Two fishermen and Hemingway admirers and two sailors set out to explore Cuba by sail.
Just before the voyage the Cubans had shot down a small airplane and had warned that any unauthorized boat or plane will be shot at. From the encounter with a defense station to being pulled off a mud bank,the SeaLife crew traveled through a different world. Instead of hostility they experienced the charm of the friendliest people in the Caribbean, who did not hesitate to issue a political opinion and offer skillful repairs and parts machined from scrap metal.
The amusingly different characters of the crew experienced the three faces of Cuba: the provincial country, where soldiers prevent them from entering, where a dentist makes more money as a dockhand than a professor; to fenced-in luxury resorts, where tourists are fed and entertained, and Havana, the most beautiful but decaying city in the hemisphere.
The approach through the Bahamas, and the sail home along the US coast makes Cuba stand out like a different planet.
- ISBN13 9781329056497
- Publish Date 10 April 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English