(Havana, Cuba)- Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Southern Ocean Racing
Conference, proudly hosted the third annual Miami to Havana Race for a
determined group of sailors from across America and the Caribbean. The
sailors were greeted by record-breaking, near-perfect sailing conditions
from their start off Miami, FL, across the notoriously tough and lumpy
Gulf Stream to Marina Hemingway in Havana, Cuba.The raced started on Valentine’s Day- February 14, 2018, just south of the Miami harbor entrance. It was a gorgeous day, breeze on; everyone headed fast SSW to Havana. A long-time J/sailor (J/24s, J/35s, J/
105s, J/70s recently), Steve Benjamin and his wife Heidi sailed their TP52 SPOOKIE to an elapsed time record.Meanwhile, in PHRF B Class the J/109 AFTERTHOUGHT sailed by Craig Wright took the bronze on the podium. They were followed by the J/120 TAMPA GIRL skippered by William Terry, his crew included Andrew Kranz, Oscar Rivas, Michael Gold and Wesley Shaw. For more Miami to Havana Race sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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