09-Aug-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Yacht club's Beach Bash is tonight (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
The South Lake Tahoe yacht Club is having a "Beach Bash" today at Round Hill Pines Resort. Beginning at 6 p.m. with a no host cocktail hour, the members and their guests will feast on a buffet including barbecue chicken and tri-tip. For reservations...
• 'Penelope Cruz says she's met Suri, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie (USA Today)
She may not be seeing much of ex-beau Tom Cruise anymore, but Penelope Cruz is among those who say they have seen his baby daughter, Suri. Cruz, who dated Cruise from 2001 to 2004, declined to offer details of the meeting, but praised Suri as a special baby.
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
I was on the horns of a dilemma last Wednesday. Should I attend men's sailing or the Business Men's Lunch? I opted for the BML, which prompts the question: why is it called, Business Men's Lunch? A more likely title might be, The Romeos: "retired old men, eating out."
• 'Daily Doc: a cruise to the Rio carnival (Times Online)
Doc Holiday opens his travel clinic on a daily basis to answer your holiday queries. Today: can we arrive at the Rio Carnival by cruise ship?
• 'Celebrities wed in style on the water (Sydney Morning Herald)
Pure class ... Pamela Anderson. Photo: Reuters/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE) MANY people may find it surprising to learn that modern-day celebrities are not born with taste, style and class in their genes - that their fashion sense, verbal eloquence and understanding of elegant sufficiency do not belong to them.