Challenge and Adventure supports our friend John Webster’s efforts to open Cuba to all US sailors.  We encourage you to visit the link to OpenCuba.org on this page and show your support for this venture.

The Event: This is a Beach Catamaran race combining two long distance open ocean legs and one full day of Sailing instruction for Cuban Youth Sailors. The two open ocean legs, each an event unto itself consist of 95.66 Nautical Miles from start to finish.  One leg from Key West to the Hemingway Yacht Club in CUBA and a return leg from Cuba to Key West in the USA.

A Cultural Exchange Event

November 12 – 15, 2010

Location: Key West, Florida to Cuba and back

Help the OpenCuba.org campaign break 100,000 signatures

Dear friends,

As you all know, I am working to assemble a race from Key West to Cubs scheduled for mid November 2010.
You can assist by doing the following: I want to ask you and all your friends to add your voice to the OpenCuba.org campaign urging U.S. leaders to give all Americans the freedom to travel to Cuba. Since launching the campaign in May, more than 95,000 people have visited OpenCuba.org to sign the petition.
Never before in the 50 year history of the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba has there been such an upwelling of popular support for change. 

But the challenge ahead remains significant. If we can break the 100,000 mark we will send a powerful message to U.S. leaders that cannot be ignored. We need your help to help reach 100,000 signatures.

To date 180 Congressmen and 33 Senators have sponsored the bipartisan Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act, which seeks to open up travel to Cuba for all U.S. citizens. 

Help get the message out to your friends and family. Remind them Cuba is the only country in the world Americans are not allowed to visit. 

The opportunity to end the ban hangs in the balance. Seize the moment. 

Thanks in advance for your support.
John A. Webster
Founder and Commodore
The Cuba Run 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/the-cuba-run