Cook: Friberg paddles from Cuba

David Cook

As long as his Chrysler holds together, Ben Friberg and his four friends should reach Key West today. They’ll unload bags of gear onto a chartered boat, shake hands with the captain and sometime this weekend, begin to sail 90 miles south to Havana, Cuba.

There, among the jazz and cigars, they’ll wait.

And when the weather breaks and that perfect window of opportunity opens, Ben will take one goodbye step off a Cuban beach and onto his stand-up paddleboard (SUP) to attempt what he says no person has done before.

A nonstop SUP trip from the shores of Havana to Key West.