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    An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats

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    McCusker, Dylan R.
    Abstract
    Cuban Migrant Craft, known colloquially as Chugs, is a unique type of vessel that needs study. Made famous by the media, this type of vessel is barely studied. By studying vessels and the demographics, this thesis is one of the building blocks for future studies and a call to action. This thesis found that the vessels generally used are of similar size many are between 4 and 7 meters. Also, most of the vessels appeared to be homemade. These vessels also had pieces and materials added to allow the vessels to be seaworthy. To propel the vessels, a majority of the vessels used combustion engines that were not originally intended for marine use and as such had special modifications to allow the engines to function. This thesis seemed to suggest that the demographics are not important to the overall design, but this needs to be studied in more depth.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6932
    Subject
     Migrant Craft; Rafts; Modern; Small vessels 
    Date
    2018-07-24
    Citation:
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    McCusker, Dylan R.. (July 2018). An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6932.)

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    McCusker, Dylan R.. An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, July 2018. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6932. December 01, 2023.
    Chicago:
    McCusker, Dylan R., “An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, July 2018).
    AMA:
    McCusker, Dylan R.. An Examination of Cuban Migrant Craft: Rafts, Chugs, and Boats [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; July 2018.
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