Apache in cuba.
01-05-2017, 10:30 PM
#141
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I don't believe somebody would abandon something like that with the amount of investment.
No matter how much money a person has, the value of that boat could not be left to rot. Actually, the wealthier a person is, the more "conscious" they get about their money. Maybe not back in the day, but today, yes.
No matter how much money a person has, the value of that boat could not be left to rot. Actually, the wealthier a person is, the more "conscious" they get about their money. Maybe not back in the day, but today, yes.
One thing I have found out about pretty much all rich people I've met is they don't have much sentimental value in things. If a better job comes along they take it. A nicer car they dump their old stand by and jump for the new. A house is just an investment. It's just business even if it is fun. I figure he wanted the record and fame that went along with it even if it was just in the boating community and was willing to pay (build the boat) for it.
Last, this is nothing new. How many old racers have their old race boats or cars? Instead of them being in museums most are lost in time sitting behind some marina like the one in Cuba.
01-10-2017, 12:57 AM
#142
Charter Member#568
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It was reported Jan 7 that the owners legal problems with the U.S. have been resolved. No mention was made about the actual boat, but I would infer that it can now be moved.
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Straight bottoms and flat decks
Straight bottoms and flat decks
01-30-2017, 09:48 PM
#147
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Boat looks to be sitting next to the Marina Hemingway Yacht Club in that pic in Cuba.
The Authorities in Cuba make you Secure your boat by putting it on land and secured with chain to prevent it from being used to escape Cuba .
That's the way it wa when I was over there a couple years ago on my buddies big ketch.
We had a 20 foot Novauranian inflatable for a dinghy that we towed. Cubans said on the deck or pull it out at Marina Hemingway.
I have pics floating around somewhere if I can find them.
There is something Fishy going on here.
McManus would be the only one in trouble for going over there as he is an American. And if they can't prove you spent money in Cuba there is nothing the authorities can do.
Buddies boat I was on has been detained a few times by the US Coast Guard..
Tow the boat to the Bahamas or Mexico and have it shipped from there.
Better off and money ahead stripping it and loading the engines and hardware on a Sportfisher and sneak the parts back into the US thru Mexico or Bahamas.
I have pics of a 55 foot Sportfisherman with a new car in the cockpit at marina Hemingway , take it they were trying to smuggle it into Cuba.
The Authorities in Cuba make you Secure your boat by putting it on land and secured with chain to prevent it from being used to escape Cuba .
That's the way it wa when I was over there a couple years ago on my buddies big ketch.
We had a 20 foot Novauranian inflatable for a dinghy that we towed. Cubans said on the deck or pull it out at Marina Hemingway.
I have pics floating around somewhere if I can find them.
There is something Fishy going on here.
McManus would be the only one in trouble for going over there as he is an American. And if they can't prove you spent money in Cuba there is nothing the authorities can do.
Buddies boat I was on has been detained a few times by the US Coast Guard..
Tow the boat to the Bahamas or Mexico and have it shipped from there.
Better off and money ahead stripping it and loading the engines and hardware on a Sportfisher and sneak the parts back into the US thru Mexico or Bahamas.
I have pics of a 55 foot Sportfisherman with a new car in the cockpit at marina Hemingway , take it they were trying to smuggle it into Cuba.
