BDSC
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Aggressor Fleet seems to be preparing a new boat to cruise the Jardines dela Reyna. Travel to Cuba to dive this area will be done through a travel program hosted by Oceans for Youth Foundation. Interesting tid-bit is that among the Board of Directors are Wayne H. and Wayne B. I am sure this program was set up to accommodate US scuba divers/snorkelers to Cuba. Canadians or citizens of other nations do not need special permission to enter Cuba on vacation.
The boat will be the Aggressor Fleet's old Ocean Diver, the boat that previously made the run from Mexico to Cuba. One of the nicest boats in the fleet, IMHO, she is set up for ocean routes instead of partially protected waters. She is in the boatyard at Owl Creek in Fort Myers getting a refit. The last time she worked was during Hurricane Rita in Venice, LA, so she will have to be gone completely through and given a facelift.
She was bought by a South American company from Aggressor Fleet and franchised back, so there won't be any issues with American ownership. She is running the way she is because she will not be authorized to sail from a US port, of course, none of the rest of us are either. She is running as an educational charter to circumvent US visiting laws.
From the above posts, it looks to me like the liveaboard will be part of the Aggressor Fleet. If Wayne and Wayne are truly on the board of the "Oceans for Youth Foundation", it's hard to imagine they are doing that without some financial benefit. It's not as if they are going to be promoting a liveaboard that is outside their fleet.
And this boat isn't even really in the Aggressor fleet, but somebody labeled it that to associate it with a known brand?
Is there more to this that I'm not seeing?
Is this boat in any way affiliated with Aggressor Fleet, or does it have their permission to use the Aggressor name?
Richard.