4 • Aug. 28 - Sept. 10, 2015 • The Log Calling all fish


Two entrepreneurs have issued a call for backers to help turn their vision into a tangible dream: Fish Call, a compact device using sounds and vibrations to lure fish to the line. The father-son team joined together to


create the technology to help anglers catch more fish after personal experiences of spending all day on the water and coming home empty handed. Although they are not professional fishermen, together they bring years of entrepreneur and engineer/designer and web developer experience. According to the group’s KickStarter page, Fish Call is deployed by either being


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Cuba plans for boating boom as U.S. luxury yachts head to Havana


HAVANA (AP) — A $3 million yacht recently left Key West with two barbeque grills, 250 channels of satellite TV and a just-in-case plan for rescuing stranded Cuban rafters encountered in the Florida Straits. After four hours smooth sail-


ing, the 78-foot Still Water tied up at Havana’s Hemingway Marina. The well-heeled passengers breakfasted on smoked salmon and pastries, then boarded an air- conditioned Cuban government bus for a day of touring the city. The Cold War made the


Florida Straits into a stage for nuclear showdown and a grave- yard for thousands of Cuban rafters seeking better lives in the United States. Now, normalization


of the long-tortured U.S.-Cuba relationship is transforming the 90 miles between the U.S. and Cuba back into a playground for hulking cruise ships and sleek luxury yachts. For the first time in decades,


the U.S. government is authoriz- ing a wide range of large-scale sea travel to Cuba. Since declar- ing detente in December, the Obama administration has issued permits to dozens of sailboats, at least five ferry companies, four cruise lines and the Palm Beach- based yacht broker that char- tered out Still Water. Fidel Castro in 2005 called cruise ships “floating hotels” that “leave their trash, their empty cans and papers for a few miser- able cents.” But under his brother and successor as president, Raul Castro, the government appears to have no such reservations. Cuba has been rapidly approving port calls by U.S. cruise ships and planning new marinas with thou- sands of slips for yachts in the polluted Bay of Havana and at


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Cruising Canada — Craig and Karen Rahn of San Juan Capistrano took The Log with them on a summer Canada cruise, which included motor- ing on their 47- foot Bayliner pilothouse motoryacht on Ontario’s Rideau Canal and through Montreal, Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. This picture was taken in front of the parliament building of Canada’s capital Ottawa. The Rahn’s purchased the boat in Florida and this is the third summer cruising eastern North America. The boat will also cruise Lake Champlain and then winter in New York when they return home this fall.


thrown or placed in the water. Anglers can chose to use the anchor or keep it adrift. Once set up, the gadget broadcasts sounds and vibrations mimicking the sounds of schooling and feeding fish to attract fish to the device.


The sound and vibration technology helps motivate nearby fish to school and bite more aggressively, as stated on the KickStarter website. Red fish, sheepshead, bass, speckled trout, flounder, black top shark and more have been caught using Fish Call. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/okfszmz.


the white-sand resort of Varadero. Tourism per se remains illegal under the embargo. Yacht broker Paul Madden received Obama administration permission in July to operate yacht charters for “people-to-people” trips with U.S. and Cuban government guides jointly shepherding groups through daylong activities on shore meant to foster interaction between U.S. citizens and Cubans. Newly licensed cruise ships will operate under the same model.


Christie proposal to cut yacht sales tax could see vote


TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to lower the state’s sales tax on the purchase of yachts and other boats could be moving forward as soon as next month. Christie put forward the idea of cutting the 7 percent tax on boat in half in a conditional veto


last week of legislation that would have capped the sales tax at $20,000. Now Democratic state senator and bill sponsor Jeff Van Drew says he expects Christie’s revi- sions to be considered by law- makers as soon as September. Lawmakers say they proposed the legislation because marinas and boat retailers along the state’s coast were suffering because of Superstorm Sandy and competition from other states with lower taxes. Legislative estimates show the bill that went to Christie would affect roughly 70 to 140 luxury vessels but the revisions would cover even the most mod- est boats.


Four new members join RBFF Board of Directors


ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) has announced Dale Barnes, Lenora


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Isthmus Bound — Gretal, a 4-year-old Boxer, has been going to the Isthmus at Two Harbors since she was a puppy. “All we have to do is say, ‘Gretal, let’s go sailing,’ and she gets really excited,” said Pat Donnelly. “Our family trips to the island wouldn’t be the same without her.”


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