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The Florida Powerboat Club fleet heads to Cuba tomorrow morning, http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-news/3667-florida-powerboat-club-in-key-west-readying-for-cuba-run
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Florida Powerboat Club In Key West, Readying For Cuba Run
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“The workshop won’t just go through all the boating aspects of the run, but all the dos and don’ts of being in Cuba and what the expectations are,” said Stu Jones, the president of the Pompano Beach, Fla.-based club.
I was reading the list of do's and don'ts and was really surprised at what you can get arrested for. Wonder if everyone will come back?
I was reading the list of do's and don'ts and was really surprised at what you can get arrested for. Wonder if everyone will come back?
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U.S. Speedboat Rally in Havana
By Francisco Menendez
A broad nautical plan is scheduled to be carried out this year between the United States and Cuba, with 18 events, including a speedboat rally on May 17.
“After 58 years, this city is going to host a race of cutting-edge speedboats coming from Miami”, they officially announced. Commodore Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich, President of Havana’s Ernest Hemingway International Nautical Club, explained that 20 speedboats are going to be at the start line, with 90 crew members from the Florida Powerboat Club. This race is set to be held on May 17 and the speedboats will stay in Cuba through the 19th.
The voyage is going to be quite an event, since the motorboats will be reaching the buoy in Havana’s bay that very day. After their arrival, they’ll come together at St. Lazaro Cove, in front of the capital’s seawall, for a demonstration and they’ll sail along the coastal to Hemingway Marina, west of the city.
The Cigaretta-style speedboats will be formed there to favor the filming, and the president of that club, Stu Jones, is going to sing a friendship agreement with Diaz Escrich. With a speed of 55 miles per hour, the first speedboat is foreseen to make it to Cuba in two hours and half.
The executive of Hemingway Club gave details related to recreational nautical activities in Cuban this year, accompanied by the Commodore of Key West Yacht Club (United States), Robert Harvey, and the organizer of the Havana Cat Challenge Regatta, George Bellenger. The president of the Cuban Sailing Federation, Raidel Calero, and the top responsible for Friendship Cup Regatta, Alain Dupont, were also taking part in the conversation.
The regatta kicked off on May 14, also from the United States to Cuba. They announced that, through this year and only from the northern country to Havana, 18 nautical competitions have been scheduled as part of a nautical and friendship plan.
The speedboat race was first held in 1922 and the last one took place in 1958, the same distance, but different boat technology. Three US Hobie Cats vessels and the same number of Cuban ships, plus three Snipe, participated in the race on May 14. This is the third Friendship Cup held since 2000.
The list of nautical events includes the Havana Key West Yacht Club Challenge, on June 20, with 100 yachtsmen on 25 vessels, and the presence of boldface names from the fields of politics, economy and society of Key West.
The Havana World Record Challenge, in July, will have James Dennoyer, from Key West Yacht Club, trying to break the speed record and sail the distance between Key West and Havana in one hour (the present record was established by German Roger Kluh in August 2015). The Key West Yacht Club Challenge is also going to include aviation enthusiasts, with sport aircrafts, and an association agreement will be signed with Cuba’s Aviation Club, Hemingway Club and Key West aviation club.
On the other hand, Robert Harvey said that the 130 members of his Club in Key West are already connected to Cuba’s Hemingway Club, and he thanked the organization and the possibility to carry out these events at the archipelago. Cuba’s Ernest Hemingway Club (nestled in the marina with the same name) was founded on May 21, 1992 with 28 members from 10 countries and only one of them was a US citizen.
Nowadays, the membership is made up of 2,723 people from 65 nations. Over a thousand of them are Americans (there are some 11 thousand marinas in the United States).
Read more at: http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/noticia/us-speedboat-rally-havana
By Francisco Menendez
A broad nautical plan is scheduled to be carried out this year between the United States and Cuba, with 18 events, including a speedboat rally on May 17.
“After 58 years, this city is going to host a race of cutting-edge speedboats coming from Miami”, they officially announced. Commodore Jose Miguel Diaz Escrich, President of Havana’s Ernest Hemingway International Nautical Club, explained that 20 speedboats are going to be at the start line, with 90 crew members from the Florida Powerboat Club. This race is set to be held on May 17 and the speedboats will stay in Cuba through the 19th.
The voyage is going to be quite an event, since the motorboats will be reaching the buoy in Havana’s bay that very day. After their arrival, they’ll come together at St. Lazaro Cove, in front of the capital’s seawall, for a demonstration and they’ll sail along the coastal to Hemingway Marina, west of the city.
The Cigaretta-style speedboats will be formed there to favor the filming, and the president of that club, Stu Jones, is going to sing a friendship agreement with Diaz Escrich. With a speed of 55 miles per hour, the first speedboat is foreseen to make it to Cuba in two hours and half.
The executive of Hemingway Club gave details related to recreational nautical activities in Cuban this year, accompanied by the Commodore of Key West Yacht Club (United States), Robert Harvey, and the organizer of the Havana Cat Challenge Regatta, George Bellenger. The president of the Cuban Sailing Federation, Raidel Calero, and the top responsible for Friendship Cup Regatta, Alain Dupont, were also taking part in the conversation.
The regatta kicked off on May 14, also from the United States to Cuba. They announced that, through this year and only from the northern country to Havana, 18 nautical competitions have been scheduled as part of a nautical and friendship plan.
The speedboat race was first held in 1922 and the last one took place in 1958, the same distance, but different boat technology. Three US Hobie Cats vessels and the same number of Cuban ships, plus three Snipe, participated in the race on May 14. This is the third Friendship Cup held since 2000.
The list of nautical events includes the Havana Key West Yacht Club Challenge, on June 20, with 100 yachtsmen on 25 vessels, and the presence of boldface names from the fields of politics, economy and society of Key West.
The Havana World Record Challenge, in July, will have James Dennoyer, from Key West Yacht Club, trying to break the speed record and sail the distance between Key West and Havana in one hour (the present record was established by German Roger Kluh in August 2015). The Key West Yacht Club Challenge is also going to include aviation enthusiasts, with sport aircrafts, and an association agreement will be signed with Cuba’s Aviation Club, Hemingway Club and Key West aviation club.
On the other hand, Robert Harvey said that the 130 members of his Club in Key West are already connected to Cuba’s Hemingway Club, and he thanked the organization and the possibility to carry out these events at the archipelago. Cuba’s Ernest Hemingway Club (nestled in the marina with the same name) was founded on May 21, 1992 with 28 members from 10 countries and only one of them was a US citizen.
Nowadays, the membership is made up of 2,723 people from 65 nations. Over a thousand of them are Americans (there are some 11 thousand marinas in the United States).
Read more at: http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/noticia/us-speedboat-rally-havana
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Cuba: Fast Boats from Miami in Havana
Havana, May 17.- A total of 20 fast boats arrived in Havana from Miami as part of a rally, organized by the Florida Powerboat Club of the United States and the Enest Hemingway International Club, of Cuba.
The boats, with 90 crew members, started arriving at the 10:30 local time, and later, they made a small parade inside the Bay of Havana, towards the Marina Hemingway.
These fast boats constitute the first departure from Miami to Havana in more than 50 years, being part of a large recreation plan.
Jose Miguel Diaz, Commodore of the Hemingway Club of Cuba, stated these boats are reediting a competition made in Cuba for the first time in 1922, and later, in 1958.
Diaz sais that is the reason why US Commodore Robert Hervey, from the Key West Yatch Club, and also yatching expert and commodore George Bellenguer, among other yatching figures.
These high speed boats sailed from Miami at 8:00 Miami local time, and after different meetings and the signing of a brotherhood agreement with the Hemingway Club, will stay in Cuba until May 19.
A total of 18 competitions are scheduled for the rest of 2016. (Prensa Latina)
http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/25150:cuba-fast-boats-from-miami-in-havana
Havana, May 17.- A total of 20 fast boats arrived in Havana from Miami as part of a rally, organized by the Florida Powerboat Club of the United States and the Enest Hemingway International Club, of Cuba.
The boats, with 90 crew members, started arriving at the 10:30 local time, and later, they made a small parade inside the Bay of Havana, towards the Marina Hemingway.
These fast boats constitute the first departure from Miami to Havana in more than 50 years, being part of a large recreation plan.
Jose Miguel Diaz, Commodore of the Hemingway Club of Cuba, stated these boats are reediting a competition made in Cuba for the first time in 1922, and later, in 1958.
Diaz sais that is the reason why US Commodore Robert Hervey, from the Key West Yatch Club, and also yatching expert and commodore George Bellenguer, among other yatching figures.
These high speed boats sailed from Miami at 8:00 Miami local time, and after different meetings and the signing of a brotherhood agreement with the Hemingway Club, will stay in Cuba until May 19.
A total of 18 competitions are scheduled for the rest of 2016. (Prensa Latina)
http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/show/articles/25150:cuba-fast-boats-from-miami-in-havana
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U.S. speedboats showcase their talent and drive in Havana
A unique and rarely seen event took place Tuesday in Havana's shores, with 17 speedboats arriving from Miami to the Cuban capital as part of a rally organized by the Florida Powerboat Club of America and the International Club Ernest Hemingway in Cuba.
The boats with 85 crew members reached the shores of Havana at noon time and began their exhibition before hundreds of Cubans that watched from the famous seawall.
For American sailors this first rally was an initiative that should be repeated in the coming years as relations between both nations become better.
"I think it's a great opportunity for us to appreciate a new culture and I hope that in time we can have more exchanges," U.S. boatman Robert Brightley told Xinhua.
This rally is the first one of its type in more than 50 years from the United States and is part of a comprehensive plan for the recreational boating industry in the island.
"We have been very excited to come to Cuba and it is amazing for us. This is very cool," said Curtis Watkins, another of the U.S. participants.
The high speed boats left Miami and after this display will remain until May 19 in the island to hold various meetings and the signing of an agreement with the yacht club Hemingway.
"We are showing the world that the sea as well as being the scene of historical events and a source of prosperity for different countries can also be a scenario of love and friendship between peoples," said Jose Manuel Escrich, director of the Yacht Club of Cuba.
Sports and sailors exchanges increased after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana last year.
For the remainder of 2016, 18 boat sailing competitions between Cuban and the United States are scheduled. Endit
http://china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2016-05/18/content_38476133.htm
A unique and rarely seen event took place Tuesday in Havana's shores, with 17 speedboats arriving from Miami to the Cuban capital as part of a rally organized by the Florida Powerboat Club of America and the International Club Ernest Hemingway in Cuba.
The boats with 85 crew members reached the shores of Havana at noon time and began their exhibition before hundreds of Cubans that watched from the famous seawall.
For American sailors this first rally was an initiative that should be repeated in the coming years as relations between both nations become better.
"I think it's a great opportunity for us to appreciate a new culture and I hope that in time we can have more exchanges," U.S. boatman Robert Brightley told Xinhua.
This rally is the first one of its type in more than 50 years from the United States and is part of a comprehensive plan for the recreational boating industry in the island.
"We have been very excited to come to Cuba and it is amazing for us. This is very cool," said Curtis Watkins, another of the U.S. participants.
The high speed boats left Miami and after this display will remain until May 19 in the island to hold various meetings and the signing of an agreement with the yacht club Hemingway.
"We are showing the world that the sea as well as being the scene of historical events and a source of prosperity for different countries can also be a scenario of love and friendship between peoples," said Jose Manuel Escrich, director of the Yacht Club of Cuba.
Sports and sailors exchanges increased after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana last year.
For the remainder of 2016, 18 boat sailing competitions between Cuban and the United States are scheduled. Endit
http://china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2016-05/18/content_38476133.htm
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