| Although the sailing season in the South
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| | The other interesting alternative is
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| Eastern Mediterranean runs from mid-May
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| | Cuba. The country does not always enjoy
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| to the end of October, there is still
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| | the best of press coverage, and is in
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| significant demand from European sailors
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| | many ways a good advertisement for the
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| for charters in waters warm during the
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| | failure of socialism. Despite that there
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| long, cold Northern winter.
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| | is a rapidly emerging yacht charter
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| | industry on the northern coast. Transfer
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| Traditionally the Caribbean has been the
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| | times from Havana airport are a little
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| main beneficiary of this. The British
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| | long at 2 1/2 hours, but you do get to
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| have tended to go to the ex-colonies -
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| | see some of the islands magnificent
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| the Virgin Islands, Antigua, and Grenada.
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| | scenery. The sailing itself is fabulous.
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| This always has two problems. Travel
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| | Getting there is also relatively easy via
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| costs are high and/or inflexible, and the
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| | either Madrid or Barcelona. The latter in
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| area is equally popular with North
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| | particular has plenty of low-cost flights
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| Americans to the point that it gets very
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| | from all over the UK, so it isvery easy
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| crowded. Getting there from the USA is
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| | to combine a couple of days there with a
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| seriously cheap and easy, and there is
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| | Caribbean holiday sailing in Cuba.
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| little or no time difference.
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| | Last but by no means least is Belize. OK
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| The charming French islands of
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| | OK, so you don't know where it is.
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| Martinique and Guadeloupe have long been
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| | Neither did we until we got interested in
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| an attractive alternative to the
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| | the yacht charters business. You may know
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| traditional winter destinations for
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| | it as British Honduras though. Anyway
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| frost-bitten Brits, but one that they
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| | it's in the middle of the Central
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| seem determined to ignore. A quick
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| | American mainland. Yes it is very very
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| connecting hop to Paris and a direct
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| | difficult to reach, and should only even
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| flight from there to either French island
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| | be on your agenda if you have at least
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| is an altogether more attractive option;
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| | two weeks to spare, with three an
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| when you get there the Gallic charm (and
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| | advantage! It's definitely near the top
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| excellent food) is much in evidence; and
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| | of our personal wish list. There are
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| there are plenty of yachts to charter
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| | three reasons for this. Belize is home to
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| from companies every bit as well equipped
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| | the world's second biggest coral reef,
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| and more flexible than their neighbours
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| | and you are sailing inside it in a
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| in the English speaking Caribbean! The
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| | catamaran; on shore there are some of the
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| cruising opportunities are almost the
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| | world's greatest Mayan monuments, and
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| same.
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| | some amazing luxury boutique hotels.
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