Over the last few years, SORC competitors have raced to the Bahamas in the Nassau Cup Race, Key West in the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race, Jamaica in the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, yet the crown jewel sitting geographically between all of those terrific winter racing destinations, Cuba, remained out of reach. This changed in 2016 and now SORC competitors have twice raced to Cuba. We have all been anxiously awaiting the release of the revisions to the OFAC and BIS travel regulations, which finally came out on November 8, 2017. The only amendment to the travel category under which competitors race is language applying the prohibition on financial transactions with prohibited entities to this category of travel. This does not effect Marina Hemingway, and Marina Hemingway is not on the list of prohibited entities. The race is ON!

The Third Annual Miami to Havana Race, starts on March 13, 2019, just south of the Miami harbor entrance. Coral Reef Yacht Club will host the Skippers Meeting and Party on March 12, and the fleet will gather southeast of Government Cut the next morning for the race to Havana.

Full details can be found on the race website.