our position 19.55.85N 77.41.51W

Chaser 2
Yvonne Chapman
Sun 23 Mar 2008 11:58
We left Jamaica for Cuba in calm seas, we had a good sail overnight. Santiago de Cuba is still closed as a port on entry due they say to their rubbish incineration plant not working. Obviously this is an excuse, I personally believe it is more political, keeping the propaganda going to the public for a forthcoming US invasion. This isn't gonna happen either, but whatever it means we cannot clear in to Cuba there. The authorities told us that we can clear in 200 miles west in Trinidad.
 
We arrived therefore west of Santiago De Cuba, and anchored in a bay off the beach of Las Coloradas, the beach where Fidel Castro and his troops landed his boat to begin the Cuban revolution 50 years ago. We spent the night here to sleep before moving on west.