; activities of private foundations or research or educational institutes; exportation, importation, or transmission of information or information materials; and certain authorized export transactions.”
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COMMERCE EXPORT LICENSE:
14 days in Cuban waters, no paperwork, if you qualify for a General License.
More than 14 days by application to Commerce, explaining what you are doing and how long you need. Go to this website to apply:
https://snapr.bis.doc.gov/snapr/exp/UserLoginLoad
“Advance U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives by ensuring an effective export control and treaty compliance system and promoting continued U.S. strategic technology leadership.”
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Boat insurance is available but…
• Only US citizens • From Florida back to Florida • Two week limit • The boat and its crew must comply with
all applicable regulations • Increased premium & doubled deductible
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OTHER RESOURCES: Yacht Pilot's Guide to Cuba by Cheryl Barr
A Cruising Guide to Cuba by Amaia Agirre and Frank Virgintino www.freecruisingguides.com
Cuba: Land & Sea group on Facebook, managed by Addison Chang.
Cuba Bound by Waterway Guides.
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The Nautical Landscape: A Counterclockwise Circumnavigatio
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Plans to clean up and shift commercial activities to Mariel
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The 3 essentials when dealing with officials:
• Patience: – Lot’s of officials – Lot’s of paperwork – Multiple clearances
• A sense of humor • Don’t pay bribes • Sealed meats; boiled eggs…
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Cayo Levisa
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Cayo Paraiso
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