CUBA-USA/KAYAKERS-DEPARTURE U.S. kayakers set off to cross Florida Straits from Havana to Key West
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CUBA-USA/KAYAKERS-DEPARTURE U.S. kayakers set off to cross Florida Straits from Havana to Key West
- Title: CUBA-USA/KAYAKERS-DEPARTURE U.S. kayakers set off to cross Florida Straits from Havana to Key West
- Date: 11th September 2015
- Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (SEPTEMBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KAYAKERS PREPARING FOR HAVANA-KEY WEST CROSSING CUBAN KAYAKERS WITH U.S. KAYAKERS VARIOUS OF KAYAKERS SETTING OUT FROM HEMINGWAY MARINA
- Embargoed: 26th September 2015 13:00
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- Location: Cuba
- Country: Cuba
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAAU6KS52CEAV799JDD8N7FP0BE
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A group of American kayakers set off on Friday (September 11) to cross the Florida Straits in kayaks - covering 113 miles (180 kilometres) from Havana to Key West, Florida.
The team, led by Joe Jacobi, who won the gold medal in slalom canoeing in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, and kayaker David Smith, hopes to make the journey in 30 hours.
The kayakers, who have been in Cuba for a week preparing the journey, will set off in 5 two-man kayaks and plan to remain in their kayaks for the entire trek across the Straits.
They hope their adventure will help bring Cuba and the United States closer together just as the nations have improved relations.
Diplomatic ties between the former Cold War adversaries were restored this year with a détente announced in December between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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