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Greetings,
Mr. m. You bring up the main point of travel IMO. Cultural experience.
Mr. m. You bring up the main point of travel IMO. Cultural experience.
Greetings,
Mr. m. You bring up the main point of travel IMO. Cultural experience.
May lower your chance of getting caught, but it is still completely illegal.What if you leave from Canada or the islands in the St. Lawrence that belong to France?
It isn't a passport stamp that will get you; it is the air surveillance cameras, whether satellite or plane that will tattle your presence. Don't for a second think the U.S. government doesn't have a record of the name & home port of each & every small yacht in Cuban waters. This I know. The photo(s) of your boat will be tacked on a wall someplace. Before you set your anchor, they'll also have the skinny on you & any crew. Our gov't might do stupid things, but our intelligence agencies are are not only smart but vigilant, & they have electronic equipment most of us can't even imagine.
It isn't a passport stamp that will get you; it is the air surveillance cameras, whether satellite or plane that will tattle your presence. Don't for a second think the U.S. government doesn't have a record of the name & home port of each & every small yacht in Cuban waters. This I know. The photo(s) of your boat will be tacked on a wall someplace. Before you set your anchor, they'll also have the skinny on you & any crew. Our gov't might do stupid things, but our intelligence agencies are are not only smart but vigilant, & they have electronic equipment most of us can't even imagine.
I have never met anyone who has seen even a fraction of the world.....move along and support the government of the country you live in...right or wrong.
Change policy....but not by flagrantly breaking the law.
Have you suffered going to the Atlantis resort? Ugh, it's as bad as a cruise ship.
Not a lot of experience. My take is it can’t possibly totally be our fault.
The one and only cruise ship I’ve ever been on was Royal Caribbean, and it was filled with nearly 50% non-Americans by my estimation. This was just this last February.
I was also a little surprised that RCI (Royal Caribbean) may be based in Miami, but is incorporated in Liberia. Founded in Norway. And a mess of acquisitions since, many not based in the US.
Should we be blaming the Norwegians and Liberians for all this, and also half the ship of not Americans? Yes, I know that’s ridiculous.
I don’t doubt your experience and things you view as negative. I tend to agree with your sentiments, even if I haven’t experienced them directly. Just not the “Totally ruined it” being an American only activity.
The cruise in February was my first ever, part of a 16 person family trip celebrating my in-laws 50th. Would not have been my choice, but was a neat experience. I’d much rather have a small boat and go myself, and I love the idea of leaving only footprints. I can surely see impacts of 5000 people on a ship on a small island.
It’s just not any one nation’s fault.
I guess the bigger question I have is what realistic things can be done?
For example, being only a Great Lakes and river boater my entire life until now, the idea of pumping anything but water overboard is appalling to me. But I’ve also learned a lot (here) that tells me in some cruising cases, this is the best option sometimes.
Is it realistic to have pump out facilities more accessible to all?
"it is the air surveillance cameras, whether satellite or plane that will tattle your presence. Don't for a second think the U.S. government doesn't have a record of the name & home port of each & every small yacht in Cuban waters."
Satellites may zip by overhead , but their photo recon works just fine at lower angles.
What was WOW! a few years ago by our 17 gov agency's that keep track of us all,is now common off the shelf commercial product.
Googled your home street lately?
I also feel that the best way to “support” our government is to call out actions it makes that are morally wrong, economically stupid, or simply illegal. I’ve had lots of opportunity to support the government over the past couple of years.
I also feel that the best way to “support” our government is to call out actions it makes that are morally wrong, economically stupid, or simply illegal. I’ve had lots of opportunity to support the government over the past couple of years.
...Among a plethora of other reasons the Cuban embargo is a left over from the era where "Commies" were the flavor of the day as far as necessary enemies of the US goes.
(Underlined bit mine).
Why does it seem necessary for the US to always have an enemy?
Anybody want to take a stab at it, or provide a link to someone who has?
(Underlined bit mine).
Why does it seem necessary for the US to always have an enemy?
Anybody want to take a stab at it, or provide a link to someone who has?
Why does it seem necessary for the US to always have an enemy?
Lower angles? You must be kidding. How is a satellite going to get a picture of you stern HORIZONTALLY? Please. And even if it could, the satellite cannot orient itself to the direction a boat is heading. Methinks you ascribe far too much capability. In any case, the satellite folks have better things to do with their eqipment to potentially nab a couple of pleasure boaters going to Cuba.
Expand your horizons by going thousands of miles to stay in a hotel nearly like the one which is only blocks from your own house. Congratulations.
Americans have destroyed everything....Expand your horizons by going thousands of miles to stay in a hotel nearly like the one which is only blocks from your own house. Congratulations.
Americans have destroyed everything, especially the US. That is why we have 58.5 million foreign born people living here. We fooled them. (58.5M according to the UN DESA) https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.asp