Joe Cool
Contributor
Well, well, well! Look what I found this afternoon. I cannot remember if I read it somewhere but I landed on this website: Oceans for Youth Foundation
Aggressor Fleet seems to be preparing a new boat to cruise the Jardines dela Reyna. Travel to Cuba to dive this area will be done through a travel program hosted by Oceans for Youth Foundation. Interesting tid-bit is that among the Board of Directors are Wayne H. and Wayne B. I am sure this program was set up to accommodate US scuba divers/snorkelers to Cuba. Canadians or citizens of other nations do not need special permission to enter Cuba on vacation.
According to the Program Price page in the website, the first trip starts on April 28, 2016. Trips are 9 nights/10-days long. 2 days are spent on land then the rest on water.
I am not sure why the 2-day land thing is needed.
I am tempted to join this new liveaboard trip. I always dreamed of diving the Jardines dela Reyna.
The scary part is counting on the Cuban government to follow-through with their commitment to allow this program to happen by the time the boat is ready to sail. I say 'commitment' because I would not think Aggressor would commit to preparing a new boat without some kind of blessing from the Cuban Government. I just read in the news that the Cuban government sided with Venezuela concerning a man that was recently apprehended and accused of spying for the US. This and other future incidents may sour Cuba's already warming relations with the US. I am not sure which boat Aggressor is preparing for this liveaboard program but I hope it won't go to waste like the M/Y Moon Diver that EV was preparing for trips out in Mexico's Chinchorro Banks that never happened.
I wonder whose boat Aggressor has signed up to join them. There is currently one liveaboard operator that I know that offers trips around the Jardines dela Reyna.
Aggressor Fleet seems to be preparing a new boat to cruise the Jardines dela Reyna. Travel to Cuba to dive this area will be done through a travel program hosted by Oceans for Youth Foundation. Interesting tid-bit is that among the Board of Directors are Wayne H. and Wayne B. I am sure this program was set up to accommodate US scuba divers/snorkelers to Cuba. Canadians or citizens of other nations do not need special permission to enter Cuba on vacation.
According to the Program Price page in the website, the first trip starts on April 28, 2016. Trips are 9 nights/10-days long. 2 days are spent on land then the rest on water.
I am not sure why the 2-day land thing is needed.
I am tempted to join this new liveaboard trip. I always dreamed of diving the Jardines dela Reyna.
The scary part is counting on the Cuban government to follow-through with their commitment to allow this program to happen by the time the boat is ready to sail. I say 'commitment' because I would not think Aggressor would commit to preparing a new boat without some kind of blessing from the Cuban Government. I just read in the news that the Cuban government sided with Venezuela concerning a man that was recently apprehended and accused of spying for the US. This and other future incidents may sour Cuba's already warming relations with the US. I am not sure which boat Aggressor is preparing for this liveaboard program but I hope it won't go to waste like the M/Y Moon Diver that EV was preparing for trips out in Mexico's Chinchorro Banks that never happened.
I wonder whose boat Aggressor has signed up to join them. There is currently one liveaboard operator that I know that offers trips around the Jardines dela Reyna.