30/11/2016 : A change of plans, Cuba is off!

We're both feeling pretty disappointed at the moment having just taken the decision not to go to Cuba.  The recent death of Castro has the country operating an official 9 days of mourning with everything closed : No restaurants, bars or public buildings open in the lead up to his funeral on Sunday.  We finally managed to find that the marina we would have had to enter through is open, after a frustrating day making calls and talking to people, but that was about the only thing.  Our only weather window to cross the Straits of Florida was tonight.  So of our week in Cuba, it would have been closed for 4 of the 7 days.  Add to that the cost of entry and marina fees (over £650), then we decided it just wasn't worth it this time on every level.  So, despite getting Canadian dollars sorted and buying a lot of things to take as gifts for the Cubans, we'll head to the Bahamas instead, probably sailing straight there leaving tomorrow morning.  C'est la vie ...... with a little bit more time to wait for another weather window it might just have happened but not this time.  So we're sad but pragmatic ....