The Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway
Yet, due to a lack of suitable boats in which to train, Cuba is unable to send well-coached, highly competitive sailors to international games. The club is non-profit and completely independent,
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something boaters elsewhere take for granted but unusual in a socialist country. No funds come from the government; club income is from dues, donations and the members’ bar on the first floor of the clubhouse. After operating expenses, funds are used for club functions and nautical events, including hosting international sailboat races, fishing tournaments, junior sailing regattas and the national kayak and water-ski teams. The club also has a donated 25-foot sport fishing boat. The clubhouse is in a former private residence on Marina Hemingway’s Intercanal D. It has been refurbished ex-
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