13-Jul-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Cruises Call On Autumn's Abundant Beauty (Hartford Courant)
With clockwork precision, every major cruise line dispatches vessels to ports in New England and eastern Canada each fall. These annual pilgrimages let cruisers gawk at landscapes aglow in gold, red and amber. And now is the time to plan your autumn outing.
• 'Cruising through Britain (iafrica.com)
Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the Royal family are set to celebrate her 80th year with a cruise around the Scottish Isles. Cruising is not just for monarchs though, and there are several ways for you to enjoy a holiday in Britain afloat...
• 'Yachting Monthly's bonus feature section (Yachting Monthly)
A yacht for cruising the Mediterranean? It sounds expensive but you don't have to spend a fortune to cruise in the sun. In August's YM James Jermain assesses a selection of contenders costing less than £35,000 and suggests what key features you should be looking for.
• 'Enjoy fall foliage from the deck of a cruise ship (Baltimore Sun)
Setting sail With clockwork precision, every major cruise line dispatches vessels to ports in New England and Eastern Canada in fall. These annual pilgrimages enable cruisers to gawk at landscapes aglow in gold, red and amber. And now is the time to plan your autumn outing.
• 'High-seas adventure ends on a coral reef (The Advertiser)
A DARING yachting adventure came to an embarrassing end for two Adelaide men when they ran aground near Noumea. Their uninsured $130,000 yacht hit a reef a few days into their journey from Vanuatu to the Whitsundays, sparking an international rescue.
• 'Local skipper launches a nautical pooper scooper (Chicago Tribune)
Yacht owners may cruise through life knowing that the boat invests them with a certain cachet, but as the children's book says, "Everyone Poops."
• 'Travel + Leisure Readers: Seabourn Still the World's Best (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Yachts of Seabourn continue to rule the waves in the hearts and minds of upscale readers of the magazine Travel + Leisure. For the second consecutive year, they have awarded the yacht-like ships a higher score than any other line -- large or small -- in the magazine's eleventh annual survey of the "World's Best" luxury vacation options.
• 'Jason Molina Plots Another Takeover (Pitchfork)
The last time we heard from Jason Molina , he was working his way through numerous recording sessions. Reports published last month claiming Molina would release six LPs over the course of 2006-2007 have since been deemed incorrect.
• 'Regatta raises $30,000 for Halton Easter Seals (Oakville Beaver)
The second annual Halton Easter Seals Regatta is expected to exceed its $30,000 fundraising goal.