Escape in Eight-Foot Kayak. Two Coast Guard men demonstrate how Lauriano Yglesias and his friend Consuelo Rivera Luiz risked their lives in this roughly hand hewn eight-foot kayak to escape from Cuba. The two Cuban refugees were picked up by the 95-ft Coast Guard Cutter Cape Shoalwater on Sep 13, 1966, about 34 miles east of Marathon, Florida. Built of tin and wood, the length of the craft is 8 ft, 2 in, beam 2ft, 9 in, depth 1 ft, 6 in. It is powered by a Briggs and Stratton gas lawnmower type engine. Equipment which the refugees had on board included three 1-gallon cans, one auto inner tube,
Escape in Eight-Foot Kayak. Two Coast Guard men demonstrate how Lauriano Yglesias and his friend Consuelo Rivera Luiz risked their lives in this roughly hand hewn eight-foot kayak to escape from Cuba. The two Cuban refugees were picked up by the 95-ft Coast Guard Cutter Cape Shoalwater on Sep 13, 1966, about 34 miles east of Marathon, Florida. Built of tin and wood, the length of the craft is 8 ft, 2 in, beam 2ft, 9 in, depth 1 ft, 6 in. It is powered by a Briggs and Stratton gas lawnmower type engine. Equipment which the refugees had on board included three 1-gallon cans, one auto inner tube, one auto type tire pump, one 4x8-ft piece of plastic cloth and two hand-made oars.
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