When 'Boat of the Year' Was Escape Pod for Cuba Spy Couple

Castro's Regime Was Ready To Welcome Them, Then the FBI Struck

Jan 10, 2024

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Rhode Island marine photographer Billy Black took this picture of the Malö 37 Classic to accompany a *Cruising World* review of the boat in 2008. The image is reprinted here with permission.

The occasion for revisiting this story is the recent arrest of former U.S. Ambassador Manuel Rocha, who is accused of spying for Cuba. A story in the BBC acknowledges …

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