31-Jul-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
• 'Queen's islands cruise nears end (BBC News)
The Queen and members of the Royal Family will arrive in Stornoway at the end of a Western Isles holiday.
• '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...
• '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.
• 'Ship puts you in the driver's seat with Grand Prix racing (Miami Herald)
Just when you think cruise lines have installed about every un-marine activity possible aboard their ships -- think rock-climbing, ice skating and surfing for starters -- they come up with still another improbable one: Speed racing at sea.
• 'Dame Ellen MacArthur opens Trinity Landing (Yachting and Boating World)
The Trinity Landing, located just to the south of the newly completed Royal Yacht Squadron Haven, is being seen as a great success already. With 80 metres of the pontoon open as a public facility for picking up and dropping off it's proving very popular with visitors and competitors alike.
• 'Man accused of killing Ariz. couple on yacht faces new charges (KVOA Tucson)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California man awaiting a murder trial in the deaths of an Arizona couple faces new charges for attempting to plan the killing of his father and cousin. Both were potential witnesses against him.
• 'West of the Golden Gate, it's a whale of a good time (San Francisco Chronicle)
A boatload of eyes scanned the sea, hoping for a "puff of smoke" to burst from the surface. About 15 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, a shout from the bow electrified everybody aboard. "There! There! 2 o'clock!" The "puff of smoke" was...
• 'Singapore takes 5th position overall in Clipper Round the World race (Channel NewsAsia)
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.
• ''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.