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CRUISING CUBA : PRIVATE
BAREBOAT & CREWED SAILING VESSELS
Cuba sailing, Cuba yacht charters, Cuba cruises, Cuba honeymoons, Caribbean sailing charters, Havana and Cienfuegos
Let us book your flights from
Australia to Cuba, as well as any pre/post charter hotel accommodation that you require!
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Vessels available in Cuba with or
without skipper **Please note: With
an additional base in Cuba we also offer
the following vessels:
Summer Specials from May to September (on vessels listed
below) ***All Bavaria yachts are now being equipped with wind generators so efficient electricity can be produced aboard for extensive tours to the untouched nature of the Cayos. CABIN CHARTERS If interested, please contact us for more information.
Fill out our Charter Request Form now to request a booking for Cuba
Sailing Area Its geographic situation in the centre of a ten-mile-deep bay, with an entrance only some hundred yards wide, early made Cinefuegos an important harbour. Today the port, with sugar for export as its most important product, ranks second only to Havana. Nevertheless, the city could maintain the beauty of its setting as well as its rich architectural heritage from the 19th century. The Teatro Tomás Terry, where Caruso once performed, and the Palacio de Valle, a moorish-styled villa of an early 20th-century sugar tycoon which is nowadays featuring a restaurant, are among Cuba's most famous historical buildings. Climate: Cuba lies at the rim of the tropics and therefore has only two "seasons": the (comparatively) drier and cooler between November and April and the (comparatively) warmer and more humid between May and October, which has dry and particularly hot stretches in July and August. For our standards, it is always warm with an average January minimum of not less than 18°C and far more than 30°C in August; the sea temperature is never below 24°C – all these being the statistical values of Havana at the "cool" north coast. Wind: The reliable trade winds are blowing constantly from easterly directions with a tendency to the north in winter and to the south in summer. Wind speed averages at 10 to 15 knots in winter and 5 to 10 knots in summer, when calm times are also possible. Especially where the mountains reach close to the coastline, catabatic effects can be observed to influence the prevailing easterlies. This weather system is subject to two main disturbances: the nortes or northers in winter, violent intrusions of cold air, which affect the north coast with nominal drops of temperature that cause all Havana to catch a cold and make many harbour entrances virtually impassable. Hurricanes can only arise at water temperatures of more than 27°C in the Atlantic and are therefore limited to the late summer months with a peak in September and October. Modern meteorology is able to predict these tropical storms very reliably. Tides: Along the whole Cuban coast there are only minor tides which reach a maximum of 0,6 m at he northwest coast. At the south coast we have an irregular semidiurnal tide of less than half a meter, which, however, should be taken into account in island passages and shallow areas. Currents are, except in very narrow passages, very moderate. Magnetic variation: The local magnetic variation increases from west (Cabo San Antonio in 2000: ca. 1°W) to east (Punta Maisí: ca. 8°W) with an annual increase of ca. 8’W. Coastal Formation: Even in the age of GPS and chart plotters, the sharp eye of the skipper remains the most important navigational instrument. "Eyeball Navigation" is mandatory, most of all the correct recognition and interpretation of the colour shades of the water. An elevated position and polarizing sunglasses are very useful at this "living" coast: coral and mangroves don't stick to navigational mapping and have certainly developed on since the last survey! Outside protected lagoons there can also be a significant movement of the sea in shallow waters. The bottom of the sea rises more or less vertically from a depth of more than a thousand meters to close beyond the surface. The most significant gradient on the whole earth is near the southeast coast of Cuba: from Pico Turquino (1972 m) in the Sierra Maestra down to a depth of more than 7000 m below sea level.
Diving & Snorkelling If the required knowledge and training are granted, the yachts can also be used as a 'diving base', and the necessary equipment can be rented at very reasonable rates at our base Languages Spanish, sometimes English, more rarely French. Essential equipment Anti-mosquito products and basic medicines (aspirin, disinfectant, etc.) often difficult to find in the islands. Light clothes and shoes for walking (often). Taste the good food This is the land of the rock lobster that lives in colonies near the coral reef. Dishes of chicken and pork accompanied by brown rice, fried bananas and sweet potatoes. What to see and buy Marvellously fragrant cigars, directly from the factory and very reasonably priced, but which can only be taken back in limited quantities! A record of salsa band music… How to pay In Pesos, but tourism uses the US dollar. Payment is mainly in cash. Withdraw with your credit card from the bank. Fill out our Charter Request Form now to request a booking for Cuba
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