They originally were headed for Cuba................Ernest Hemingway..........Pablo P.......................Spanish influence............................

TOM CLANCY: FIRING, AND MISSING - The Washington Post

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Jan 27, 1992 - Though the first film made from one of his techno-thriller bestsellers, "The Hunt for Red October," has hauled in gross revenues of $200 million, and though he has already pocketed $1 million for film rights to a novel called "Patriot Games ... A scene calls for a boat to smash aground in the Chesapeake Bay.