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Filauvent completes the Great Loop and reaches Cuba, 2008

Also Filauvent Great Loop Cuba November 4 2008

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TypeEvent
Dates2008-11-04 – 2008-12
WithinBeaver Island · place/cuba
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2008-11-04 – 2008-12
Kind
Transportation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimetransportationmigrationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island · place/cuba

Summary

The December 2008 issue reports that Filauvent completed the Great Loop in Mobile, Alabama, on November 4, then crossed to Cuba after a hurricane delay, covering 701 nautical miles in just over five days before touring western Cuba.

Evidence limits

This is a short newspaper voyage update, not a vessel log or independent route record.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2008, continuation of "Destination: Paradise Bay."
    Reports that the French family aboard Filauvent completed the Great Loop in Mobile on November 4, crossed to Cuba after Hurricane Paloma, covered 701 nautical miles in just over five days, and began touring western Cuba. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the voyage update.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Filauvent completes the Great Loop and reaches Cuba, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-filauvent-great-loop-completion-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2008, continuation of "Destination: Paradise Bay." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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