On Tue, 11 May 2004 09:03:07 GMT, (Paul Revere)
wrote:

In article , Dick Locke wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2004 13:37:39 GMT, "Gabriel Latrémouille"
wrote:

Just read the new US Decree forbidding sailing to Cuba in Cruising World
Can you post a reference to or a summary of the article? Can't find it
on Cruisingworld.com...


http://www.cruisingworld.com/article...ID=419&catID=0

This isn't it, it's a two year old article that doesn't mention
confiscating boats.

I got the May Cruising World, it has the text of the proclamation as
well as an editorial.

The proclamation language is:

The Secretary (of HS) may make rules and regulations governing the
anchorage and movement of any vessel foreign or domestic in the
territorial waters of the United States, which may be used, or is
susceptible of being used for voyage into Cuban territorial waters and
that may create unsafe conditions, or result in unauthorized
transactions, and thereby threaten a disturbance of international
relations."



"The Secretary is authorized to inspect any vessel, foreign or
domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, at any time;
to place guards on any such vessel; and with my consent expressly
hereby granted to take full possession and control of any such vessel
and remove the officers and crew and all other persons not
speciffically authroized to go or remain on board the vessel when
necessary to secure the rights and obligations of the United States."


"Susceptible" indeed. What boat that can sail 90 miles isn't?

A lawyer could probably tell us whether "take full possesion and
control" means the same as confiscating and terminating ownership
rights.

It's worth a letter to two Senators and a Rep.