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Tag Archives: cuba
BV4 (VIDEO): Across the Gulf Stream to West End
“Never cross with a north wind!” Can you hear it? Pam Wall’s little energetic voice? She repeated this warning many times when we first saw, heard and met her at the Miami Boat Show back in February, 2015. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Bahamas Bound, Boat Projects, Equipment Failures, Sail Skills, Videos, Voyage to Cuba
Tagged bahamas, blue water, blue water voyage, cuba, gulf stream, key west, niagara 35, offshore voyage, pam wall, west end
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Wind Chicken Gone Wild! (Article in SAIL Magazine)
The wind chicken did what? Another really fun article here for you guys that was just recently published in SAIL Magazine’s July 2017 issue about our five-day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico this past December to Cuba. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Voyage to Cuba
Tagged cuba, gulf of mexico, offshore, rudder post, voyage, wind chicken
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#95: Historic Havana: Sail There with Me!
Mojitos at La Bodeguita del Medio, walk the historic Cathedral Square, tour Hemingway’s house, Finca Viega, dance at the Floradita and see inside the Casa Particular we rented for $40 CUCs/night. We take you all through Havana in this video … Continue reading
Posted in Videos, Voyage to Cuba
Tagged cuba, finca viega, floradita, havana, hemingway, la bodeguita del medio, offshore training, offshore voyage
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#94: Clearing Customs and Exploring Cuba
Want to know exactly what it feels like to go through the customs process after sailing to Cuba? Come along. We’ll walk you through. Show you exactly who boarded and what they wanted to know. We’ve included a lot of … Continue reading
#93: Cuba Voyage Finale: Gulf Stream Crossing and Landfall in Cuba
The current of the Gulf Stream is no joke, particularly when it is pushing you into head winds. Watch as we reef up and cross a pretty kicked up sea state across the Gulf Stream, sing to our first Cuban … Continue reading
Posted in Gift of Cruising, Sail Skills, Videos, Voyage to Cuba
Tagged cuba, customs in cuba, Gift of Cruising, gulf stream, landfall, marina hemingway, offshore, passage, patreon
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The “Customs” in Cuba
“How much does it cost to stay at Marina Hemingway?” “What are the facilities like?” “Do you have to call before you can come in?” These are all the kinds of questions we’re been getting from all kinds of curious … Continue reading
Posted in Voyage to Cuba
Tagged clearing customs, cuba, cucs, customs, havana, marina hemingway, pesos, quarantine flag, sailing to cuba
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#91: Cuba Voyage III: Power Management Underway
Follow along as we are mesmerized by a jumping pod of dolphins at the bow, monitor the power situation (and show you our cool below-decks inverter), and make our one BIG tack of the trip. We had some great wind … Continue reading
Posted in Videos, Voyage to Cuba
Tagged cuba, dolphins, inverter, offshore, passage, power, provisioning
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How to Reduce Heeling
We’re not perfect sailors, we just are sailors because we have a sailboat and we get out and go. We don’t have any piece of paper or certificates that even tell us we can sail. We just do, which means we … Continue reading
Posted in Sail Skills, Voyage to Cuba
Tagged cuba, furling genoa, heavy weather sailing, offshore, reefing, sail tactics, sail tips, sail trim
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#90: Cuba Voyage II: Heavy Heeling
Get ready for it to blow! These weren’t super heavy winds but they were on the nose and had Plaintiff’s Rest really heeled over during the second night and day of our voyage to Cuba. Our Niagara 35 proved she … Continue reading