A Farewell to Cuba
Cuba has assumed near mythical properties in the community of sailors around the world. It is almost impossible to utter the name without conjuring up images of rum, sultry latin music and revolution. _ ere is both a bad-boy aura of the forbidden and a seductive call of discovery that make sailors want to visit this island that is unlike any other destination.
As the largest island in the Antilles, Cuba has been in_ uenced by maritime tradition throughout its history. From the treasure galleons of Spain to African slave ships and the sinking of the in Havana Harbor, vessels of all descriptions have helped to mold the island into what it is today. Since 1963, however, when the Cuban Assets Control Regulations were put into place to enforce the U.S. embargo on Cuba, American private sailors had
