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SOUTHWINDSNews & Views For Southern SailorsSOUTHWINDS Media, Inc.P.O. Box 1175, Holmes Beach, Florida 34218-1175(941) 795-8704 (877) 372-7245 (941) 795-8705 Faxwww.southwindssailing.come-mail: editor@southwindssailing.comVolume 12 Number 12 December 2004Copyright 2004, Southwinds Media, Inc.Publisher/EditorSteve Morrell editor@southwindssailing.comFounderDoran CushingAdvertising & EditorsSteve MorrellNational/West Florida AdvertisingWest Florida Regional Editoreditor@southwindssailing.com(941) 795-8704Florida KeysRebecca BurgRegional Editor/Advertisingangel@artoffshore.com(305) 304-5118Southeast FloridaJody L. Alu(954) 816-0130Regional Editor/Advertisingsoflajo@earthlink.netArt PerezSE Florida Racing Editormiamiyachtracing@bellsouth.net(305) 380-0106Gary HuffordNational/West Florida Advertisinggary@southwindssailing.com(727) 585-2814East FloridaRoy LaughlinRegional Editor/Advertisingmhw1@earthlink.net(321) 690-0137The Southeast Coast:Carolinas and GeorgiaSteve MorrellRegional Editor/Advertisingeditor@southwindssailing.com(941) 795-8704The Northern Gulf Coast:Florida Panhandle, Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana, TexasKim KaminskiRegional Editor/AdvertisingKaminski_K@msn.com(850) 384-8941ProductionHeather NicollProofreadingKathy ElliottContributing WritersJody L. Alu Sherry Beckett Rebecca BurgRay Dupuis Dave Ellis Jabbo GordonCapt. Kevin Hughes Gary Jensen Kim KaminskiRoy Laughlin Walt McFarlane Ron MitchelletteArturo Perez Steve Romaine Capt. Michael J. Shea, JDMorgan StinemetzContributing PhotographersJody L. Alu Sherry Beckett BoatpixGeorge Crook Bill Cullen Philip Francoeur, Jr.Capt. Kevin Hughes Kim Kaminski Roy LaughlinWalt McFarlane Art Perez Susanne WalshEDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: ARTICLES & PHOTOGRAPHY:SOUTHWINDS encourages readers, writers, photographers, cartoonists,jokers, magicians, philosophers and whoever else is out there, includingsailors, to send in their material. Just make it about the water world andgenerally about sailing and about sailing in the South, the Bahamas or theCaribbean, or general sailing interest, or sailboats, or sailing in some faroffand far-out place.SOUTHWINDS welcomes contributions in writing and photography, storiesabout sailing, racing, cruising, maintenance and other technical articlesand other sailing-related topics. Please submit all articles electronicallyby e-mail (mailed-in discs also accepted), and with photographs, if possible.We also accept photographs alone, for cover shots, racing, cruisingand just funny entertaining shots. Please take them at a high resolution ifdigital, or scan at 300 dpi if photos, or mail them to us for scanning.Contact the editor with questions.Subscriptions to SOUTHWINDS are available at $19.95/year, or $37/2years for third class, and $24/year for first class. Checks and credit card numbersmay be mailed with name and address to SOUTHWINDS Subscriptions,PO Box 1175, Holmes Beach FL, 34218-1175, or call (941) 795-8704.Subscriptions are also available with a credit card through a secure server onour Web site, www.southwindssailing.com. SOUTHWINDS is distributed toover 500 locations throughout 10 Southern states. If you would like to distributeSOUTHWINDS at your location, please contact the editor.Read SOUTHWINDS on our Web site, www.southwindssailing.com.8 December 2004 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindssailing.com
FROM THE HELMCharges Dropped Against Organizers of Race to CubaOn October 29, four days before the November election,and 10 days before a scheduled trial date, the federalgovernment dropped charges brought against MicheleGeslin and Peter Goldsmith for their actions in organizingthe 2003 race from Key West to Cuba. (For more informationsee the article by Morgan Stinemetz on page 18.)Is the timing here just a coincidence? I don’t believe it is,but perhaps it is. One thing for sure is that this last electionwill have an effect on this whole situation of traveling toCuba, as we all know. How about the fact that charges weredropped just before everyone was set to go to trial? Was thata coincidence, too?If this case had gone to trial and the federal governmenthad won, then it would have been the first time that theTrading with the Enemy Act had been successfully prosecutedsince it was introduced to try to enforce the embargo.I strongly believe that the federal government knows itwould never pass the legal test and that they knew chargeswould be dropped. Many non-government legal expertshave voiced their opinions that the law would never pass ahigh court test, and I am sure that the governments’ legalexperts are no less knowledgeable.In the meantime, Michele Geslin and Peter Goldsmithhave been put through a long period of harassment andintimidation, which we could also label as punishmentwithout conviction—clearly unconstitutional, immoral,unethical, and unprincipled. I propose that those whoadminister this form of punishment be indicted and taken totrial for their actions and hopefully convicted and punished.All these people and the race participants wanted to do wasexercise their right to travel freely as free citizens of theUnited States—a right that all Americans of all political persuasionsshould protect.As for those who would still like to sail to Cuba, I don’tthink you will be doing so for at least the next four years.As for Michele and Peter, I am glad for you both andhope you can get on with your lives and that they have notbeen disrupted too much.Strictly Sail St. Petersburg Boat Showa Real Success for SOUTHWINDSWe thank all the people who came by our booth at theshow and expressed their positive thoughts and ideasabout the magazine. We hope to continue to live up to yourexpectations in becoming even better in the coming years.Thank you also for filling out our survey, results of whichwill be published in a future issue. For those of you who didfill out the survey, you were entered in our raffle in whichwe gave away a West Marine handheld VHF radio. The winnerwas Gregory Conrad of St. Petersburg. Hope you enjoythe new radio, Greg.Steve Morrell, EditorLocal News For Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS December 2004 9
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