Car-boat

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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.

See also

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

External links

• http://www.floatingcubans.com/

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