01-Aug-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Setting sail (Sun-Sentinel)
Train Holidays has announced a West Coast Swing program that combines train travel along the Pacific Coast from California to Seattle aboard the Coast Starlight along with visits to Seattle and Vancouver and the Canadian resort village of Whistler before a Pacific Coastal cruise from Vancouver back to California aboard Holland America's Oosterdam . Fares for the Sept. 27-Oct. 7 program start at
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
There was a full boat at Business Men's Lunch on Wednesday, the 19th, 16 in all. On Friday the well attended Men's Sailing Program enjoyed a good breeze, according to Charles Barker. I have heard great scuttlebutt regarding the wine tasting dinner, with Joslyn receiving rave reviews.
• 'Pirates still a terror on high seas (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
It's a scene played out often these days, and not just in Disney movies: A yacht or a ship is attacked at sea, the...
• 'Family: Florida woman missing from cruise ship off Italy is dead (Times and Democrat)
Italian authorities said Monday they believe they have recovered the body of Florida woman who disappeared from a cruise ship sailing along the coast of Italy last week.
• 'Singapore takes 5th position overall in Clipper Round the World race (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
HOLYHEAD, Wales : The team from Fremantle, Western Australia has won the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race after almost a year circum-navigating the world.
• 'Queen Elizabeth back on dry land after Scottish cruise break (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II disembarked after enjoying an eight-day cruise with the royal family around Scotland's Western Isles as part of her 80th birthday celebrations.
• 'Republican Party revoked support for Harris Senate campaign (The Herald-Tribune)
TALLAHASSEE -- As Gov. Jeb Bush was trying to get House Speaker Allan Bense into the U.S. Senate race, the Republican Party of Florida was trying to force Katherine Harris out.
• ''Dilbert' creator weds aboard yacht (Jam! Showbiz)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scott Adams called his weekend wedding aboard a yacht in the San Francisco Bay "tremendous," but said he doesn't expect to win a dance competition anytime soon.