Finally - a proud 17 months and eleven days after its world record voyage from the USA to Cuba - a US freight forwarder who works for the government in Washington has now succeeded in getting the Apache Star from Marina Hemingway to the cargo port to be transported to Mariel. As Klüh emphasized, this was only possible after a lead time of five months and with many special permits in hand, for example transportable wooden blocks had to be made.
The boat Apache Star owned by the entrepreneur's son and globetrotter Roger Klüh sets course for Düsseldorf. As is well known, it broke on the trip from Miami to Cuba. Finally - a whopping 17 months and eleven days after its world record journey from the USA to Cuba - a US freight forwarder who works for the government in Washington succeeded in transporting the Apache Star from Marina Hemingway to the cargo port in Mariel. As Klüh emphasized, this was only possible after a lead time of five months and with many special permits in hand. For example, transportable wooden blocks had to be made.
The world record boat was then loaded yesterday and shipped to Port Everglades in the USA in an open container. This means that what the US government demanded from Roger Klüh has finally been fulfilled. The criminal file was also successfully closed last week: the Düsseldorfer faced 20 years in prison. But now it's just a warning. He had been threatened with imprisonment and massive fines for a possible violation of the still existing embargo. An odyssey comes to an end, and he seems very happy about it: "I want to have and keep the Apache Star in my homeland.
Source: RP Online
