Gay, Nudist Cruise Barred From Entering Nevis

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWJ83AO6E.html


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A gay and nudist cruise was barred from stopping at the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis on Wednesday after authorities said the group would offend local customs.

A police patrol boat stopped a Windjammer Barefoot Cruises ship carrying 110 passengers on a six-day cruise as it was approaching Charlestown, Nevis, the ship's captain Cornelius Plantefaber said.

Plantefaber said three officers boarded the ship and demanded he accompany them to a meeting onshore that lasted an hour with port authority, police, customs and immigration officials.

The Nevis port authority confirmed that they barred the ship from docking. The ship's name is the S.V. Polynesia, a 248-foot four-mast schooner, and most of the passengers aboard are Americans, the captain said.

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... that the local pickpockets can't make a living.

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Do they bar all nude cruises from entering port there, or just the gay ones? Because if it's the former, I have to back them up on this. I really wouldn't want to see a shipload of naked American cruise-goers sailing into my town, either.

discussion here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2896760