Let the people disembark in the country of registry. The cruise lines have dodged USGC inspections and US taxes for years. Let Panama, Liberia, Bahamas deal with it. If US citizens are aboard, let the buyer beware, you can't sue in US, so why should the US take them in? I ran a US flagged yacht in the Caribbean and subject to US laws and inspections ANYWHERE in the world the US chose to inspect me. Big Op Ed in the WSJ on Tues saying how unfair the US was to these ships, the writer was the president of Holland America. Register the ships in the US, subject to US inspections and taxes and I will have sympathy.
These ships are the worst thing to happen to the culture of the Caribbean since the Awawks.
Last edited by kneafseym; 04/03/2020 11:15 PM.
