Ship Carrying Gay Nudists Barred From St. Kitts

[matcom]

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A cruise ship carrying gay and nudist passengers was temporarily stopped and prevented from entering the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday, a company official said.

A Windjammer Barefoot Cruises ship carrying 110 passengers was stopped by local authorities off the smaller island of Nevis early Wednesday morning, said Shannon Manno, vice president of sales for the Miami Beach, Fla.-based company.

"Local authorities told cruise ship employees that they had concerns about letting the ship in because it was a gay and nudist cruise," Manno said. "We're working on resolving the issue with higher authorities in the St. Kitts and Nevis government because this type of cruise has been there before."

An official at the St. Kitts Tourism Authority could not confirm or deny the report, but said gay cruises have come to the former British colony in the past.

"We have had gay passengers and cruise ships and there has never been any problem in the past," said Randolph Hamilton, a senior manager at the tourism authority.

The ship had previously stopped in St. Maarten and Anguilla and there were no problems, said Sharon Kersten, a publicist for Miami-based event production company Source Events, which organized the cruise.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4311100/detail.html

[sasquatch]

1. I'd be looking for Log Cabin Republicans if I was the Port Authority

"Ok, come out yeah stinkin' hypocrits!"

[edbermac]

2. Maybe they spotted Jeff Gannon on board...

I'm sure they have some sense of decency on St Kitts to allow that type of riff-raff on their beautiful island...

"Buy you a drink, sailor?"

[flakey_foont]

3. Just give us the bare facts on this

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. LOL, I've taken cruises on that ship.

And knew it would be Windjammer just from reading your headline.

[fudge stripe cookays]

5. No big loss really...

Have you SEEN downtown Basseterre? Compared to some of the other Caribbean destinations, it's kind of a hole. Not much to do, not much to see.

A decent restaurant called Ballahoo, but not much else.
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[jswordy]

6. Was it cuz they were HAPPY? Or what?

[Arkana]

7. Was the ship called the S.S. Jeff Gannon?

[edbermac]

8. Close....it's the Love Boat...

Love, exciting and new
come aboard, we're expecting you...

The Love Boat
soon will be making another run
The Love Boat
promises something for everyone

Set a course for adventure,
your mind's on a new romance

And Love
won't hurt anymore
it's an open smile
on a friendly shore

It's Love
Welcome aboard it's love!

[RedCloud]

9. I thought it was gay AND nudists.

Are these the same group?

The answer my friend is (okay I'll self censor here, for a change) in the breeze.

[TheWraith]

10. As I asked in the other thread

Were they barred because they were nude, or because they were gay AND nude? I ask because, if it's the former, I've got to back the government of St. Kitts. I wouldn't want a bunch of naked American cruise-goers sailing into my town either.