Car-boat

Car-boat

A car-boat is a boat or marine vessel built from, or powered by, an automobile chassis and engine. They have recently become well-known in the United States media for being the vehicle ridden by a number of Cubans who have attempted to emigrate to the United States by water. The term taxi-boat has also been used for a car-boat built from a taxi.

ee also

*Cuba
*United States Coast Guard
*Department of Homeland Security
*Florida
*Boat people

External links

*http://www.floatingcubans.com/


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