Five days at sea: A Cuban refugee’s harrowing journey to Cayman
The boat pushed off just after dusk, its fresh resin still tacky to the touch.
For days, the men had worked in silence in a remote stretch of mangrove and river in central Cuba, assembling a vessel from whatever they could source or salvage – pine boards, flattened zinc roofing, fibreglass, and a repurposed engine once used to pump water through rice fields. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Apr 07, 2026 01:06 PM