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June/July 2018june/july 2018cruisingworld.com40 THAT CUBAN MYSTIQUE
A sailing rally to Cuba answered a lifelong question: What’s the island nation just 90
miles across the Strait of Florida really like?
By Jennifer Brett50 A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL
An Atlantic crossing on a big cruising catamaran gives a crew of monohull sailors a
taste of what life is like atop two hulls.
By Sheryl and Paul Shard56 CABO OR BUST
Predominately light winds were the rule for the 24 th Baja Ha-Ha, the annual
southbound exodus of cruisers from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas and beyond.
By Mark Pillsbury64 TALES FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC
For more than a century, writers have been inspired by the exotic and tropical isles of
French Polynesia.
By Michael RobertsonMARKPILLSBURY56
One mention of
the South Pacific,
and even a farmer
in Nebraska
who’s spent his
entire life in the
American Midwest
will conjure a
ready knowledge
of white-sand
beaches, topless
native women and
cannibals.TALES FROM THE
SOUTH PACIFIC,
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A Lagoon 50 is out for
sea trials following the
Miami International Boat
Show.
Photo by Billy Black