Thursday, August 13, 2009

Still trying to get here...




Hard to believe but with all of the problems that we now face here in the United States, people continue to paddle across 70 miles of shark infested waters to get here. Above is a photo of a Cuban raft that was found South of Key West by a friend who runs Light Tackle Sportfishing boat out of Key West and the lower Keys...

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Captain Mike of the Compass Rose found the above raft when he was fishing for Wahoo with his charter. This is not uncommon and I saw plenty back when I worked and fished the Florida Straits as a Captain\Mate on the SeaBoots out of Summerland Key...

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The real question here is why would these people be leaving the perfect, government run, all provided, No cost, all inclusive, single payer healthcare system that Cuba has and many here desire, only to paddle across 70 miles of shark infested waters?....

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