JFK's Sailboat Confiscated

Federal drug agents have seized the Star Class sloop "Flash II", once owned by a young John F. Kennedy, in one of those forfeiture cases. The affidavit filed in support of the seizure warrant claimed a current owner had obtained the boat with funds procured from marijuana sales, a charge the named party has, of course, denied. The whole forfeiture issue aside, I'm a bit unhappy that this historic boat is involved. The guy is said to have been restoring Flash II in hopes of selling it and making over a million off the Presidential association. I'm all for free enterprise, but we're talking about the beloved sailboat of arguably the most beloved U.S. President. Shouldn't it be in a maritime museum, somewhere?

Articles on this story:

• The Daily Item of Lynn: Boat once owned by JFK seized by federal agents
• The Boston Globe: Agents seize JFK's old sailboat
• Reuters: U.S. Drug Agents Seize Sailboat Once Owned by JFK
• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Drug agents seize onetime Kennedy sailboat