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Havana Regatta 1952 – Sailing into a Coup d’Etat

Published – Sailing World ©2013 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert “No one was hurt fortunately,” said George Bass of Detroit as he pointed out the bullet holes in his yacht’s mainsail. “But it was...

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How A New Orleans Regatta Created Cancun

© 2013 Troy Gilbert The history of how a little known regatta that started in New Orleans put the first feet on the sand and helped to create Cancun. In a Sports Illustrated article on the third...

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Imagining Havana

Published: April 1996  Mid-Gulf Sailing © 2013 Troy Gilbert By: Michael Frankel Note: This is our first in a series of re-publishing still relevant cruising stories from the publication, Mid-Gulf...

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Sarasota – Havana Regatta 1994

Published: August 1994  Mid-Gulf Sailing © 2013 Troy Gilbert By Don Roberts Havana—a city whose name conjures up visions of intrigue, mystery and fast action—has remained inaccessible to sailboat...

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Camionautas! – Cuban Truckonauts

These are ingenious custom boat builds by Cubans attempting to reach American shores… honestly if someone is that creative and entrepreneurial – I say let em into the states. Detailed information with...

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South to Havana – Cuba Race 2015

Published – Sailing World ©2015 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Lambasted in a Miami Tribune editorial as “Dangerously naive stooges of Castro’s propaganda,” crews racing in the 1994 Sarasota to...

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Havana or Bust!

Published – Sailing World ©2016 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Neil and Janet Davies had spent two months preparing their Hunter 42, Midnight Sun II, for Pensacola YC’s race to Havana, Cuba, but...

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Cuban Rum – Locally Sourced

Published – Sailing World ©2016 – All Rights Reserved – Troy Gilbert Sailors have an affectionate place in their hearts for rum, so when Lesson #1’s bowman, Randall Richmond, was offered a crew...

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