"51" Chevy boat

hermco · #1 07-24-2003, 09:02 PM

Apparently some Cubans rigged a "51" Chevy with a bunch of oil drums and a propeller and tried to make it to the USA!Necessity is the mother of invention.The story is on MSNBC in a few minutes.
I love these guy's ability to improvise and tackle the high seas. It can teach us all about the perils of seafaring and the desire to be free.
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JohnB · #2 07-24-2003, 10:45 PM

I think that once a year, they should have an award for ingunity and creativity for the cuban naval reserve (aka, boat people). You should of seen some of the stuff we saw floating offshore during the peak of the Haitian hiatus a few years back.

Snookerd · #3 07-25-2003, 10:40 AM

A friend's brother who flies a Coast Guard C-130 was the one who spotted, photographed and radioed the cutter on this crazy boat/truck. He said they were only 20 miles to Key West. John-Cuban Naval Reserve LOL [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] !

Dave Hirshberg · #4 07-25-2003, 05:12 PM

Thank your lucky stars you live in America. Those poor people gave it their best shot and the Sea didn't take em, we didn't take em, and from what I hear about Cuba in recent months those people are going to end up dead or in prison. I think Cubans might want liberation as much as Iraq, and its a lot closer.

laser · #5 07-25-2003, 11:31 PM

Hey that was quite a SEA-CRAFT....It looks better than a lot of what we've seen coming ashore.
Can you imagine that driving up the boat ramp in Key West and it probably would have gone unnoticed!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Roland Rodriguez · #6 07-30-2003, 09:28 PM

Vintage 51 flatbed. Driveshaft was fitted with a makeshift prop. Their destination was Fort Pierce fla. where family lived. the plan was to make it to shore re-attach the drive shaft and drive to FPR. Cant believe the coast guard sunk the truck. I understand calls were make from Michigan as General Motors wanted the truck bad! Too funny and too tragic that our policy has changed on this issue.