La Isla de La Eterna Juventud

La Isla de la Eterna Juventud in Cuba is one of the world's unrivaled tourist destinations. An island that truly captivates the beauty of nature in keeping with the English translation of its name "The Isle of Youth”.

An Enchanted Island

The Island is peacefully situated to the South of Hanava. La Isla de la Eterna Juventud is known for its myths and exciting activities that you can take pleasure in. The island is also known for their excellent spas and therapeutic services, this is one of their trademarks. The Island is of volcanic origin that gives them huge and astounding hot springs. 

La Isla de la eterna juventud is well-off of their diverse ecosystems and natural resources. The Island is bounded by coral reefs, cloudy mountains, limestone cliffs and teeming wildlife which creates a center of attention to the local and foreign visitors.
 
Great Activities

There are a lot of fun activities that you can do while visiting the Island. You can enjoy the enchanting shaped hill that is found in the west end of Calle. You can do mountain climbing, going to the mountain top where you can see the most of the north of the Island. At the very end you can see the deep cave with a solid stairway going down to limited swimming hole. 
 

You can also enjoy diving and snorkeling. The Island has 56 diving sites off the coast of El Cony. Also, the Island is the territory of Frances Marine National Park, it is covered with stunning caves, healthy corals and loaded with different kinds of colorful and beautiful fishes like the nurse shark, barracuda,spadefish, crabs and a lot more... 

 
The journey in La Isla de la eterna juventud is never ending, the thrill never stops. Visiting the “The Isle of Youth”will give you a great peek of nature with a combination of culture, tradition and history.

The Five Times You Should Always Wear Your Life Jacket

This is an important decision.  Whether as a skipper or an individual member of a crew.  Some skippers make it easy and insist on a life jacket form the moment you step on board.  That said, the majority don't and this is where some simple guidelines can help.  

My approach is taken from a wide variety of sailing courses, expeditions and programmes run under the auspicies of the Joint Services Adventure Sail Training Organisation in the United Kingdom.  Whilst I am very much against a hard and fast rule approach, after all, rules are for fools and the guidance of wise men; I aslo believe it prudence: 

"there are old pilot and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots."

What is required is a framework that can be adapted easily.  It is reasonable to expect a different approach in drifting conditions in the warm caribbean seas close to land, than say in a cold Baltic Sea in winter.  There must also be room for differences in physical fitness.

I believe that Joint Service's advice, which I now use as my own, is a framework capable of dealing with these variances and have served me well.

When you feel you want to.  Obvious, but important.  No one should feel that it is inappropriate to wear their life jacket.  

When instructed to be the Skipper.  This can be extended to others such as Mates' and Watchleaders' on larger craft; but ultimately the decision to wear life jackets lies with the skipper.

In Poor Visibility.  The danger to small craft intensifies in low visibility conditions and so does the available time to react.  It is prudent to think ahead and wear life jackets in these conditions.

At Night.  As with poor visibility, the night brings it's own specific challenges and wearing life Jackets and 'clipping on' are essential for safe sailing.

In Poor Weather Conditions.  The definitions will vary on many factors, size of craft, experience of skipper and crew.  Some say once you have reefed as a 'rule of thumb'.  I like the, if your thinking about it... it's time, approach.

Don't get me wrong, this is not an exhaustive list, I always insist of life jackets in the tender in all but the warmest and sheltered waters, when going aloft as a secondary harness to the bosun's chair.

But if you remember these 5 times, you will quickly be able to overlay prevailing conditions, apply common sense, and sail a safe passage.  Bon voyage!



Chris

Christopher J Lait PGDipM FInstLM MIoD | Principal | Drake Academy Ltd 

DD: +44 (0)207 117 6375 | M: +44 (0)7971 293550 | T: @drake_ac_b2b | #sailtolead
www.drakeacademy.co.uk

Chris founded a sailing company to bring a distinctive brand of luxury crewed sailing to the holiday market.  disappointed with run of the mill experiences and surly unimaginative skippers, Drake Academy Sailing seeks to blend local culture, fun and sailing together in a memorable way with dedicated and experienced staff.  For more information contact travel@drakeacademy.co.uk or visit the website at www.drakeacademy.co.uk/travel

Chris served 24 years in the British Army and has been sailing, teaching and leading expeditions for nearly 20 of them.  Now an academic in the leadership field, Chris passes on his sailing a leadership experience to businesses at corporate sailing events, leadership events run by a company he founded when he left the Armed Forces and through speaking.

You can contact chris@drakeacademy.co.uk or voa the website at www.drakeacademy.co.uk/corporate

Blog 1 - Top 3 Must See Places in the British Virgin Islands

Top 3 Must See Places in the British Virgin Islands - 1 of 3

Blog Number One in a Series of Three

This is a short blog series covering some our favorite places to visit, in our opinion, the must see places.  We would love to hear your experiences and we would love to share your images here to.

This wasn't easy; I so much want to make it the top 100 must see places to visit!  But in the end I settled on the places I know the guests always ask to go back to.  Please enjoy the blog.

Number 3 - White Bay Jost Van Dyke

Legend has it the island's name comes from a 17th century Dutch privateer named Joost van Dyk who used its bights (the pirate name for a bay named after a bight of rope which forms the same shape) as hideouts.  As you approach from the south, you can see the main 3 harbours ahead.  It becomes increasing easy to see how White Bay, the most derived its name.

The white sand beaches are visible from distance as you sail gently towards the island and easily distinguishable from Great and Little harbour to the east.

There are so many great bars on White Bay your hardly likely to be disappoint in any of them.  The 'One Love' Bar, with gentle Reggae tunes drifting from it's wriggly tine roof, encapsulates the spirit of the Islands.

  

One Love - Jost Van Dyke

But, by some margin, the favorite place for a little fun and relaxation, is the Soggy Dollar Bar, another famous beach bar on the island. The Soggy Dollar is reputedly the birthplace of the Painkiller. The bar is named because when built there was neither road nor dock. There is now a road from Great Harbour, but still no dock!  Sailors would simply swim ashore and paid for their drinks with the wet money hung to dry on a line behind the bar.

  

Relaxing and Fun at the Soggy Dollar

 

Chris

Christopher J Lait PGDipM FInstLM MIoD | Principal | Drake Academy Ltd 

DD: +44 (0)207 117 6375 | M: +44 (0)7971 293550 | T: @drake_ac_b2b | #sailtolead
www.drakeacademy.co.uk

Chris founded a sailing company to bring a distinctive brand of luxury crewed sailing to the holiday market.  disappointed with run of the mill experiences and surly unimaginative skippers, Drake Academy Sailing seeks to blend local culture, fun and sailing together in a memorable way with dedicated and experienced staff.  For more information contact travel@drakeacademy.co.uk or visit the website at www.drakeacademy.co.uk/travel

Chris served 24 years in the British Army and has been sailing, teaching and leading expeditions for nearly 20 of them.  Now an academic in the leadership field, Chris passes on his sailing a leadership experience to businesses at corporate sailing events, leadership events run by a company he founded when he left the Armed Forces and through speaking.

You can contact chris@drakeacademy.co.uk or voa the website at www.drakeacademy.co.uk/corporate