Re: [Paddlewise] Cuba

From: Robert J. Matter <rjmatter_at_PRODIGY.NET>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:47:23 -0600
I am enjoying this Cuba thread and learning a lot.  I did not know about the chain in the marina, the dual price system, customs regulations, Gulf Stream conditions, etc.  I hope those of you with pictures of your trips will upload them to Photopoint or someplace to share with us.  And if a six year old could make it across the Florida Straights in an inner tube, I bet Ralph Diaz could make it in a Folboat!

-Bob Matter
Hammond, IN

P.S.  If I put a Cuban flag sticker on the bow of my kayak, would that be breaking some kind of rule about sailing under a fraudulent flag or something?  I bought one in Key West but decided not to apply it in case the USCG didn't have a sense of humor.  I didn't want to spend my prescious time in the Keys being interrogated as a Cuban spy or illegal immigrant.  Then I was going to stick it on my car until someone told me that a Puerto Rican street gang would likely shoot me on sight if I did.  So, I still have my Cuban flag sticker somewhere.  I do have two Conch Republic flag stickers that I am going to appy to both my kayak and car though!

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