A battered migrant boat washed ashore at Yamato Rock — the outcropping located at the south end of Highland Beach — on Oct. 12. The vessel was man-made of lumber, roofing tin and foam. A portion of the boat burned and was found nearby.
A hand-made boat, of aluminum rails with a hull of spray-foam that had been sewn into a canvas cover, floated ashore in Ocean Ridge near Anna Street on Oct. 28. The boat had a crude sail made from an iron pole and an old tarp. Items on the boat had reference to Havana, Cuba, printed in Spanish.
Both boats had been marked OK by the Coast Guard, meaning they had been searched and no one was found on board.
By Oct. 30, another vessel was found on the public beach in Delray Beach near the permitted sailboat storage area. The Coast Guard says this summer and fall have been a busy time for migrant interdictions.
Photos by Tim Stepien and Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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