Cubans try to sail to US - in a car

Eleven Cubans trying to sail to Florida in a 1950s Buick car converted into a tailfinned boat have been intercepted at sea by the US Coast Guard and are to be sent back home.

Marciel Basanta Lopez and Luis Grass Rodriguez, the two men who turned the classic car into a floating vessel, tried a similar stunt last summer and got caught – they set out for Florida in a 1951 Chevy pickup with pontoons made out of empty oil drums and a propeller.