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rowboat212
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I'm tempted to drag my floater down to south Florida and take a ride to Cuba... this development ought to open huge industry of folks doing just that... Tell me that doesn't sound like a freakin' GREAT trip, huh?
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But the idea of running an open bow 21' boat across the straight for and overnight or weekend trip simply sounds like the adventure and blast my family would really enjoy... I'm going to start planning now. :-)
Pretty stupid we deal with and can travel to China and Russia but not Cuba.
PC BYC, Holland, MI
PC BYC, Holland, MI
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Fuel economy and room to live aboard in comfort. Just sayin'.... The race is on to Havana and all points E/W from there... Don't forget the sunscreen and hat. lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_(boat)
Just sayin'.
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
PS Toilet paper seems to be in short supply! Basic toiletries are always welcome gifts to resort staff .
PC BYC, Holland, MI
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PC BYC, Holland, MI
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We took our rifles and zeroed them upon landing in Cuba, and from the tank tables range. the mirror sentry didn't like that too much... A few hours later, a vehicle pulled up to his post and a Cuban sniper got out and climbed into the post... It's the first time I laid eyes on a dragonov in enemy hands... after a few minutes of staring each other down through the optics, we started waiving at each other, and making faces... It was a touch of twilight zone, to be honest, and I guess as good a response as could be expected... That guy was brave... He had a single dragonov and there were no less than six m40a2's trained in on him the whole time. :-)
We did operation able manner and used Cuba as the stepping off point, which we still refer to as the 'haitian vacation' because all we did was float around the Caribbean on coasty boats intercepting hatians trying to float out of por de prince... we did run a recon on rigid hull inflatables into Haiti, and for purposes of gauging their abilities (in terms of numbers) to escape... that was eye opening... I imagine that Cuba will have a similar response when the gates open... There will be a mad dash across the straight... 90 miles is hella more likely than the distance between Haiti and Florida, and the waters more protected (you can walk durn near a third the distance), but still... in my older age I'm far more forgiving and compassionate about folks just trying to make their life better. and of course if me buying a few jugs of rum and some stogies helps them out... So be it... :-)
The thing is... If it's a habano fit for export, it's passed through Spain first. All Cuban habanos pass through Spain as part of an agreement for Spain bailing Cuba out after Andrew passed though, which wrecked the vuelta bajo... There are of course cigars available in Cuba, but 99% of them are 'factory counterfeit', meaning they are swiped by the factory workers with intent to sell..
Off the Fuentes fields of Dominican, there is nothing that comes close.
Nicaragua and Honduras is a bit different story.. the ground and climate there is superb, and would have surpassed Cuba (there own master blender, which is an office in Cuba admits this) if it weren't for the Sandinista's... they spiked the ground with chemicals in effort to kill the tobacco and cane industries... They are recovering, though, and a little known fact: many Cuban cigars aren't puros (meaning all from one origin) but instead have central American tobacco in them... they've done this to maintain their export agreement with Spain, and because storms subsequent to Andrew have at times hurt their ability to meet the numbers... when asked about the best tobacco being produced some years back, the Cuban master blender responded "jose pardon plantation', which shocked everyone because everyone expected the answer to be a vuelta bajo field, and not a plantation not even Cuban.
All that said... Cuba makes the absolute best... others are just reaching... They're getting closer in some cases, but... They're far behind.