11-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...
• 'Sail into a Gilligan adventure (Escape.com.au)
A LUXURY yacht momentarily hands over crewing tasks to its guests as balmy winds fill its sails on a lazy journey around the Whitsundays.
• 'Folden and Weisz tie the knot on a yacht (Redlands Daily Facts)
Janet Folden, daughter of Gary and Nancy Folden of Redlands, became the bride of Nick Weisz, son of Robert and Bonnie Weisz of Redlands, on May 6. Pastor Augapito Aviles of First Lutheran Church in Ontario officiated at the ceremony aboard the Crystal in Newport Beach.
• 'Builders arm boats to chase off pirates (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
MILWAUKEE | 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 passengers and crew are beaten or killed and the modern-day pirates get away with valuable booty.
• 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE (Miami Herald)
CAPE CORAL -- Rich Guglielmi's prototype yacht does not need a bevy of bikinis to attract attention as it cruises along the Caloosahatchee River.
• 'Isabella takes bow at rare schooner launching in Essex (Athens Review Online)
ESSEX, Mass. ? There was a time when a schooner a week was launched from local shipyards, destined for the Gloucester fishing fleet. But in the last 11 years, there have been only three, the most recent in 2003.
• '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?