Every winter for the past 17 years, the Barr family of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, has cruised Cuba, amassing a tremendous amount of local knowledge and information. Cheryl Barr--that's Captain Barr to you--is in the process of preparing Volume 2 of Cruising Guide to Cuba under the family's Yachting Pilot imprimatur, for publication this fall. On the Cruising in Cuba website, she writes: "With continued easing of U.S. travel restrictions for Americans going to Cuba, we are increasingly optimistic that restrictions placed on U.S. boaters going there will also be lifted--maybe this year?" Check out the site: http://www.cruisingincuba.com/ Lots of interesting info on the site, such as: "At one time, U.S. vessels that were docked in a Cuban marina would be situated in a less visible location so that no one could photograph them. Today, U.S. flagged yachts tie among the other vessels and have no special dockside treatment. American passports are still not stamped upon entry." Every year or two, I start thinking of cruising Cuba with my small powercat. An email from Cheryl has kicked off the process again. Anyone on the List thinking of cruising Cuba? --Georgs Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com Your host at TrawlerCrawler.net since 2009 http://www.trawlercrawler.net